At a press convention right here in Cannes, the organizers behind the Hollywood Brazilian Movie Pageant introduced they’re rebranding and can henceforth be generally known as the Brazilian Audiovisual Group (BRAVO).
As a part of the rebrand, BRAVO additionally welcomes two new govt administrators, Juliana Sakae, a producer at Muritiba Filmes, who will function affiliate director and director of the group’s Discussion board and FYC (For Your Consideration) evening, and Thiago Macêdo Correia, producer at Filmes de Plástico, who would be the Pageant’s inventive director. The competition’s expertise lab, now to be generally known as the BRAVO Movie Lab, which mentors younger Brazilian filmmakers, stays underneath the supervision of Talize Sayegh.
“BRAVO was born from the need to point out the true scope of our workforce’s work past movie screenings,” Sayegh stated in an announcement. “We’re already a corporation that thinks about the way forward for Brazilian audiovisual, that invests in new voices, and promotes dialogue inside and out of doors of Brazil. However our identify didn’t mirror all of this work.”
The group has longstanding partnerships with American Cinematheque, the Brazilian Consulate in Los Angeles, Cinema do Brasil, and Projeto Paradiso, and can open its 2025 version on the Academy Museum. The competition historically screens Brazil’s submission for the Greatest Worldwide Oscar as its opening title — final 12 months, that was Walter Salles’ I’m Nonetheless Right here.
“BRAVO has grow to be an essential platform for Oscar campaigns of Brazilian movies,” Sakae stated. “Yearly, now we have the distinction of opening the competition with Brazil’s official submission for Greatest Worldwide Characteristic on the prestigious Academy Museum, which boasts some of the superior picture and sound programs on the earth. We additionally host the FYC (For Your Consideration) evening, devoted to Brazilian movies certified in different classes, on the historic Linwood Dunn Theater, residence to the movie reels of a few of the world’s best cinematic works.”
The competition was launched in 2009. It runs throughout LA in November.
