É Tudo Verdade / It's All True

The festival that has, for 23 years, turned the spotlight on documentaries produced in Brazil and elsewhere, is organizing yet another event with Spcine and the São Paulo Municipal Department of Culture amongst its partner institutions. It is a great honor to be a part of the history of It’s All True, that has always made the documentary its guiding voice, found enormous critical success, and brought together cinephiles wherever it has touched down.

As has been the case over the last three years, our partnership goes beyond sponsorship. During the period of the festival (April 4-14), the Circuito Spcine will be one of the exhibition spaces, providing the chance for the films to grace screens other than those that form part of the commercial circuit. The Circuito Spcine is the most extensive network of public cinema screens in Brazil and can be found in every region of São Paulo, principally in the outlying neighborhoods. Since its activities began, in 2016, the films it has screened have been seen by more than 1 million people, thus proving its great success as a public policy.

Another high point of this year’s festival is the partnership between It’s All True and Spcine Play, the São Paulo state company’s on demand video platform. For the first time in its two decades of existence, the festival will be making its films available on the platform while the official program is under way.

Spcine and the Municipal Department of Culture are together opening up new perspectives and bringing in new publics to the country’s most important documentary film festival. Wishing a great festival for everyone!

LAÍS BODANZKY

Diretora-presidente Spcine / CEO Spcine