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Brazil Brings Tropical Flair, a Sense of Resurgence to Marché du Film Opening Party
The Marché du Film’s opening night party celebrates Brazil’s Country of Honor recognition and the country’s film, TV resurgence.
Brazil brought its tropical flair to the Croisette for the opening party of this year’s Marché du Film, held at Plage des Palmes and co-hosted by the market’s Executive Director, Guillaume Esmiol. Amongst attendees in Marché’s opening party were the director of Berlinale Pro Tanja Meissner, Unifrance’s Deputy General Manager Gilles Renouard, plus sales agents such as Irene Airoldi from Spain’s Filmax, as well as Ambassador of Brazil in France Ricardo Neiva Tavares, Rio Film Festival head Ilda Santiago, President of Spcine Lyara Oliveira, and RioFiime President Leonardo Edde. It’s early days of Cannes still, but several buzzy projects involving the South American giant have already been announced, including Globoplay ’s “In the Garden of the Ogre,” an adaptation of Cannes jury member Leila Slimani’s debut novel directed by Carolina Jabor (“Good Luck”) and starring Alice Braga (“Queen of the South”); Viola Davis’s Ashé Ventures boarding “The Girl Who Could Fly,” Maria Farinha Filmes’ biopic of trailblazing Black Brazilian gymnast Daiane dos Santos; Carlos Saldanha wrapping production on open sea epic “100 Nights,” picked up by Global Constellation, and the Rotterdam Festival’s ’s Hubert Bals Fund teaming with three leading Brazilian film promotion orgs – Spcine, RioFilme, Projeto Paradiso – to launch HBF+Brazil: Co-development Support.
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