New Perspectives on Independent Cinema

Writers Room Audiovisual Mídia e Entretenimento Storytelling Arte e Cultura Criatividade

The national cinema constantly seeks to reinvent itself, drawing from new perspectives, whether they come from experienced creators or rising professionals. However, aesthetic and narrative experimentation does not follow a standard path, and many of these routes mark the breaking of barriers and the production of innovative works. As a result, more films address social, political, and cultural themes in a critical and transformative manner, challenging conventions and expanding the boundaries of Brazilian cinema. Despite these advances, independent cinema still faces a series of challenges, ranging from lack of funding and institutional support to the scarcity of exhibition and promotional spaces. In this panel, the relationship between art and the market will be discussed, along with the aesthetic pursuits and narrative challenges of each work, as well as strategies to strengthen and sustain the sector, ensuring its vitality and relevance in the country's cultural landscape.

Speakers

Galba Gogóia | Moderadora

Galba is an actress, screenwriter and director. She is also a trans woman. As an actress, she acted in the soap opera Renascer (Tv Globo); in the series Perdido (Canal Brasil/GloboPlay); in the series Capoeiras (Disney/Star+); in the series 5X Comédia (Amazon); in the series Candelária (Netflix). Galba is an artist recognized for her audiovisual work. She rose to prominence with her debut film, "Jéssika" (2018), present at more than 25 festivals, including The Tiradentes Film Festival. She was a screenwriter for the feature film "Alice Júnior 2", the second and third season of the series LOL-Se Rir Já Era (Amazon) and was a script consultant for the soap opera “Beleza Fatal” (HBO).

Foto do palestrante Nara barreto Normande

Nara Normande | Palestrante

Nara Normande (1986) is from Alagoas, a state in the northeast of Brazil. She has lived in the city of Recife for 20 years where she made her first films. In 2011, she directed the animated short Dia Estrelado (Habana Film Festival) and in 2014 she directed with Tião the short film Sem Coração that won the Illy prize at Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. In 2018, the mixed media animated documentary Guaxuma, a co-production with France, won more than 70 awards at prestigious festivals such as SXSW, Guadalajara, Ottawa AIFF. Sem Coração, the homonymous feature film based on the short, also co-directed by Tião, premiered in 2023 at Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti competition.

Viviane Ferreira | Palestrante

Viviane is a lawyer, black activist and filmmaker. Specialist in public policies for the audiovisual industry, she was CEO at Spcine (2021-Feb.2024). With a Master's degree in Communication from the University of Brasília (UnB), she chaired the 2021 Oscar® Brazilian Selection Committee. In the same year, she was named by the Most Influential People of African Descent as one of the 100 Most Influential People of African Descent in the world in the Humanitarianism and Activism category. She is a founder of Odun Filmes and one of the founders of APAN, and director of the hits "Ó Paí Ó 2" (2023) available on Amazon Prime, and "Um dia com Jerusa" (2020) available on Netflix.

Luciano Vidigal | Palestrante

He is a filmmaker and actor. He was the first filmmaker from a Brazilian favela to win an international award, with the film “Neguinho e Kika”, at the Marseille Festival (2005). He acted in 46 films, scripted and directed one of the episodes of the feature film “Cinco Vezes Favela”, which opened the Cannes Festival in 2010; and the short “From High Above”, which won more than 30 national and international awards. He directed the documentary “City of God Ten years later”; worked on the search for the cast of “City of God”; in post-production of the feature films “Kasa Branca” (fiction), co-produced by Globo Filmes and Telecine, and “Se Eu Viver Vai Ser Milagre” (doc), for streaming.