A partnership between É Tudo Verdade / It’s All True and Sesc São Paulo,
series of encounters brings together filmmakers, professionals, and researchers.
CENTRO DE PESQUISA E FORMAÇÃO DO SESC
Rua Dr. Plínio Barreto, 285, 4th floor, São Paulo, SP.
Admission is free, and
registration opens March 26th at centrodepesquisaeformacao.sescsp.org.br.
The program features
accessibility resources in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras).
April 16
18h00
Case Study:
The Transamazônica Trilogy
Janaina Wagner
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Develops her research through
films, drawings, and installations. Her work offers
a critical understanding of the ways human
beings impose systems of order and control
on their surroundings. She holds a PhD from Le
Fresnoy and Université de Lille and discusses
the research behind her trilogy of short filmsCurupira and the Destiny Machine (2021), Spell(2024), and When the Second Sun Arrives / A
Comet in Your Eyes (2025).
Against the
Internet, From Within It – Online
Circulation in Contemporary Films
19h30
Regiane Ishii
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Is an
educator and holds a PhD in Audiovisual Studies
(ECA USP). In this presentation, she investigates
how contemporary cinema has responded to
the omnipresence of the internet’s production
and circulation processes. Pixelated images,
wanderings through Google Street View, and
live-streaming platforms increasingly appear
in nonfiction production, reaffirming cinema
as a space where images can be “forced to think.”
April 17
28 Years of Audiovisual Research:
Joys and Setbacks
18h00
Antonio Venancio
Has nearly three decades of work as an archive producer, specializing in
rare Brazilian footage and in copyright and image
rights. He holds a BA in Film and Television from
NY University and has worked in documentaries
such as Metalworkers (2002), The Music According
to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2011), Images of the
Estado Novo 1937-45 (2016, 21st É Tudo Verdade /
It’s All True), and In the Intense Now (2017).
Case Study: The Day that Lasted
21 Years and The Big Brother
19h30
Camilo Tavares
Is a director and screenwriter. He
studied Social Communication at ECA USP and
completed postgraduate studies at the Centro
de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City.
His films include Un Poquito de Agua (1995, 1stÉ Tudo Verdade / It’s All True). In this encounter,
he discusses the making of The Day that Lasted
21 Years (2012) and The Big Brother (2022)