\n\tThe First International Meeting of Cities will take place Aug. 12-14 at the Gramado Film Market and will gather municipal-level authorities from such major towns as Medell\u00edn, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Maric\u00e1 and fest-host Gramado as well as representatives of Brazilian and Ibero-American organizations to discuss how the creative economy \u2014 particularly the audiovisual industry \u2014 can contribute to social and economic development.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe program will highlight the successful cases of the 2.4-million-strong city of Medell\u00edn, Colombia, and Gramado, a tourist town with 40,000 residents in Southern Brazil, said Ralfe Cardoso, general coordinator of the Gramado Film Market.<\/p>\n
\n\tMaria Fernanda Galeano Rojo<\/a>, Medell\u00edn\u2019s secretary of economic development, and Karla Valderrama, coordinator of the city\u2019s film commission, will present in a panel the Colombian city\u2019s experience in urban transformation \u2014 considered a model for other cities in Latin America \u2014 innovation, attracting audiovisual productions, and promoting economic and social development through the creative economy.<\/p>\n \n\tAs for Gramado, Cardoso said the 54 consecutive annual editions of the film fest were a major driver turning the town into one of Brazil\u2019s best-known tourist destinations. Gramado, in the mountains of Brazil\u2019s southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul, offers European-inspired architecture, a strong gastronomic scene and several entertainment-themed complexes.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe growth of tourism in Gramado is connected to the film festival,\u201d Cardoso told Variety. \u201cIt all began 54 years ago. Gramado today ranks as the country\u2019s second tourism destination, behind only Rio de Janeiro. The film festival created that. It\u2019s interesting, because it\u2019s something that began with art.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe 10th edition of the Gramado Film Market will feature panels and pitching sessions, with the participation of execs from major companies such as Amazon<\/a> MGM Studios, the Globo group\u2019s Globo Filmes<\/a> and streamer Globoplay<\/a>, distributors Downtown Filmes, H2O Films and Vitrine Filmes<\/a>, and Fernando Meirelles\u2019 production company O2 Filmes<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Gramado Film Market\u2019s forum will offer panels on key issues facing the local and international film and TV industries. Let\u00edcia Friedrich will present the panel Vitrine Filmes: Sponsorship, Investment, Circulation and Impact. Friedrich, a partner and director of Vitrine, will address how public policy, investment and distribution strategy can work together to strengthen indie cinema.<\/p>\n \n\tFounded 15 years ago, Vitrine has built to become the leading distributor of Brazilian art features. The company distributed locally Kleber Mendon\u00e7a\u2019s \u201cThe Secret Agent,\u201d which sold about 2.5 million admissions in the country, a spectacular performance for a Brazilian non-comedy art film.<\/p>\n \n\tThe panel\u2019s theme is the company\u2019s Vitrine Petrobras Session, a program sponsored by Brazil\u2019s state-owned oil giant Petrobras. As part of the program, Vitrine has released more than 80 Brazilian films in sessions with affordable ticket prices and organized discussions, training activities and masterclasses in film societies, schools and cultural institutions.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cOur project was created to democratize access to independent cinema by promoting Brazilian releases in commercial theaters across all regions of the country,\u201d Friedrich told Variety. \u201cSince 2023, the project has also invested in restoring and re-releasing classics of Brazilian cinema, reaffirming its commitment both to preserving the audiovisual memory and to promoting the country\u2019s cinematic heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAudiovisual public policy specialist Gabriel Portela will take part on the panel Future Perspectives for the Brazilian Audiovisual Industry. He will discuss the sector\u2019s technological transformations, new consumption habits, changing financing models and distribution challenges.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe first question we need to address is developing strategies and policies so that Brazilian films can truly find its audience within the country. We cannot think about the development of our audiovisual industry without a strong domestic market,\u201d Portela told Variety.<\/p>\n \n\tMarcelo Pedrazzi, director and partner of Quanta, one of Brazil\u2019s leading audiovisual infrastructure and services companies, will participate on the panel Innovations in the Audiovisual Process: Technology, Efficiency and New Production Workflows. He will provide a historical view of the technological evolution since the Lumi\u00e8re brothers\u2019 first dedicated public screenings of moving images in 1895.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cOver the past 25 years, the sector has undergone a major wave of transformation driven by innovation and technology. The advent of virtual production has opened the way to unprecedented worlds and new creative horizons,\u201d he told Variety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The First International Meeting of Cities will take place Aug. 12-14 at the Gramado Film Market and will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1457,146,262956,50347,249500,85,46,262957,262958,262959],"class_list":["post-581204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-amazon","tag-entertainment","tag-globo-filmes","tag-globoplay","tag-gramado-film-festival","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-maria-fernanda-galeano-rojo","tag-o2-filmes","tag-vitrine-filmes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}