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\n\tGRAMADO, Brazil \u2014 As the first edition of the Residency for Young Filmmakers wrapped on Aug. 19, the Gramado Film Festival has decided to continue the program with a second edition set to take place at its 2027 edition and that the Residency would become a permanent initiative at Gramado, Rosa Helena Volk, president of fest organizer Gramadotur, told Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tVolk said they will evaluate the first edition of the Residency and decide whether to keep the current format or make specific changes. The inaugural edition gathered 60 filmmakers aged between 18 and 35, who attended 17 masterclasses and talks during three days.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe first Residency program was a major success. It is a way of training the filmmakers who, 10 years from now, will have films screening in Gramado, I\u2019m confident,\u201d Volk told Variety<\/em>. \u201cWe will review the program and discuss how we can improve it. We will assess whether 60 participants is the ideal number, whether we should keep just one group or create two, and whether the age range we established was appropriate,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe filmmakers attended 27 hours of masterclasses and talks with leading execs and talent of Brazil\u2019s film industry, such as distribution and production company Paris\u2019 M\u00e1rcio Fraccaroli and Ver\u00f4nica Stumpf, production company Panor\u00e2mica\u2019s Mara Lob\u00e3o, actor and director Silvio Guindane, RioFilme\u2019s Leonardo Edde, Amazon MGM Studios Brazil\u2019s Julia Priolli, lawyer Tha\u00eds Colli, Globo\u2019s Fl\u00e1via Pereira Costa and filmmakers Allan Deberton, Luiz Alberto Cassol and Renato Falc\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

\n\tRalfe Cardoso, general coordinator of the Gramado Film Market, stressed the potential of the young filmmakers and their different backgrounds. They are from nine states in Brazil.<\/p>\n

\n\tMarlon Andrade, a resident of Embu das Artes, a blue-collar town in the S\u00e3o Paulo metro area, has directed five short films and worked in various roles on three others. He worked as production manager on the feature film \u201cAmor Doce Confus\u00e3o,\u201d helmed by Toti Loureiro, which is due to premiere at this year\u2019s edition of the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, and served as a camera assistant on H\u00e9lio Goldsztejn\u2019s feature-length documentary \u201cAmelia Toledo \u2013 Lembrar de N\u00e3o Esquecer\u201d that opens on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy dream is to have a film screened at the Gramado Film Festival, but being selected for the Residency is already a major achievement. Here, we are networking with people from different parts of the country who work in many different areas. Cinema is a collective art form, and the Residency allowed us to meet people with different life experiences, while also learning from established industry professionals through the masterclasses,\u201d Andrade told Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tVit\u00f3ria Mantovani is a director, producer, event organizer and screenwriter from the city of S\u00e3o Paulo. She is the general director of AI Film Awards Brasil, a Brazilian version of an international festival dedicated to audiovisual productions developed with artificial intelligence, which will take place in S\u00e3o Paulo over Sept. 24-26. The event is part of an international platform organized by KM Universe that has already held initiatives in major creative-industry hubs, including Cannes, Venice, Dubai, Marrakech, Paris and Bali.<\/p>\n

\n\tCarol Guimar\u00e3es, CEO of WeDo! Entretenimento and founder of e-Teatro WeDo!, Didi Paulini, co-founder of the e-Teatro WeDo!, and producer S\u00e9rgio S\u00e1 Leit\u00e3o, director of Instituto ArteCidadania, senior consultant at FGV Projetos and head of LIDE Cultura, are the exec producers of AI Film Awards Brasil.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur event aims to broaden the debate over the impact of artificial intelligence on the transformation of the audiovisual industry and to promote the convergence of technology, cinema, advertising and innovation,\u201d Mantovani said.<\/p>\n

\n\tGabrielly Pires is from Est\u00e2ncia Velha, in Rio Grande do Sul state, where Gramado is located. She has produced three professional short films, besides 10 short films, music videos and documentaries in college. One of them, music video \u201cMorphe,\u201d screened at the Gramado Film Market\u2019s University Film Showcase at Gramado Fest 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Residency was useful in helping me reassess the direction of my career. I really enjoy production. Through the Residency, I became interested in distribution and in working in an area focused on helping filmmakers bring their films to audiences,\u201d Pires said.<\/p>\n

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