Dear Friends: I am proud to annouce some remarkable
events happening at the AIC. Leading Brazilian &
Latin-American Filmmakers & Writers at the AIC. Some
of the best Brazilian and Latin-American filmmakers,
poets, and writers will be holding workshops and
lectures at the Academia Internacional de Cinema in
February 2007. The directors of "Bus 174", "City of
Men", "The Holy Girl" and "Madame Sata" are scheduled
to appear at the AIC. More information about the free
events can be found at http://www.aicinema.com.br
FILM SCHEDULE
Feb 5 at 20h30
Director of Photography Lina Chamie discusses how to
transform your ideas into images.
Feb 6 at 19h
Director of Photography Carlos Ebert focuses on the
craft of cinemaphotography.
Feb 6 at 20h30
Paulo Morelli, the award winning director of "City of
Men" and co-founder of O2 Filmes, which made the
international hit "City of God."
Feb 7 at 19h and 20h30
Filmmakers Philippi Barcisncky and Jeferson De
Feb 8 at 19h
Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel, who made the
film, "Swamp" which was screened at the Berlin,
Sundance, Havana, and Toulouse film festivals. Her
most recent film "La Nina Santa (The Holy Girl)," is a
reflection about adolescence, and the awakening of
desire and faith, and selected in competition at the
2004 Festival de Cannes. She will focus on her work
and the art of directing.
Feb 9 at 19h
Filmmaker Rogerio Guidette
Feb 9 at 20h30
Documentary filmmaker Felipe Lacerda will be
discussing his film "Bus 174", which is about the
hijacking of a bus in Rio and the media fiasco and
violent outcome resulting from it. Shown at the 2003
Sundance Film Festival and won best documentary prizes
at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival,
Miami International Film Festival and the Sao Paulo
International Film Festival.
Feb. 12 at 19h and 20h30
Cinemaphotographer Katia Coelho discusses her craft
and documentary filmmaker Andrea Tonacci lectures on
expanding the documentary film.
Feb 13 at 19h and 20h30
Film critic Eliane Caffe and Jorge Bodanski continues
the discussion on expanding the documentary film.
Feb 14 at 19h
Marcelo Rezende lecture on the films and imagination
of movie/music video diretor Michel Gondry.
Feb 14 at 20h30
Filmmaker Karim Ainouz discusses his film "Madame
Sata," which won prizes at the Chicago International
Film Festival, Havana Film Festival and the Sao Paulo
Association of Art Critics Award for Best Director. He
co-wrote "Lower City" and "Behind the Sun."
LITERATURE SCHEDULE
Feb 7 at 19h30
Poetry reading featuring contemporary Brazilian poets
Rodrigo Petronio, Micheliny Verunschk and Flavia
Rocha.
Feb 8 at 19h30
Roundtable discussion with literary magazine editors
Paulo Ferraz (Sebastiao), Elisa Andrade Buzzo
(Mininas), Andrea Catropa (O Casulo), and Ademir
Demarchi (Babel).
Feb 13 at 19h30
Reading & discussion featuring contemporary fiction
writers Marcelino Freire, Marcia Tiburi, Michel Laub,
Marcelo Rezende and Marcelo Carneiro da Cunha .
Feb 14 at 19h30
Special evening with non-fiction writer and editor
Wagner Carelli .
Feb 15 at 19h30
Rountable discussion with leading literary publishers
Rogerio Eduardo Alves (Planeta) and Fernando Paixao
(Atica).
Daily Reception at 17h
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