Brasil CineMundi Connection 2026

Brazil CineMundi – International Coproduction Meeting is the Brazilian film industry market event held annually since 2010 in Belo Horizonte (MG). Established as an important environment for networking and business, it promotes closer connections between national film production and the audiovisual industry. Each edition brings together dozens of professionals interested in discovering and negotiating with upcoming Brazilian feature-film projects.

The event also offers cooperation and exchange activities, debates, and the CineMundi Lab, which invests in the training and professional development of industry members, discussing experiences, challenges, and opportunities related to the coproduction model in Brazil and abroad.

For the fifth consecutive year, Universo Produção is organizing the itinerant edition Conexão Brasil CineMundi, a program dedicated to strengthening Brazilian cinema through the presentation of work-in-progress films (final cut) and labs for developing projects. The initiative takes place from January 23 to 31 as part of the 29th Tiradentes Film Festival.

Conexão expands training, dissemination, and internationalization efforts, highlighting the diversity and creative potential of national cinematography. In addition to WIP screenings and Labs, the program includes premieres, debates, panels, and networking activities.

This edition features six feature-length films in WIP – final cut stage, screened in closed sessions for national and international audiovisual professionals, followed by individual meetings aimed at increasing the visibility of the works and fostering circulation opportunities. The Project Residency presents 12 developing projects that participate in the Imersão Doc and ProjetoLab laboratories, where they have the opportunity to advance both creative and production aspects.

WIP BRASIL CINEMUNDI CONNECTION – TIRADENTES 2026

CURATORS

CLAIRE ALLOUCHE
Researcher, curator and film critic | France

CLEBER EDUARDO
Curator e consultant | Brazil

PEDRO BUTCHER
Critic and researcher | Brazil

GUESTS

ÁLVARO ARRROBA
Programmer BAFICI / La Quinzaine des Cinéastes / SEMINCI | Argentina / France / Spain

ANA SANZ
Post-production support O2 PÓS | Brazil

CAMILA FINK
Curator and programmer Itaú Cultural Play | Brazil

CÍNTIA GIL
Programmer Doclisboa / La Quinzaine des Cinéastes | Portugal / France

CYRIL NEYRAT
Artistic director FIDMarseille | France

DANIEL QUEIROZ
Distributor Embaúba Filmes | Brazil

EDUARDO VALENTE
Programmer Berlinale | Germany / Brazil

JOÃO SALDANHA
Distributor Vitrine Filmes | Brazil

JÚNIA MATSUURA
Distributor We Are Here | Germany

LARISSA SCARPPELLI
Cultural analyst Sesc em Minas | Brazil

LETÍCIA SANTINON
Distributor Cajuína Audiovisual | Brazil

PAMELA BIÉNZOBAS
Programmer and consultant Locarno FF | Switzerland

PAULA GOMES
Distributor Olhar Filmes | Brazil

PEDRO EMILIO SEGURA BERNAL
Programmer Ambulante / Reykjavik IFF | Mexico / Iceland

RAFAEL CARVALHO
Curator and programmer Itaú Cultural Play | Brazil

RAÚL CAMARGO
Diretor FICValdivia | Chile

RAYANNE LAYSSA
Distributor Descoloniza Filmes | Brazil

ROGER KOZA
Programmer Doc Buenos Aires / Filmfest Hamburg / Viennale | Argentina / Germany / Austria

ROMEO UMULISA
Producer e distributor Creative Africa Lab | Rwanda

SANDRO FIORIN
Distributor FiGa Films | Brazil

TALITA ARRUDA
Distributor Fistaile | Brazil

VINÍCIUS LOBO
Film curator Globo Filmes | Brazil

WALTER TIEPELMANN
Programmer Málaga WIP / FIDBA / #LINK | Spain / Argentina

AWARDS

CINECOLOR
Delivery (DCP + Prores + H264). Service package including a projection booth to check the DCP, plus an eight-hour day in the cinema 5.1 mixing studio to perform the final mix check with your mixer, and backup of up to 10 terabytes in LTO-8 of all your project’s files. Award valid for two years (January/2028). The winning film will be selected by event guests

CTAv
DCP encoding for a feature film up to 120 minutes + external hard drive. Award valid for two years (January/2028). The winning film will be selected by event guests.

Málaga WIP – Spain
A spot for the producer or director of a WIP film – Final Cut to participate in Málaga WIP in the next edition, in March 2026. The winning film will be selected by the representative of Málaga WIP participating in Conexão Brasil CineMundi during the 29th Tiradentes Film Festival.

O2 PÓS
Award of R$20,000.00 (twenty thousand reais) in post-production services. The services will be carried out according to O2’s scheduling availability. Award valid for two years (January/2028). The winning film
will be selected by event guests.

The End
R$50,000.00 (fifty thousand Brazilian reais) in color correction services. The prize is valid for use in the post-production of the awarded film, with a validity of one year, which may be extended for an additional year, subject to the company’s availability. The winning film will be selected by event guests.

Sesc em Minas Work in Progresse Award
The Sistema Fecomércio, through Sesc Minas, will award R$10,000 in cash to one of the films in the Work in Progress (WIP) category. The winning film will be selected by a representative of Sesc em Minas participating in Conexão Brasil CineMundi, during the 29th Tiradentes Film Festival.

WIP – FINAL CUT FILMS

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

FICTIONS | PROJETOLAB

THE HEALER`S FEST (PR)
Directed by: Jessica Candal
Produced by: Daiane Martins
Written by: Tamiris Tertuliano, William de Oliveira

WE’RE NOT DEAD YET – RJ/BA
Directed by: Vitória Fallavena
Produced by: Gabriela Moura, Paula Alves 
Written by: Vitória Fallavena, Taye Couto

EMBERS ASHES ALSO IGNITE – BA
Directed and written by: Leandro Souza
Produced by: Fran Cardoso

COMMITMENT – SP
Directed and written by: Thiago B. Mendonça
Produced by: Renata Jardim

ACROSS THE SEA – MG/GO/RJ
Directed by: Rosa Berardo
Produced by: Michelle Antunes
Written by: Gabriella Mancini

MEMORIES OF WHERE EVERYTHING STARTS – MG
Directed and written by: Gabriel Marcos
Produced: Marina Soares

PUAHU – RJ
Direção e Roteiro: Darília Rocha, Zahy Tentehar
Produção: Luiza Paiva, Clarissa Guarilha

BRUT SILENCE – PR/SC
Directed and written by: João Gabriel Kowalski, João Gabriel Ferreira
Produced: Pollyanna Boffe, Alessandra da Rosa Pinho, Serginho Melo

DOCUMENTARIES | LAB IMERSÃO DOC

DISCOLORED CORNERS – RS
Directed by: Tatiana Sager
Produced and written by: Gabriel Sager, Renato Dornelles, Tatiana Sager

MADE IN BRASIGUAY – DF
Directed and written by: Marcelo Díaz
Produced by: Marcelo Díaz, Sandra Grossi

MISS TALAVERA BRUCE – RJ
Directed by: Danielle Amaral
Produced by: Liliana Mont Serrat, Fernando Pompeu
Written by: Danielle Amaral, Liliana Mont Serrat

SOUNDS OF TURI – SP
Directed by: Giu Nascimento
Produced by: Bruno Dias
Written by: Giu Nascimento, Bruno Dias

SEPTEMBER – MG
Directed by: Mirela Persichini
Produced by: Paula Kimo
Written by: Dayane Tropicaos

TOSHI CAME BACK FROM JAPAN – SP
Directed and written by: Marcos Yoshi
Produced by: Rica Saito