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Private association to promote Brazilian cinema CANNES 2019 Brazilian Companies Attending MARCHÉ DU FILM 1 2 Brazilian Producers at Marché du film 2019 AF CINEMA PROJECT A.F. Cinema produced, CORFU PRINCESS since 1975, all films by Alain Fresnot, like “Ed Mort” and Brazil | 110 min | Action, Drama “Desmundo”, and commercial successes by other directors, The greek cargo ship Corfu Princess docks in Rio and is robbed like “Castelo RáTimBum”, by during Carnival. It´s company has also bankrupt in Athens and Cao Hamburger, and “Raul – now the crew and the ship will be left abandoned with no money O Início, O Fim e o Meio”, by in Brazil. Walter Carvalho. DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Finalized script DIRECTOR: Alain Fresnot SCREENWRITTER: Alain Fresnot FILMING LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Athens (Greece) LANGUAGES: English, Portuguese and Philippines BUDGET: US$ 2,000,000.00 PRODUCTION COMPANY: AF Cinema 2 PRODUCTION COMPANIES FILM JUST A NIGHT UMA NOITE NAO É NADA Brazil | 2016 | 95 min | Drama www.afcinema.com.br São Paulo, 1985. A married teacher falls in love with an HIV positive São Paulo - SP student. His desperation to have her makes him want to be sick +55 11 98794 6333 just like her. Only the love of his wife can bring peace to such sad hearts. DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Finalized DIRECTOR: Alain Fresnot SCREENWRITTERS: Alain Fresnot, Sabina Anzuategui and Jean Claude-Bernadet CAST: Paulo Betti, Cláudia Mello, Luiza Braga AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATION: Sao Paulo (Brazil) LANGUAGE: Portuguese BUDGET: US$ 800,000.00 PRODUCTION COMPANY: AF Cinema PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS: Boston IFF, São Paulo IFF Danilo Rezende and Rio IFF [email protected] DISTRIBUTION COMPANY: Imovision (Brazil) MARCHÉ DU FILM 2019 3 AQUARELA FILM MIDWEST LIZ’S WAIT A ESPERA DE LIZ Aquarela Midwest is an independent producer of Brazil and Venezuela | 2019 | 115 min | Drama exclusive content for film and television. During his thirty- Liz is surrounded by doubts. Introspective, she searches for the two years of production, reason why her partner Miguel has gone. While looking for deep Aquarela Midwest performed inside answers, she feels the need for emotional support from her five commercially released younger sister Lara. feature films and twenty short films. DEVELOPMENT: Completed DIRECTOR: Bruno Torres SCREENWRITTERS: Bruno Torres and Simone Iliescu CAST: Simone Iliescu, Rosanne Mulholland, Bruno Torres, Zécarlos Machado, Ingra Lyberato, Murilo Grossi LANGUAGES: Portuguese, Spanish and Taurepan AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories FILMING LOCATION: Gramado (Brazil) and Roraima Mount (Venezuela) BUDGET: US$ 412,500.00 PRODUCTION COMPANY: Aquarela Midwest CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Astrals Production and Mistika Post DISTRIBUTION COMPANY: Pandora Filmes (Brazil) 4 PRODUCTION COMPANIES PROJECT LAND OF THE BLIND TERRA DE CEGOS Brazil | 2020 | 150 min | Drama www.aquarelamidwest.com In the inner-most regions of the Amazonian territory, two families Brasilia - DF work in the informal market. The life of both families begins to +55 61 98328 7777 change when MAR- CO appears, a large farmer involved with land grabbing activities. DEVELOPMENT: Fundraising DIRECTOR: Bruno Torres SCREENWRITTERS: Bruno Torres and Di Moretti CAST: Neslon Camayo, Lucy Alves, Dira Paes, Sandra Corveloni, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Mayana Neiva, Murilo Grossi, Jesuíta Barbosa, Cristina Lago, Milhem Cortaz, Zé Carlos Machado, Eucir de Souza, José Dumont, Simone Iliescu, Júlio Andrade LANGUAGE: Portuguese AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories FILMING LOCATION: Amazon Rain Forest (Brazil) BUDGET: US$ 2,250,000,00 Bruno Torres PRODUCTION COMPANY: Aquarela Midwest João Pereira Lima CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: Astrals Production aquarelaproducoesculturais@ DISTRIBUTION COMPANY: Pandora Filmes (Brazil) gmail.com MARCHÉ DU FILM 2019 5 BANANEIRA PROJECT FILMES MUSE MUSA Founded in 2000 by the producer Vania Catani, newest Brazil | 2020 | 120 min | Fiction member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Anna becomes obsessed with a girl from her music conservatory Sciences, Bananeira Filmes who inspires her. is one of the most prestigious production companies in DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Development Brazil. DIRECTOR: Monica Demes SCREENWRITER: Monica Demes LANGUAGE: Portuguese BUDGET: US$ 1,272,734.49 PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS: Ventana Sur 2018 PRODUCTION COMPANY: Bananeira Filmes 6 PRODUCTION COMPANIES PROJECT MEDUSA Brazil | 2020 | 90 min | Fiction In the evening, a group of 12 young women marches in regular, www.bananeirafilmes.com.br synchronized steps through the empty streets of the fictional town Rio de Janeiro - RJ of Monte Alegre. As they approach a diner, they put on white masks. +55 21 2225 6552 DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Development DIRECTOR: Anita Rocha da Silveira SCREENWRITER: Anita Rocha da Silveira LANGUAGE: Portuguese BUDGET: US$ 1,287,925.70 PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS: Ventana Sur 2018 PRODUCTION COMPANY: Bananeira Filmes Vania Catani bananeira@bananeirafilmes. com.br MARCHÉ DU FILM 2019 7 BIG BONSAI PROJECT bigBonsai is a production THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS company established in São O LIVRO DOS PRAZERES Paulo, Brazil, that works on the intersection between Brazil and Argentina | 2019 | 90 min | Drama culture, entertainment and brand communication, with “The Book of Delights” is freely adapted from Clarice Lispector’s special focus in international novel about the coming together of Lori and Ulisses and their co-productions. personal challenges when accepting love. An erotic drama from Lori’s point of view. DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Production DIRECTOR: Marcela Lordy SCREENWRITERS: Josefina Trotta and Marcela Lordy CAST: Simone Spoladore, Javier Drolas, Martha Nowill AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories except Brazil and Argentina FILMING LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) LANGUAGE: Portuguese BUDGET: ¤ 1,000,000.00 PRODUCTION COMPANY: bigBonsai CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Cinematografica Marcela, Rizoma, Republica Pureza and Canal Brasil DISTRIBUTION COMPANY: Vitrine Filmes (Brazil) 8 PRODUCTION COMPANIES FILM TAKING IACANGA O BARATO DE IACANGA www.bigbonsai.com.br Brazil | 2018 | 70 min | Documentary São Paulo – SP +55 11 97148 4592 A documentary about the legendary festival dedicated to Brazilian music helded in a isolated ranch in the 70’s and 80’s, considered the biggest gathering of the local hippie movement during the military regime. DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Release DIRECTOR: Thiago Mattar SCREENWRITERS: Thiago Mattar and Guilherme Algon CAST: João Gilberto, Raul Seixas, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Mautner, Sandra Sá and others AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATION: São Paulo (Brazil) LANGUAGE: Portuguese BUDGET: US$ 150,000.00 PRODUCTION COMPANY: bigBonsai Deborah Osborn [email protected] MARCHÉ DU FILM 2019 9 BIÔNICA FILMES PROJECT Biônica Filmes has developed TOLL content for cinema and PEDÁGIO television since 2012. It has produced international co- Brazil | 2020 | 90 min | Drama, Dark Humor productions, released major box office successes and Suellen is a toll booth attendant who starts using her job to help won and got nominated for a gang of thieves steal watches from people driving to the coast. important international prizes But only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay (SXSW/EMMY). conversion workshop. DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Development DIRECTOR: Carolina Markowicz SCREENWRITER: Carolina Markowicz AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories FILMING LOCATION: Brazil LANGUAGE: Portuguese PRODUCTION COMPANY: Biônica Filmes 10 PRODUCTION COMPANIES PROJECT MOUNTAIN RANGE CORDILHEIRA www.bionicafilmes.com.br Brazil and Argentina | 2020 | Drama, Thriller São Paulo - SP +55 11 97307 1120 After releasing her first graphic novel, “Violetta”, Ana is accepted at the End of the World Residence to develop her next book. There, she discovers the suprarealism method which makes the authors become their characters. DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Development DIRECTOR: Fernando Fraiha SCREENWRITERS: Fernando Fraiha and Inés Bortagaray AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATION: Argentina LANGUAGE: Spanish BUDGET: US$ 1,775,924.00 PRODUCTION COMPANY: Biônica Filmes CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: Le Tiro Cine DISTRIBUTION COMPANY: Elo Company Karen Castanho [email protected] MARCHÉ DU FILM 2019 11 BUBBLES FILM PROJECT IMMERSED FAMILY FAMILIA SUMERGIDA Bubbles Project is a production company based in Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Norway | 2018 | 91 min | Fiction Rio, Brasil. Among its works are “Pendular” by Julia Murat Deep in the summer heat of Buenos Aires, Marcela is faced with the (FIPRESCI - at Panorama task of purging the apartment of her recently deceased sister, all while Section of Berlinale 2017) being drawn into an illicit affair with a younger man. and “Loveling” by Gustavo Pizzi, selected to Sundance DEVELOPMENT PHASE: Completed and Rotterdam 2018. DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER: Maria Alché CAST: Mercedes Morán, Esteban Bigliardi, Marcelo Subiotto, Ia Areta, Laila Maltz, Federico Sack, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos FILMING LOCATION: Buenos Aires (Argentina) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES: All territories except Spain, Germany, Australia, Uruguay, Argentina, Switzerland, Norway and Brazil LANGUAGE: Spanish BUDGET: US$ 1,250,000.00 PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS: 65º FI de San Sebastián – Cine en Construcción, 71º Festival de Locarno – Concorso Cineasti del Presente, 66º FI de San Sebastián- Horizontes Latinos, 25º Fic Valdivia- Competição International, 42º de Cinema de Gotemburgo PRODUCTION COMPANY: Pasto Filmes