The filmmaker and writer is participating in the Festival for the first time and will give a conference on the Amazon and will then participate in a chat.
Documentary filmmaker and writer João Moreira Salles will participate in the 24th edition of the International Environmental Film and Video Festival (FICA), which will be held from June 13 to 18, in the city of Goiás. Salles will participate in the conversation Arrabalde: Brazil and Amazon, on the day 17 (Saturday), at 10:30 am, at Cine Teatro São Joaquim, when he will talk about the Amazon, based on a six-month experience living in the forest, in the state of Pará, which resulted in the book Arrabalde – In Search of the Amazon, released in December last year, by Companhia das Letras.
One of the biggest names in Brazilian documentaries, João Moreira Salles approached the environmental issue when he spent time in Pará, in 2019, and wrote a series of reports for the magazine Piauí called Arrabalde, which later became the book Arrabalde – Em Busca da Amazon. Since then, Salles has been involved in discussions that deal with the Amazon and the environment.
During the chat at FICA 2023, he will talk about the Amazon and, afterwards, he will participate in a chat, which will be led by filmmaker Pedro Novaes, who is FICA's artistic coordinator. “He has a not very extensive filmography, he made few films, but all of his films are references to Brazilian documentaries”, highlights Novaes.
This is the first time he will participate in FICA. In 2018, the latest film made by the filmmaker, No Intenso Agora, was shown during a special screening. On that occasion, the person who represented the film during FICA was Eduardo Escorel, who is the film's editor. The political documentary brings together a series of different events that took place in the 1960s, in various parts of the world, such as Paris, Prague, China and the Soviet Union.
The 24th FICA will be held between the 13th and 18th of June 2023, in the city of Goiás. Promoted by the Government of Goiás, through the State Secretariat for Culture (Secult), co-organized by the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), through the Educational Radio and Television Foundation (FRTVE). The event also has a partnership with the State Secretariat for Resumption, Goiás Social, State University of Goiás (UEG), Federal Institute of Goiás (UFG), Social Service of Commerce (Sesc) and City Hall of the city of Goiás.
About the filmmaker
João Moreira Salles is a documentary filmmaker, film producer, writer and founder of the magazine Piauí, created in 2006. His first audiovisual work occurred in 1985, a script for the series Japan, a Journey in Time, shown on the now extinct TV Manchete. In 1987, brothers João and Walter Moreira Salles founded the production company Videofilmes, with the initial purpose of making documentaries for television, but which ended up being the producer of important films in the so-called revival of Brazilian cinema.
Since then, João Moreira Salles has accumulated roles as director, producer, executive producer, screenwriter and film editor on his CV. His biopic brings together works such as Lavoura Arcaica, directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho; and Madame Satã, by Karim Ainouz.
Among the award-winning works are the documentaries Krajcberg, the Poet of Traces (1987) and Santiago (2007). He wrote the scripts for No Intenso Agora (2107), Nelson Freire (2003), Abril Despedaçado (2001). He also served as executive producer of Peões (2004) and Edifício Master (2002), in addition to other works.
24th International Environmental Film and Video Festival
When: June 13th to 18th
Location: City of Goiás, Goiás.
Conversation with João Moreira Salles – Arrabalde: Brazil and the Amazon
When: June 17th (Saturday), at 10:30 am
Location: Cine Teatro São Joaquim,
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