The winners in each category of the competitive exhibitions will be announced, in addition to honorable mentions. Furthermore, a letter written by children during the Children's Forum will be handed over to the authorities
The awards ceremony for the 25th edition of the International Environmental Film and Video Festival (Fica) will take place this Sunday, (16/06), starting at 10am, at Cine Teatro São Joaquim. On the occasion, the winners will be announced, the various prizes will be awarded in each category, as well as tributes, honorable mentions and the delivery of the 1st Children's Charter of Vila Boa to authorities.
Fica is carried out by the Government of Goiás, through the State Secretariat for Culture (Secult), in co-organization with the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), through the Educational Radio and Television Foundation (RTVE).
Between the 11th and 16th of June, the city of Goiás was the stage for the screening of more than 100 films, panels and debates, conferences, local, regional and national shows, artistic presentations, workshops and short courses, as well as exhibitions and sustainability.
The festival has four competitive exhibitions: Washington Novaes, Indigenous Cinema and Traditional Peoples, Cinema Goiano and Becos da Minha Terra. Prizes will be awarded for each show that differ by category. Values range from R$ 3 thousand to R$ 35 thousand.
In this edition, the 1st Children's Forum on climate change was held. For months, around 300 children from municipal and private schools participated in various awareness-raising activities and collectively wrote a letter with demands for the environment, which will also be delivered to the authorities during the festival's closing ceremony.
Multicultural event
Fica 2024 has a vast free program, with competitive exhibitions, debates with big names in national and international cinema, environmental activities and cultural attractions.
The festival is supported by the Goiás Social program; of the State Secretariats for Resumption; of Science, Technology and Innovation (Secti); and Environment and Sustainable Development (Semad); Saneago; State University of Goiás (UEG), Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG); Social Service of Commerce (Sesc) and Goiás City Hall. This year the event also has as supporters the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), The Nature Conservancy, MapBiomas, Museu Nacional dos Povos Indigenous/Funai, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Kelldrin Group and Saga BYD.
Olho Strategic Communication
State Secretariat for Culture – Government of Goiás
Photo credit: Lucas Diener
