Brazilian Competition

Brazilian Competition

Bramma Bremmer

Bramma Bremmer made her film debut as an actress in Tudo o que Você Podia Ser and Parque de Diversões. She also stars in Coiote and Jardim Vitória, which are in the final stages of post-production. In theater, she has performed in ten productions, most recently in Encanto dos Insetos and Fazer Festa com o Perigo on the Beijo Platform. She is a winner of the Itaú Cultural’s Arte como Respiro Award and an artist in residence at the Lab BDMG Cultural. She is the author of the book desejo de me expor, desejo desaparecer. Bremmer was a curator for the 24th and 25th editions of the Festival Cenas Curtas at Galpão Cine Horto and is the artistic coordinator for the 2025 edition. She is also a programmer for Quarta Kuir Cinema.
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Brazilian Competition

Fernanda Pessoa

Fernanda Pessoa is a Brazilian filmmaker working primarily in documentary and experimental cinema. She is a PhD candidate at ECA/USP and holds a Master’s degree from Sorbonne Nouvelle. She directed the feature films Histórias que nosso cinema (não) contava (2017, Guarani Award, DocLisboa, Cinélatino Toulouse, Tiradentes), Zona Árida (2019, Honorable Mention at DokLeipzig), and Vai e Vem (2022, Sheffield DocFest, Olhar de Cinema). She has also directed short films screened at festivals such as IDFA, DOC NYC, É Tudo Verdade, and Oberhausen. She participated in Berlinale Talents and is a member of the Rede Paradiso.
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Brazilian Competition

Rubens Fabricio Anzolin

Film programmer and critic. He is a curator for the Tiradentes Film Festival, CINEOP, and CINEBH. He produces LEVANTE – Pelotas Short Film Festival. His essays have been published in periodicals such as Multiplot!, Zagaia em Revista, Rocinante, and Cinemateca do MAM, as well as in books and catalogs for showcases at CCBB and CINUSP. Holding a degree in Film from UFPel and currently a Master’s candidate in Visual Arts at UFRGS, he co-wrote the short film Posso Contar Nos Dedos, nominated for the 2025 Grande Otelo Award.
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International Competition

International Competition

Ana Carolina Soares

Screenwriter, director, and editor. Ausente, her debut feature, was screened in the “Território” section at the 18th CineBH and at the 57th Brasília Film Festival, in the “A Formação dos Brasis” section. She made the short films Logo Depois, Estado Itinerante, and Lacarmélio, which were screened at national and international festivals and showcases. The latter won multiple awards, was screened in six countries, and was named best short film of 2016 by Abraccine, Accecine, and Bravo. She holds a degree in Film and Video (2010) and also works as a workshop instructor and reviewer.

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International Competition

Flaviana Lasan

Artist and curator whose practice navigates between visual arts, theater, and film. With a postgraduate degree in History and Latin America Teaching and a master’s degree in Education, her work spans two decades, exploring territories, memories, and collective narratives. She investigates community educational practices and the deconstruction of hegemonic models in the art market. She works at Funarte MG and collaborates with the Art in Latin America platform.

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International Competition

Mariah Soares

She has worked for over ten years in film curation, production, and distribution, and has produced over 150 showcases, encompassing various stages of cultural event planning and programming. She has experience in planning, executive production, and relationships with distributors and producers, both in Brazil and abroad. She worked at Cine Humberto Mauro and coordinated the Cultural Spaces Management Department at the Clóvis Salgado Foundation, and is currently a member of the distribution team at Malute, dedicated to promoting Brazilian cinema.

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Minas Competition

Minas Competition

Ana Júlia Silvino

Criticism professor at the Escuela de Cine del País Vasco (Spain) and holds a Master’s in Audiovisual Curation from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola. Her work includes creating Interwoven Scores: A Symphony of Correspondence for the Courtisane Festival (Belgium) and curating CORRECINEMA and the Diamantina Film Festival. Selected for the Dear Doc Fellowship – Doc’s Kingdom 2024 (Portugal) and Talent Press Rio 2021, she is an editor of Revista Descompasso and an executive producer at Maluta Films.
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Minas Competition

Anna Flávia Dias Salles

Anna Flávia Dias Salles is a screenwriter and researcher of the relationships between literature and cinema, with experience writing for short and feature films, television series, and museum installation spaces.
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Minas Competition

Marcos Donizetti da Silva

Cineclubist, educator, and image researcher. Holding a BA in Film and Audiovisual Arts, and both a Master’s degree in Social Communication at UFMG, where he is currently pursuing a PhD, he investigates photography within contexts of traditional communities, exploring the memories, affections, and ancestralities that permeate perspectives in image production.
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