São Paulo International Film Festival

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Sao Paulo, Brazil October 22 - 04, 2010
Call for Entry Deadline: August 01, 2010
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:

SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL includes these two sections:

NEW FILMMAKERS COMPETITION – A competitive section for filmmakers of first or second fiction or documentary features. All films in the NEW FILMMAKERS COMPETITION selection will be evaluated by a selection committee. The winners of the NEW FILMMAKERS COMPETITION will receive from MOSTRA the BANDEIRA PAULISTA TROPHY, a creation by acclaimed Brazilian designer 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 is also be a program of SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS to complement festival workshops.
Film Submissions:
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.mostra.org/ 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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