Flavio Frederico and Mariana Pamplona’s “Clandestine – The Life of Iara Iavelberg,” Beto Oliveira’s “Flora” and Lucas Peligrineti’s “Pupupu/Bibibi” feature in the lineups of Rio2C’s Industry Pitching, one of the highlights of the mega creativity forum which kicks off Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.
Covering 24 titles split in four sections – Fiction, Animation, Documentary/Factual and Reality Shows – the lineup shows Brazilian creators leaning into the realities of Brazil, and often issues of race, gender and climate change.
Even in the Animation section, heavy on comedic fantasy adventures, the protagonists of “Formiga,” featuring a fantasy kite world, come from one of Brazil’s impoverished outer-city. Turning on the comedic adventures of a lively beetle and curious ladybug, “Pupupu Bibibi” pictures insects of the Amazon, which often seem straight out of a sci-fi movie.
Above all, multiple titles attempt to remember the half or totally forgotten. “Flora...
Covering 24 titles split in four sections – Fiction, Animation, Documentary/Factual and Reality Shows – the lineup shows Brazilian creators leaning into the realities of Brazil, and often issues of race, gender and climate change.
Even in the Animation section, heavy on comedic fantasy adventures, the protagonists of “Formiga,” featuring a fantasy kite world, come from one of Brazil’s impoverished outer-city. Turning on the comedic adventures of a lively beetle and curious ladybug, “Pupupu Bibibi” pictures insects of the Amazon, which often seem straight out of a sci-fi movie.
Above all, multiple titles attempt to remember the half or totally forgotten. “Flora...
- 5/27/2025
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Part of Brazil’s rapidly building international film scene, Vdf Connection, a new São Paulo-based consultancy, training and sales agency, will launch at the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film with a Fantastic Cuts horror showcase and a second dedicated to titles from Brazilian state Minas Gerais.
Vdf Connection has also helped organize a screening of “O Barulho da Noite,” the narrative feature debut of Brazil’s Eva Pereira which won three awards at the 2024 Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival.
The company is founded by partners Mónica Trigo, a consultant and fest curator, and Javier Fernández, longtime head of Blood Window, Latin American mart-meet Ventana Sur’s pioneering genre platform.
Said Fernández: “Vdf Connection is a new consulting and sales agency focused on connecting filmmakers and producers — from development to post-production — with international festivals and markets,”
“Our mission is to empower the global launch of audiovisual content, primarily from Brazil and Latin America,...
Vdf Connection has also helped organize a screening of “O Barulho da Noite,” the narrative feature debut of Brazil’s Eva Pereira which won three awards at the 2024 Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival.
The company is founded by partners Mónica Trigo, a consultant and fest curator, and Javier Fernández, longtime head of Blood Window, Latin American mart-meet Ventana Sur’s pioneering genre platform.
Said Fernández: “Vdf Connection is a new consulting and sales agency focused on connecting filmmakers and producers — from development to post-production — with international festivals and markets,”
“Our mission is to empower the global launch of audiovisual content, primarily from Brazil and Latin America,...
- 5/8/2025
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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