The Future of the Audiovisual Industry in Brazil

Seminar “The Future of the Audiovisual Industry in Brazil: Innovation, V.O.D and Co-Production – Taxes and Dealing with Brazilian Soft Money”

The goal of this event is to bring together distinguished Brazilian and American media and entertainment professionals, to talk about the current models of production and Brazilian tax incentives issues, as well as to exchange experiences and ideas.

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PROGRAM

Wednesday, November 2nd - At UCLA

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Brazilian Film Series screening of the documentary Chico - Artista Brasileiro
Free and open to the public
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Thursday, November 3rd - At the Motion Picture Association of America 

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM: Registration and Networking (light refreshments)

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM: Opening Ceremony – Welcoming remarks
•    Bruno Bath, Consul General of Brazil in Los Angeles
•    Patrick Benedek, President, Brazil California Chamber of Commerce
•    Felipe Cusnir, Chairman, Media & Entertainment Committee (BCCC)

8:10 AM – 8:40 AM: Event Opening: Special considerations
•    Mariana Ribas, Vice Minister of Culture (Brazil)

8:40 AM – 9:40 AM: The landscape of innovation and VOD in Brazil
•    Ricardo Castanheira, President, MPA Latin America
•    Fabio Lima, Director, Sofa Digital
•    Gilberto Toscano, Partner, Cesnik, Quintino e Salinas Advogados
•    Fabio Golombek, Executive Producer, FJ Productions (moderator)

9:40 AM - 10:50 AM: VOD and Innovation in the US and beyond. A consolidated model
•    Paytre Topp, Senior Counsel for Content, Netflix
•    Dave Davis, SVP, International Licensing & Distribution, Fox
•    HBO Representative
•    Robert J Muller, Attorney (moderator)

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM: Networking

11:10 AM – 11:25 AM: Signing Ceremony: Letter of Joint Interest between the cities of Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro
•    Steve Solot, President, Rio Film Commission
•    Kevin James, Director & Chief Liaison, Mayor’s Office of Film and Television Production
•    Felipe Cusnir, Deputy Director of International Trade, Mayor’s Office of Economic Development

11:25 AM – 12:25 PM: Audiovisual in Brazil using Brazilian Tax Incentives
•    Tiago Mello, President, Boutique Films
•    David Schurmann, Director of “Little Secret”, the Brazilian movie appointed to Oscar
•    Sergio Sá Leitão, President, Escarlate Productions
•    Rachel do Valle, Executive Manager, BRAVI
•    Fabio Cesnik, Vice Chairperson, Media & Entertainment Committee (BCCC) (moderator)

12:25 PM – 12:30 PM: Testimony: How international media collaboration benefits athletes, entertainers and communities
•    Thiago Pereira, Brazilian Olympic Swimmer

12:30 PM: Closing remarks (Felipe Cusnir and Patrick Benedek)

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