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Rio's RioFilme and Brazil's Federal Government Announce $23 million Incentives Package for Film and TV Production, Distribution
RIO DE JANEIRO – Leonardo Edde, president director of Rio's state-owned film agency RioFilme announced a package of incentives for film and TV production and distribution worth a total R$ 131 million ($23 million) during a panel at Rio2C on Thursday. With Edde joined on the panel by Alex Braga, president director of Brazilian film-TV agency Ancine, and Marcio Tavares, exec secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Culture, the round table also allowed its speakers to set some priorities for federal and Rio film-TV policy. More from Variety TV Globo to Bow 'Aberto ao Publico' in July, the First Comedy Show From New Regional Hubs Across Brazil (EXCLUSIVE) 'I'm Still Here's' Fernanda Torres to Star in 'Os Corretores,' Which She Wrote, With Conspiraçao and Globo Filmes Producing (EXCLUSIVE) Spanish Mart-Meet Iberseries & Platino Industria Looks to Europe, Aims to Boost Spanish-Language International Distribution Brazil's federal government will put up R$100 million ($17.5 million) of the package tapping into its powerful Audiovisual Sector Fund (FSA), administered by Ancine; Rio's City Hall will cover the remaining R$31 million ($5.5 million) as part of a pioneering cooperation between federal and local governments. RioFilme will distribute the coin to Rio-based companies through public tenders, a usual practice in Brazil. The call for applications opens June 25. The public-sector aid package also includes incentives to different areas of production and distribution. A total of R$39 million ($6.8 million) will be destined to complement the financing of 12 live-action or animated feature film projects with strong B.O. potential. Another R$20 million ($3.5 million) will complement the financing of 10 low-budget film projects. In both cases, in order to apply, producers must already have raised part of their pics' financing, but not enough to go into production. A second line of incentives totalling R$16 million ($2.8 million) aims to complement the financing of six fictional live-action or animated series. The package also includes a R$5 million ($880,000) funding line for the development of films, TV series, animations and docs projects. For distribution, the package has an R$8 million ($1.4 million) subsidy budget to fund the theatrical release of 10 features. 'For us in Ancine, having a local partner is very positive, because it assures that the funding will be properly invested. We understand that Rio de Janeiro is strategic for the development of the film and TV industry in Brazil,' said Braga. Edde praised the cooperation with the federal government and vowed to continue. 'As of July, we will be negotiating with the federal government a second round of financing that hopefully will be in place by the end of this year,' he said. Tavares talked about one of the key issues for Brazilian producer and government alike, the creation of investment quotas for VOD players in Brazil, along the lines of those created in many E.U. states. 'In these two and a half years of (President Lula's) government, we invested more in the audiovisual sector than any other government. The next step is the regulation of the streamers,' Tavares said. 'We must pass the regulation in Congress this year. With the recent international prizes, Brazilians are proud of their films, and we must profit from this favorable scenario to approve the regulations.' Latin America's largest creativity event, Rio2C takes place in Rio over May 27 – June 1. Best of Variety 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz
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4 days ago
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TV Globo to Bow ‘Aberto ao Publico' in July, the First Comedy Show From New Regional Hubs across Brazil (EXCLUSIVE)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil's leading open-TV network TV Globo will launch July 6 'Aberto ao Publico,' a comedy show with four episodes airing on four consecutive Sundays nights, Amauri Soares, the exec director of TV Globo and Estudios Globo, told Variety. Comedian Mauricio Meirelles created the show, which will be directed by Gui Cintra and Daniel Nascimento. Meirelles, Bruna Louise, Murilo Couto and Thiago Ventura will host the show and welcome a guest celebrity in each episode, Soares said More from Variety 'I'm Still Here's' Fernanda Torres to Star in 'Os Corretores,' Which She Wrote, With Conspiraçao and Globo Filmes Producing (EXCLUSIVE) Spanish Mart-Meet Iberseries & Platino Industria Looks to Europe, Aims to Boost Spanish-Language International Distribution RioFilme Wants to Find the 'Gagacabana of Audiovisual,' Is Currently in Talks to Attract Netflix's 'Boys From Brazil' and MipTV to Rio Globo shot 'Aberto ao Publico' in a theater in Sao Paulo with the presence of an audience that interacts with the comedians and guest, using a stand-up like format, he said. 'Aberto ao Publico' is the first show created at regional hubs Globo recently established in cities across Brazil to increase the diversity of the network's comedy programming, he added. The hubs have an informal structure, each comprised of eight to 10 indie comedians with different backgrounds, from social media to standup, theater and advertising. They work in a home office under the coordination of a Globo staff writer from the Patricia Pedrosa headed Globo's Comedy Division. As of late 2024, Globo set up hubs at the cities of São Paulo, Fortaleza, Goiania, and Porto Alegre, as well as in Rio, where hub comedians are not based at Globo's production center Projac. 'Aberto ao Publico' is from the São Paulo hub reflecting the city's growing stand-up comedy scene, said Soares. 'It is very challenging for a network to produce comedy shows today. Comedies are fragmented. Everybody experiments with comedy, amateurs and pros, in social media, clubs,' Soares said. 'We decided to create the hubs to reach across the walls of Projac, to other regions of Brazil that have their own comedy scenes and particular accents.' He added that ideas originated at the hubs can lead to the development of different types of programming, including series, TV movies and films for theatrical release, as well as characters and formats. Globo will announce 'Aberto ao Publico' and the hub creation during the company's panel today at Rio2C. Best of Variety 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz
