Brazil’s José Padilha, director of “Narcos” and writer-director-producer of the “Elite Squad” feature film diptych, has been signed by Globo Studios to write, direct and produce a Globoplay original series about Marielle Franco, the Brazilian black, gay female human rights activist assassinated in a still-unresolved murder.
The series, a high-profile addition to Latin America’s burgeoning premium content offer, marks a stand-out addition to Globoplay’s lineup, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing Svod original production powerhouses. Launched in 2015, Globo’s freemium Svod service in Brazil which had over 22 million unique visitors a month by the beginning of the year, aims to release 20 original productions in 2020.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will negotiate all international distribution agreements. Padilha indicated that it is looking for an “international partnership to exhibit the series worldwide. The idea is to tell [Franco’s] incredible life story to the greatest number of people, inside and outside the country.
The series, a high-profile addition to Latin America’s burgeoning premium content offer, marks a stand-out addition to Globoplay’s lineup, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing Svod original production powerhouses. Launched in 2015, Globo’s freemium Svod service in Brazil which had over 22 million unique visitors a month by the beginning of the year, aims to release 20 original productions in 2020.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will negotiate all international distribution agreements. Padilha indicated that it is looking for an “international partnership to exhibit the series worldwide. The idea is to tell [Franco’s] incredible life story to the greatest number of people, inside and outside the country.
- 3/11/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Bolsonaro wants to impose ‘filters’ on the projects funded by state agency Ancine.
The Brazilian film industry has responded to proposals from far-right president Jair Bolsonaro to impose a range of “filters” on national film agency Ancine to influence the type of films that receive state film funding.
Ancine manages the Audiovisual Sector Fund (Fsa), the most important federal fund in the country which invests around $91.5m in Brazilian film annually. Bolsanaro has threatened to close the agency if it does not comply. He has also demanded the relocation of Ancine’s board of directors from Rio de Janeiro, where the film industry is based,...
The Brazilian film industry has responded to proposals from far-right president Jair Bolsonaro to impose a range of “filters” on national film agency Ancine to influence the type of films that receive state film funding.
Ancine manages the Audiovisual Sector Fund (Fsa), the most important federal fund in the country which invests around $91.5m in Brazilian film annually. Bolsanaro has threatened to close the agency if it does not comply. He has also demanded the relocation of Ancine’s board of directors from Rio de Janeiro, where the film industry is based,...
- 7/24/2019
- by Elaine Guerini
- ScreenDaily
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