I was talking with a producer friend I'm bringing in to teach a webinar on finance structures for us and she mentioned that Brazil has a nice film grant right now - has anyone worked with it? Any insights?
Financing / Crowdfunding : Brazil finance grant? by Amanda Toney
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9 months ago
Brazil finance grant?
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Yes, it has a strong film grant -- It has many calls in different regions and states. I was able to make a feature film thru one of this calls with a producer -- here's the site, it has an english version:
www.gov.br/ancine/pt-br
I found it very difficult without help, it's something that a lawyer finds easier than a filmmaker.
Mission
ANCINE, the Brazilian Film Agency, is a financially and administratively independent government agency, operating under the supervision of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. It was established in September 2001 to contribute to the regulation, promotion and monitoring of the audiovisual industry in Brazil.
ANCINE’s mission is to create equal conditions of competition among economic agents operating in the Brazilian audiovisual sector and therefore to stimulate the development of a strong and sustainable audiovisual industry.
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During the TERRIBLE Bolsonaro's administration ( a worse Trump version) , he tried to extinguish it, closing the resourses and let the artists die... I waited 4 years to be able to finish my film.
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Okay! Certainly interesting!
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Brazil filming / incentives seem a bit more complicated, less straight forward than say Columbia which has a very good incentive, production services, and track record. Look forward to hearing more on this. Thank you!
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I forgot to write before, the films enter in a contest for the film grant -- it's not just make the project, you have to be selected for one of the many contests. My next project is a feature and I'm thinking in how to make it viable at the moment.
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Hello
I’m Brazilian, and I can tell you they do exist, but they are extremely bureaucratic or the funds are very limited. I myself filmed a feature film through a grant—believe it or not, I made a horror movie with a grant of $93,000 (R$500,000). Obviously, it was an excellent script that became a very poorly produced film, but it still won a few small independent festivals in countries like the U.S., Italy, Romania, and Germany.
I am currently translating this script to try to sell it in the U.S. and hopefully get a remake.
There are several forms of financing in Brazil. There are federal government grants, which can be better understood here:
https://www.brde.com.br/producao/?tab=ci
I live in the state of São Paulo, where there is a program called ProAC (Support Program for Culture).
Previously, there were grants of R$500,000 (around $90,000).
This year, they had a grant incentive of R$4,000,000 (around $660,000) for feature films.
I think it’s not much.
What might be worth considering in Brazil are co-productions. The U.S. dollar is much stronger than the Brazilian real, and Brazil offers good production values, and labor is relatively cheap. In this sense, producing in Brazil could be a good idea.
If you have any questions and I can help, feel free to reach out.
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Thank you so much Daniel, this is really great info!
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Yay!