Arlette Pinheiro Esteves TorresONM, known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro, is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, she is often referred to as the grande dame of Brazilian theater, cinema, and performing arts. For her work in Central Station (1998), she became the first, and to date the only, Brazilian nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the first and only actress nominated for an Academy Award for a performance in a Portuguese language film. In addition, she was the first Brazilian to win the International Emmy in the category of Best Actress for her performance in Sweet Mother (2013).
Selton Figueiredo Mello is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, editor and director. Since his childhood, he acted on TV shows. Now he works on TV, movies and theater. Throughout his career, he developed a strong and solid experience in cinema, producing and directing movies and videoclips, and being publicly and critically acclaimed for it. The actor hosted Tarja Preta, a TV show about culture and independent movies, from 2004 until 2008.
Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum is a 1999 Brazilian film directed by Cao Hamburger, based on the Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum TV series.
Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Hard Labor is 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot in São Paulo, Paulínia, and Campinas, all cities of the state of São Paulo.
The Clown is a 2011 Brazilian comedy-drama film. It is the second feature film directed by Selton Mello, who also stars as the protagonist.
Alessandra Vidal de Negreiros Negrini is a Brazilian actress. She is known for her roles in Brazilian telenovelas and films. She began her television career after starring in Olho no Olho (1993) playing the role of Clara. In film, her first role was Lília in the Four Days in September movie. This opened up gates for her as she has starred in over a dozen telenovelas and in television series since then. In telenovelas she is known for her roles in Desejos de Mulher (2002), Paraíso Tropical (2007), Lado a Lado (2012), Boogie Oogie (2014).
Fernanda Costa Campos Cotote is a Brazilian actress. She is most known for playing the lead role, Morena, in the telenovela Salve Jorge.
Petra Costa is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress. In 2020, her documentary film The Edge of Democracy was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards and won a Peabody Award. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018.
Buddies is a 2012 Brazilian adventure-comedy film written and directed by Marcelo Galvão. The film tells the story of three young people with Down syndrome working in the video library of the institute where they live. One day, inspired by the movie Thelma & Louise, they decide to flee in search of new adventures. It was shot in São Paulo, Paulínia, Bertioga, all three in São Paulo, Florianópolis and Laguna, in Santa Catarina, and in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, as well as in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Things as They Are is a 2012 Chilean film directed and written by Fernando Lavanderos and filmed in Santiago, Chile. It premiered in Chile at the 2012 Festival Internacional de Viña del Mar and internationally at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata in Argentina.
Ecleidira Maria Fonseca Paes, known professionally as Dira Paes, is a Brazilian actress and television presenter. Among the numerous awards and nominations she has received, Paes won the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress at the Festival de Brasília for Corisco & Dadá and Anahy de las Misiones, respectively, as well as the Best Actress at the 2013 Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro for À Beira do Caminho.
Cláudio Assis is a Brazilian filmmaker. He was born in Caruaru, in the state of Pernambuco, and went to Recife, the state's capital, when he was 17. There, he started to attend for Economics and Communication studies, but he felt "totally incompatible" with its structure. After working as assistant in some production, he went to direct his own short films: Padre Henrique - Um Crime Político (1987), Soneto do Desmantelo Blue (1993), Viva o Cinema (1996), and Texas Hotel (1999). The latter served as inspiration for his first feature film Mango Yellow, which was released in 2002, winning several awards including the Best Film at the Festival de Brasília. His second feature film, Bog of Beasts (2006), debuted won five awards, including Best Film, at the Festival de Brasília, and the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Rat Fever, his third film, was released in 2011 and won the Best Film Award at the Festival de Paulínia.
Prêmio ACIE de Cinema was a Brazilian film awards program, created in 2004. It was last awarded in 2013. Inspired by the Golden Globe Awards, the awards were the brainchild of Michael Astor, a correspondent for the Associated Press who was then president of the Foreign Press Correspondents Association (ACIE).
Juliana Rojas is a Brazilian filmmaker and editor born in Campinas, São Paulo. She graduated in Cinema in School of Communication and Arts of University of São Paulo.
Noah Jacob Urrea is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model. He represented USA in the global pop group Now United, which made him known worldwide. In 2022 he left the group to focus on his solo career.
Maya Da-Rin is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film producer and artist.
The Fever is a 2019 thriller drama film co-written and directed by Maya Da-Rin, starring Regis Myrupu and Rosa Peixoto. Featuring dialogue in Portuguese and the indigenous languages Tucano and Ticuna, it features a main cast of indigenous Brazilian from the Upper Rio Negro, belonging to the Desanos, Tucanos and Tarianas people, many of them whom had their first experience in cinema.
John Donovan Maia, more commonly known as Johnny Hooker, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor and screenwriter. He won the Prêmio da Música Brasileira for Best Singer in the Pop Music category.
