21/11, sex, 14:00, 60′ | Biblioteca Mário de Andrade
Festivals as Platforms for Innovation and Audience Engagement: At the Forefront of Aesthetics and Content Diversity – presented by Forum de Festivais and MixBrasil
Today’s film festivals in Brazil go far beyond the screen. They are vibrant spaces of encounter, experimentation, and discovery, where new aesthetics, technologies, and ways of connecting with audiences intersect. In addition to promoting culture and diversity, this sector also drives the creative economy — generating jobs, boosting tourism, and energizing an entire production chain of art, technology, and innovation.
This panel discusses how festivals are reinventing themselves to create more creative, diverse, and globally connected experiences.
Jorge Grinspum:
Curator and coordinator of the Entretodos Festival, and creator of CineComentado, with audiovisual projects developed for institutions such as Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP), Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi, Museu AfroBrasil, Museu Lasar Segall, Sebrae, SESC SP and UNESCO; he is also a documentary producer and director.
2007–2025 – ENTRETODOS – International Human Rights Short Film Festival: serves as coordinator and curator, in partnership with the Municipal Secretariats for Human Rights, Education, and Culture, Spcine, the Secretariat for Penitentiary Administration of São Paulo, the Federal Institute of São Paulo, SESC São Paulo, and several non-governmental organizations. The festival’s activities are distributed across all territories within and around the city of São Paulo.
Vania Silva:
Vânia Silva is the executive director of the Kinoforum Cultural Association and coordinator of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival – Curta Kinoforum. With extensive experience in cultural production, she has been involved for many years in organizing the festival, overseeing activities such as planning, institutional coordination, team management, and overall event execution. She also coordinates Kinoforum Workshops, a program focused on audiovisual training in various regions of São Paulo, aimed at young people and communities with limited access to cultural production.
Ana Arruda:
Ana Arruda is the director of Sétima Cinema XR, based in São Paulo and Brasília. A producer and curator, she has over twenty years of experience in film exhibitions and festivals. She is the creator of Festival Curta Brasília, a pioneering event that integrates virtual reality and celebrates diversity — and is affiliated with Fórum dos Festivais. Ana also works as a consultant and lecturer in international projects related to film, technology, and education, with a focus on immersive narratives.
Marcio Miranda:
Marcio Miranda Perez is currently the film programming director of the MixBrasil Festival, where he has worked since 2014. He is also the programming coordinator of Kinoforum – São Paulo International Short Film Festival, and serves on selection committees for festivals such as Mostra Ecofalante de Cinema and Alternativa Film Festival. A graduate in Film and Video from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo, he has directed and edited short films that have been screened and awarded in Brazil and abroad. He has also participated as a speaker and jury member at events in Brazil, France, Norway, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
