É Tudo Verdade / It's All True - 22ª Conferência Internacional do Documentário

April 8 - Tuesday

10am Documentary as the Eye/I of Truth with Bill Nichols

Bill Nichols

How do documentaries begin? What common tactics do they use, and what do these reveal? Where a documentary goes after its start mirrors the broader question: where is documentary cinema headed? What new directions are emerging? How do they connect to AI, narrative, subjectivity, knowledge, indexicality, verifiability, distortion, social impact, ethics, and wisdom, among other issues? Bill Nichols will examine some of these concepts to explore how contemporary documentary cinema moves forward with bold vision and a vital mission in a world where values and beliefs constantly collide.

2:30pm It’s All True: A Classic Study

Carlos Augusto Machado Calil and Catherine L. Benamou

The session will conclude with a screening of the documentary “It‘s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles” (1993, dir. Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel & Richard Wilson). Catherine L. Benamou‘s book will be available for purchase.

A reflection on the legacy of Orson Welles’ unfinished It’s All True (1942), featuring an online dialogue between Catherine L. Benamou —the world’s leading expert on the film and the driving force behind the ongoing digital preservation of its raw footage—and Carlos Augusto Calil—president of the Sociedade Amigos da Cinemateca’s administrative council and former director of the institution. The session will conclude with a screening of the documentary It’s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993), directed by Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel, and Richard Wilson.

April 9 – Wednesday

10am Vladimir Carvalho: New Perspectives on His Work

Aline Carrijo and André Manfrim

Passing away last November, just before his 90th birthday, Vladimir Carvalho was Brazil’s most significant filmmaker exclusively dedicated to documentary cinema. A panel will discuss his legacy, drawing on the academic research of historian Aline Carrijo, who focuses on Brazilian modernization in his work, and filmmaker André Manfrim, who examines Brasília as portrayed in Carvalho’s films.

2:30pm It‘s All True: 30
Juliana Muylaert Mager and Kamyla Faria Maia

Juliana Muylaert Mager and Kamyla Faria Maia discuss and revisit their reflections from pioneering academic studies on the creation and history of É Tudo Verdade / It’s All Tru — International Documentary Film Festival, in the context of its 30th edition.

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Production: It‘s All True and Cinemateca Brasileira/ Sociedade Amigos da Cinemateca

April 8-9, 2025, from 10am to 4:30pm

Cinemateca Brasileira
Largo Senador Raul Cardoso, 207, telefone: 55 (11) 5906-8100.
Near the Hospital São Paulo subway station—no parking is available on-site.

The program features accessibility resources in Brazilian Sign Language.

Admission is free and tickets are distributed one hour prior to the event. Seating is subject to capacity.
To receive the participation certificate, it‘s necessary to attend at least 75% of all of the conference‘s activities.