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The almost thankless task of judging the films screening in Première Brasil and New Trends is happily in the hands of a group of people who are extremely well qualified to make the call as to who will go the spoils – and possibly the Redentors - and the bragging rights on Sunday.

Première Brasil – Main Jury

ANTONIO SAURA (Jury President)

Antonio is a film producer of more than 20 titles and the Managing Director of the international sales agency Latido Films. Under his direction the company has handled films such as Rara (2016), by Pepa San Martin, a previous winner of the Felix Award. He is currently in post production for The Last Suit, the second feature by Pablo Solarz. He is the author of several studies about the film industry.

CAIO GULLANE

Caio specializes in the development, planning and production strategy of artistic projects. Alongside his brother Fabiano Gullane, he founded Gullane Entretenimento S/A and to date has produced more than 60 projects for film and TV that have been distributed and shown in both the domestic Brazilian and international markets.

HELOÍSA PASSOS

Heloisa is a director and a cinematographer on more than 20 films, for which she has received numerous national and international awards, such as best cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 for Manda bala (Send a Bullet) and at the Rio Film Festival in 2009 for Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo (I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You), and last year for Mulher do pai (A Woman and the Father). Construindo pontes (Building Bridges), her first feature as a director, won a prize at the recent Brasília Film Festival.

LEANDRA LEAL

Leandra is an actress who has won awards for films such as Nome próprio (Camila Jam) in 2007, Boca in 2010, Éden in 2012 and O lobo atrás da porta (A Wolf at the Door) in 2013. In 2012, Leandra produced and stared in the cinema collective Operação Sonia Silk, a series of three features produced cooperatively. Her first feature as a director was Divine Divas (2016), that last year won both the audience award for best documentary and the Felix Award at the festival, as well as the audience award at South by Southwest.

PAZ ENCINA

A filmmaker, Paz was born in Asunción, Paraguay. She graduated in film from the University of Buenos Aires. Her first feature, Hamaca paraguaya (2006), had its premiere in Cannes’s Un Certain Regard, where it won the FIPRESCI prize. In 2016, she directed her second feature Exercícios de memória (Memory Exercises), which premiered and screened in the San Sebastián Film Festival and is being shown this year at Festival do Rio.

New Trends Jury

ALLAN RIBEIRO

Allan is a filmmaker and screenwriter who graduated in film from UFF. He directed in 2012 the features Esse amor que nos consome (This Love That Consumes) and in 2015 Mais do que eu possa me reconhecer (More Than I Can Recognize Me). He also directed shorts such as O brilho dos meus olhos (2006), Ensaio de cinema (2009), A dama do Peixoto (2011) and O clube (2014). In 2016, he released the TV series Noturnas, with 46 episodes screening on Canal Brasil.

BRUNO SAFADI

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Bruno is a director, producer and writer of six features including Belair (2009), Éden (2012) and O prefeito (The Mayor - 2015), which have been screened at festivals such as Locarno, Rotterdam, BAFICI, Rio and Gramado. In 2016 he directed the series Liberdade, liberdade (Freedom, Freedom) and, in 2017, the soap opera Novo Mundo, both for TV Globo.

BRUNA LINZMEYER

Bruna is an actress who has performed in nine features, including Carlos Diegues’ O Grande Circo Místico (The Great Mystical Circus - 2017), and Selton Mello's O filme da minha vida (A Movie Life of My Life - 2017), On Brazilian TV she has acted in six soap operas, such as Insensato coração (Irrational Heart - 2011), Gabriela (2012), Meu pedacinho de chão (2014) and A força do querer (2017), as well as the series The Brazilians.

FESTIVAL PRIZES

On the last day of Festival do Rio, Sunday, 15 October, the official juries along with the popular vote will award prizes to the films screening in the main competitive section of Première Brasil and New Trends. This includes the presentation of the festival’s iconic Redentor trophy that is based around the image of Christ the Redentor that sits on top of the city’s Corcovado Mountain.

This year as well as the best films winning the Redentor trophy, Festival do Rio will also present the Prêmio Petrobras de Cinema, a financial prize offered by Brazil’s main oil company for the commercial distribution of the best feature film in Première Brasil (R$200,000) and the best film in New Trends (R$100,000), as chosen by the official juries. 

Première Brasil – Competition – Awards 2017

1. Best Fiction

2. Best Documentary

3. Best Short

4. Best Director - Fiction

5. Best Director - Documentary

6. Best Actor

7. Best Actress

8. Best Supporting Actor

9. Best Supporting Actress

10. Best Screenplay

11. Best Editing

12. Best Cinematography

13. Special Jury Prize

14. Best Fiction – Popular Vote

15. Best Documentary – Popular Vote

16. Best Short – Popular Vote

New Trends – Competition  – Awards 2017

1. Best Fiction

2. Best Documentary

3. Best Short

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