Executive Director - Programming & Int'l Projects
05/06/2024
Awareness
Pitching Audiovisual
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a major in Journalism and Cinema, Ilda Santiago is one of the founders and business partner at Estação Group – a 35-year-old company, reference in art-house distribution/exhibition in Brazil, responsible for the acquisitions of over 400 titles. She is a co-founder and programming executive director for the Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival. She has organized retrospectives in Brazil as well as curated Brazilian series (Premiere Brazil) in New York (MoMA), Berlin, Lisbon, Beijing and Washington DC. Correspondent for Brazilian film to the Cannes Film Festival. Member of Ibero-Latin Academy (Premios Platinos) and of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts (AMPAS).