Cinema Nosso informa

In any film premiere there are 3 basic ingredients: the red carpet, beautifully dressed guests and blinding lights of the camera flashes. All these elements were present on Thursday the 6th of May marking the first viewings of the Producer School of Cinema Nosso’s work to a selected public of almost 800 at the Petrobras Odeon Cinema. The stars of the night were the young directors and the public’s positive reaction showed that the risks taken by Cinema Nosso on the students had paid off.

The film “Happy Easter”, directed by André Tavares with the collaboration of Kátia Lund, shows the tragedy of a middle class family selling synthetic drugs and caused a commotion in the audience on the night. “Awakening” directed by Mariana Campos with the collaboration of Fernando Meirelles, shocked those that still see homosexuality as a social irregularity and provoked reflections. “Is that Good?” directed by Tamiris Lourenço with the collaboration of Roberto Berliner and Dib Lutfi, surprised even the film team as it was finished only days before. “Vegan Family”, a children’s animation made by Pedro Ryan and Christian Proença directed by the Ana Rita Nemer, was enjoyed by all for its education purposes about nutrition and protecting animals.

A próxima edição do Nossa Cultura, no Espaço Cinema Nosso, aproveita as comemorações do Ano da França no Brasil e recebe, no dia 23 de junho (terça-feira), às 17h, a francesa Camille Wintrebert para conversar com o público sobre os hábitos culturais de seu país. A jovem, de 23 anos, é volutária do Cinema Nosso e está no Brasil há três meses. “Minha intenção é ganhar experiência profissional em projetos que se relacionem com a democratização do campo da cultura”, afirma. Formada no Instituto de Estudos Políticos de Lille, a voluntária vai apresentar um panorama geral sobre os costumes, a culinária e as artes da França. Como vive no norte do país, mais espcificamente na cidade de Lille, Camille vai tratar sobretudo dessa região. Entre outras curiosidades, vai abordar o carnaval tradicional que ocorre anualmente em Dunkerque, uma cidade no norte da França, relacionado à história dos marinheiros locais. A entrada é gratuita.

Intensive learning. That was how those that participated in the School-Producer described the experience had over the last few days on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of May, when the filming of Happy Easter took place. This is the first short film to be carried out as part of the project and was lucky enough to have the participation of director Kátia Lund, who as well as being one of the founders of Cinema Nosso also co-directed "News from a private war" ("Notícias de uma guerra particular", with João Moreira Salles), and "City of God"("Cidade de Deus", with Fernando Meirelles) and directed an episode of "Invisible Children", ("Crianças Invisíveis), amongst a series of other productions.

On Thursday, March 5th, Cinema Nosso will hold an Audiovisual Experience Day at it's location in Lapa. From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., young adults will be offered workshops in animation and mobile phone video. The participants may arrive at any time. At the end of the event, films will be shown in our theater. 

The event is free. If you like cinema and animation, don't miss this opportunity and come find out more about Cinema Nosso!

Audiovisual Experience Day - Cinema Nosso
Date: Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Time: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Address: Rua do Rezende, 80, Lapa - Rio de Janeiro
Reservations by Phone: (21) 2505-3300

Cinema Nosso is open for enrollment for free course and regular courses in cinema and animation for 2009. Refer to the list of options.

MARCH – REGULAR COURSES

Basic Cinema
Tuesday and Thursday
Hours: morning, 2 pm to 5 pm

Advanced Cinema
Wednesday and Friday
Hours: afternoon, 9 am to noon

Basic Animation
Tuesday and Thursday
Hours: morning, 9 am to noon

Advanced Animation
Monday and Wednesday
Hours: afternoon, 2 pm to 5 pm 

Enrollment open until: March 13th
Duration: March 23th to September 17th (2x per week)
Age group: 15 to 25 yrs old

MARCH – FREE WORKSHOPS

Free Interpretation Workshop

Enrollment: Until March 13th

Duration: March 23th to September 17th (once a week, on Mondays)

Hours: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Luis Carlos Nascimento, president of Cinema Nosso and director of the short film ‘Uma mãe como eu’, which recently won an award in the ‘kinoOikos Formação do Olhar’ section at the 19th Short Film Festival of São Paulo, will, on Sunday 28th Sept at 18.30, take part n the panel for ‘O poder da Camera,: Cinema, Midia e Direitos humanos em zona militarizados’ (The Power of the Camera: cinema, media and human rights in military zones) This is part of the ‘Mostra Limites e Fronteiras’ bought about by the Rio Festival 2008.

After the showing of 5 short films from the Escola de Cinema de Bagda, there will be a chat between Kasim Abid, general director of the audiovisual school; director Samuel; Luis Carlos Nascimento, president of Cinema Nosso; and João Tancredo, director of the Institute of Defence for Human Rights (yet to be confirmed) The session will take place at the Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Av Rio Branco 241, Cinelandia.

Through a partnership with Rio Films, Espaço Cinema Nosso has broadened its collection with 10 more new national titles. The titles are Vila Lobos, uma vida de paixão, O Velho, A História de Luis Carlos Prestes, Central do Brasil, Brava Gente Brasileira, Hans Staden, Outras Estórias, Ônibus 174, No Coração dos Deuses, Uma Vida em Segredo and A Ostra and o Vento. The films are permited to be exhibited for 6 months, but this contract can be re-issued.

Last weekend Cinema Nosso participated in the panel of Fepa (Popular Experiences in Audiovisual Forum)  during the Festival Visões Periféricas. One of the highlights of the meeting, which bought together representatives from 11 states, was the exchange of ideas for the construction of strategies about the approach and articulation between the organizations. There were 6 groups of work about diverse topics related to audiovisual. Cinema Nosso will participate in two areas – public policies in audiovisual and organisation of the forum.

Espaco Cinema Nosso welcomes a travelling show which exhibits 16 films for free. The films were selected by the ‘Festival Mostra a sua Comunidade’ organized by the Instituto Terra Azul. The 2 hour long sessions will take place on Saturday the 19th at 18:00 and Sunday at 16:00.

Next Sunday (14th Spetember), five bloggers from ‘Globinho’ will participate in a workshop arranged by ‘Mostra Geração’, which will take place from the 25th September to the 9th October as a part of  Rio Festival programme. The class has a capacity of 20 students it will be composed of children and adolescents between the age of 9 and 16 years old. The mobile phone workshop has a duration of three hours and will take place from 14h to 17h at Cinema Nosso.