The first Residency for Young Filmmakers, a new feature of the Gramado Film Market taking place Aug. 17-19, will count with the participation of 60 filmmakers aged between 18 and 35, selected from more than 200 applications.
Participants are required to have work experience on at least one film, mostly in the fields of production, direction, acting, screenwriting, cinematography or sound. Rio Grande do Sul, where Gramado is located, is the state with most participants: 28. The remaining come from the states of Bahia, Goiás, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Sergipe and Pernambuco, and the Federal District.
The intensive three-day program includes a total of 17 sessions in the mornings and afternoons, and the attendance of the Gramado Film Festival’s evening screenings. The first day features masterclasses on distribution, screenwriting and directing, covering subjects from narrative construction and creative choices to strategies for positioning films in different markets. The day’s program also includes a panel on public policies for the Brazilian audiovisual sector and an event dedicated to music scoring and sound recording.
Over Aug. 18-19, the focus is professional integration, production and changes in the audiovisual market, with panels on true crime, career internationalization, film societies and professional sustainability, as well as masterclasses on audiovisual production and post-production and a case study. The residency concludes with sessions on cinematography and environmental sustainability in productions.
