Brasil CineMundi – International Coproduction Meeting aims to expand networks and business between Brazilian professionals and representatives of the international industry, facilitating connections between independent Brazilian productions and the global market through productive partnerships and exchange of information and joint actions. The program also promotes training, cooperation, exchange activities, one-on-one meetingsand awards, focusing on trends in contemporary cinema and independent production from an innovative perspective.
In its annual editions, Brasil CineMundi selects feature film projects in different stages of conception. The 16th edition takes place from 23rd to 28th September and presentes the selection of 37 feature film projects. These projects take part in the CineMundi Lab – a training program – and coproduction activities, being presented to an audience of guests representing the world audiovisual industry – producers, sales agents, distributors, specialized tutors, consultants, fund representatives and international festival programmers.
WELCOME DRINK | 23rd September
Welcome to invited guests and representatives of selected projects.
ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS – 24th to 28th September
Individual meetings between selected projects and professionals from the international audiovisual market.
CINEMUNDI LAB – TRAINING PROGRAM 2025 – September and October – onsite and online
CineMundi Lab is a training program with the objective of investing in the development, better realization and commercialization of Brazilian feature film projects, offering to the project teams several activities with specialized professionals from the world audiovisual industry. It also has the purpose of providing conceptual and practical tools for training professionals, exchanging experiences between different agents in the audiovisual sector, generating exchange, promoting meetings and dialogues, expanding networks and global connections with the international market. This edition brings together several actions such as a development lab, specialized consultants, script mentoring, workshops, panel and debates.
DEVELOPMENT LAB
This lab is aimed at projects within the In Development category, from Horizonte, DocBrasil Meeting and Foco Minas sections. It offers a set of activities aimed at preparing project representatives for meetings with national and international guests that will take place during Brasil CineMundi, as well as identifying and working on the strengths and points that need attention in the projects, contributing to the training of directors and producers, with the creative process and the development of the project. The activities take place in several meetings during the month of September and include presentations and group training and individual consultancies.
Consultant: Séverine Roinssard – producer at Parati Films, collaborator of Brasil CineMundi | France
DOC IMMENSION LAB
This lab begins at the development stage of each selected documentary project, whether still in the research and development phase or with some footage already shot. The emphasis is on debut film proposals from first-time directors, focusing on streamlined production methods that are feasible on a low budget, with inventive solutions for dealing with the concrete challenges of filmmaking.
Instructor: Cleber Eduardo – curatorial coordinator of CineBH | Brazil
SPECIALIZED CONSULTANCIES
The five projects selected in the WIP – First Cut category will receive consultancy services provided by expert guests. The consultancy services offered cover various areas of the audiovisual field: audience design, sales and distribution strategies, international market, editing, promotion, and festival marketing.
Consultants:
- Gudula Meinzolt – producer at Autentika Films | Germany/Switzerland
- Jordana Berg – film editor | Brazil
- Lidia Damatto – international distributor at More Than Films | Brazil/Spain
- Nevena Milašinović – sales and acquisitions executive at Lightdox | France
- Pedro Tinen – researcher and consultant | Brazil
SCRIPT MENTORING
A team of nine talents from the Paradiso Project will share their learning and experiences, providing an online script mentoring for ten projects from the Paradiso Multiplica section, contributing to the creative processes of these new stories.
Paradiso talents: Francis Vogner dos Reis, Joana Oliveira, Luiz Bertazzo, Marcelo Toledo, Milena Ribeiro, Mykaela Plotkin, Roberto Gervitz, Rosa Caldeira, Thayná Almeida
WORKSHOP
Theme: TEST YOUR AUDIENCE STRATEGY
Consultant: Isona Admetlla – coordinator of the World Cinema Fund and collaborator of Brasil CineMundi
Guests:
Paulo de Carvalho – producer at Autentika Films and collaborator of Brasil CineMundi | Germany
Séverine Roinssard – producer at Parati Films and collaborator of Brasil CineMundi | France
ATIVIDADES ABERTAS AO PÚBLICO
Official opening ceremony of the 16th BrasilCineMundi and 19th Mostra CineBH.
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
Guests: Cléber Eduardo – curatorial coordinator of CineBH | Brazil Ester Marçal Fér – curator of the Latin American program at CineBH | Brazil Mariana Queen Nwabasili – curator of […]
Guest: Gisela B. Camara – production executive at Amazon MGM Studios | Brazil Moderator: Pedro Butcher – critic and researcher, collaborator of Brasil CineMundi | Brazil
Guests: Joelma Gonzaga – national secretary for audiovisual – SAV/Minc | Brazil Thaylane Cristina – manager of BH Film Commission – Belo Horizonte Municipal Department of Culture | Brazil
Guests: Emerson Dindo – executive director of DiALAB | Brazil Jorge Cohen – producer at Geração 80 Produções | Angola Mário Borgneth – filmmaker, producer, and executive coordinator of the […]
Guests: Adriana Yañez – director and screenwriter | Brazil Lucas Taidson – professor and consultant in communication and artificialiIntelligence | Brazil Rafael Neumayr – entertainment and copyright lawyer | Brazil […]
Guests: Clarissa Campolina – director of the film Suçuarana | Minas Gerais Luana Melgaço – director of the film Suçuarana | Minas Gerais Sérgio Borges – director of the film […]
DEBATES
Guests: Aline Belli – vice-president of Abranima and President of Santacine | Brazil Durval Ângelo – president of the Court of Auditors of the State of Minas Gerais | Brazil […]
Guests: J.D. Fernández Molero – director of the film Punku | Peru Lady Vinces – producer of the film Huaquero | Peru Leandro Alves – director of the film Movimento […]
Guests: Carlos Moreno – director of International Promotion at Proimágenes Colombia | Colombia Debora Ivanov – president and founder of Instituto Querô and the +Mulheres Collective | Brazil Gustavo Jardim […]
Guests: Bénédicte Thomas – distributor at Arizona Distribution | France Cata Florez – producer and director at Urua Films | Colombia/Germany Cosimo Santoro – sales agent at The Open Reel […]
Guests: Andrés Jurado – director of the film Bienvenidos Conquistadores Interplanetarios y del Espacio Sideral | Colombia Matias Ferreyra – director of the film Una casa con dos perros | […]
Guests: Armi Rae Cacanindin – producer at Popple Pictures | Philippines Joana Oliveira – screenwriter and director | Brazil Julia Alves – producer at Quarta-feira Filmes | Brazil Juliette Lepoutre […]
Guests: Esteban Schroeder – producer and filmmaker at La Suma | Uruguay Felipe Lopes – distributor at Retrato Filmes | Brazil Marcela Lizcano – producer at Viceversa Cine and Nodo […]
CLOSING AND AWARDS
Closing and awards ceremony with the participation of the directors and producers of the projects and guests of the 16th Brasil CineMundi.