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
SELECTION COMMITTEE
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
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
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
WIP – FINAL CUT FILMS
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
FICTIONS | PROJETOLAB
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
CAVALO – PE
Directed by: Valentina Homem
Produced by: Luiza Ramos
Written by: Valentina Homem, Juliana Lapa
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