Inaugural Fantastic: Brasil at Rio Film Festival Creates International Bridge for Latin American Genre Cinema, Announces Winners

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Fantastic:Brasil debuted at this year’s Rio Film Festival as a new industry platform for genre cinema in the largest country in South America. The initiative is a partnership between the Fantastic Pavilion Cannes, Rio Market, Festival do Rio, FICCI Industria, #LINK Documentary Industry Meeting, Mórbido Film Fest, and Sitges, and launched three calls for emerging voices in Latin American genre cinema.

The initiative’s first edition is being held over Oct. 2-7 at Armazém da Utopia, the home of the festival’s industry arm, RioMarket. The initiative was conceived as a platform for the development, training, pitching, and international circulation of fantastic film projects. It brings together a collaborative network comprising the Fantastic Pavilion Cannes; Fantastic Embassy EFM Berlinale; Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia; Festival do Rio; FICCI Industria, the industry program of the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival; #LINK, a documentary industry meeting held in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro; Mexico’s Mórbido Film Fest, and Sanfic Industry in Chile.

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