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Rio2C Projects Showcase Opens Up to True Crime, Sports, Impact Content


Rio2C’s pitching sessions offers an invaluable opportunity for companies outside Rio and São Paulo to tread an international stage.

Turning on the personal fitness trainer Carol Vaz, “A Fada das Bundas,” a potential highlight at this year’s Rio2C Pitchings, may channel some of the appeal of “The Last Dance”: a sense of more candid behind-the-scenes immersion in the lives of sports figures. Produced by São Paulo-based Feel Filmes de Impacto, which backed Sebastião Braga’s fest hit “Coragem,” a doc feature tracking three young Brazilian women who join forces to battle climate collapse, gaining U.N. recognition. A potential feature from the up-and-coming Tem Dendê Produções, who made a splash at an arresting Pitching Paradiso showcase at Ventana Sur with “Tempo à Faca,” from Ruy Guerra and Diogo Oliveira.

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