São Paulo International Film Festival

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Sao Paulo, Brazil October 2010, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: July 2010, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1977
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 180000
- Total Number of Films Screened: 329
- Total Screenings: 900
- # of Shorts Screened: 61
- # of Features Screened: 268
- Accreditations: BAFTA, FIAPF
- Competitive
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.mostra.org
Festival Description:

The 31st MOSTRA – SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL will include three sections:

NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION – A competitive section for filmmakers with a first and second feature. MOSTRA has devised an innovative, democratic formula for competition. After a the first week of screenings, VOTES FROM THE PUBLIC will then define, from among all of the films in competition, a minimum of ten films to be shown during the second week of the festival to an International Jury consisting of persons from various countries of acknowledged importance to the cinematographic industry. The winners of NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION will be awarded the BANDEIRA PAULISTA award, a trophy designed by artist TOMIE OHTAKE.

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE – A panorama of the most important and representative production in world cinema in the last two years. Inscriptions of films whether features, medium-length or short films will be accepted whatever the media, subject, or nationality. International Perspective will be divided into International Section, Brazilian Section and Medium-Length and Short Section. All of the films included in INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE will compete for the Audience Award.

There will also be a program of SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS to complement festival workshops.
Film Submissions:
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.mostra.org/ 32/ exib_destaque.php?destaqueId=191&language=en

Email:	info(at)mostra.org
Phone:	(55) 11 3141 0413
Fax:	(55) 11 3266 7066
Mailing Address:	Rua Antonio Carlos, 288 2nd floor Sao Paulo 01309-010 Brazil

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NOV 06, 2007 06:10PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2007 São Paulo International Film Festival

Best Film: "The World"
Directed By: Jia Zhang-ke

Humanity Award: Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï for his body of work that includes: Kippur (2000) and Disengagement (2007)

Critics Award: "The Human Question"
Directed By: Nicolas Klotz

the Jury Award for Newcomer and the Youth Award: "Post Cards from Leningrad"
Directed By: Mariana Rondón

Audience Award for Best Foreign Fiction Film (tie): "Into the Wild"
Directed By: Sean Penn (USA)

"Persépolis"
Directed By: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parannaud (France)

Audience Award for Best Medium-Length Film: "Letters to a Dictator"
Directed By: Inês de Medeiros

Audience Award For Best Foreign Documentary: "The Queen’s Movie"
Directed By: Sergio Mercurio (Argentina)

Best Brazilian Documentary: "Pindorama – The True Story of the Seven Dwarfs"
Directed By: Roberto Berliner, Leo Crivelare and Lula Queiroga

TeleImage award for finalizing which includes an award of 30 hours of off-line telecine (transformation of the 35mm film to digital, 15 minutes of transfer (passage of the digital image to 35mm film) and 60 hours of sound editing: "Pindorama – The True Story of the Seven Dwarfs"
Directed By: Roberto Berliner, Leo Crivelare and Lula Queiroga

Audience Award for Best Brazilian Feature Length Film: "Stories from Trancoso"
Directed By: Augusto Sevá

TeleImage Award: "Stories from Trancoso"
Directed By: Augusto Sevá

Best Documentary Chosen by a Special Jury: "They Turned Our Desert into Fire"
Directed By: Mark Brecke

Best Brazilian Short Film: "The Actress’s Crime"
Directed By: Elza Cataldo

Best Foreign Short Film: "Under Construction"
Directed By: Zhenchen Liu (France)

Special Mention: Little Martin
Directed By: Violaine Bellet (France)

Special Jury Prize: "Tricks"
Directed By: Andrzej Jakimowski (Poland)

Special Jury Prize for Best Actress: Carla Ribas for "Alice’s House"
Directed By: Chico Teixeira

Bandeira Paulista Award for Best Film chosen by the Audience: "The Pope’s Toilet"
Directed By: Enrique Fernández and César Charlone
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