Naming rights for Room 2 of Cine Marquise will be held by the media outlet during the event that begins on September 30th.
Officially entering the month that marks the start of EXPOCINE 25 , the largest Latin American film industry event, the conference organizers have just announced a new development. This year, Room 2 of Cine Marquise Expocine 2025 workshops will be held , will be the Portal Exhibitor Room .
To date, several panelists, distributors and market professionals have already confirmed their participation in the event that takes place between September 30th and October 3rd.
With the theme "Brazil: Window to the World , Expocine 2025 will take place at Cine Marquise and Hotel Renaissance in São Paulo. In addition to workshops, the 12th edition of the event will also feature several panels discussing relevant market topics at the Renaissance Hotel, as well as presentations by various distributors at Sala Barco , located at Cine Marquise. It is also worth noting that the Renaissance Hotel will also host the traditional Business Fair .
Expocine organizers will offer the Forum badge, created last year and maintained for this edition of the event, as well as the Premium badge, which grants access to distributor presentations and panels. The badges, which are in the third batch, are available at this link .
Check out the partial schedule for EXPOCINE 25 :
DAY 1 | TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 30)
HOTEL RENAISSANCE:
- – 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm: General Accreditation
MARQUISE CINEMA
- – 10:00 am to 10:45 am: Decupa Panel: Direction and Casting;
With Leonardo Lacca (casting director) and Gabriel Domingues (casting director).
- – 11:00 am to 11:45 am: Decupa Panel: Executive Production and Pre-Production;
With Dora Amorim (executive producer) and Mariana Jacob (production director).
- – 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm: Decupa Panel: Sound Design, Recording and Soundtrack;
With Tomaz Alves and Mateus Alves (original soundtrack).
- – 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm: Decoupage Panel: Art Direction, Costume Design and Characterization;
With Thales Junqueira (art director) and Rita Azevedo (costume designer).
- – 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm: Decoupage Panel: Assembly;
With Eduardo Serrado and Matheus Farias (editors).
- – 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm: Decupa Panel: Distribution and Marketing;
With Silvia Cruz (director of Vitrine Filmes).
- – 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm: Official opening of Expocine25 and presentation of this year’s honorees;
- – O2 Play invites everyone to an exclusive screening of the film Bury Your Dead , with Selton Mello and Marjorie Estiano;
- – Followed by a special cocktail served by CAMPARI.
DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 1)
HOTEL RENAISSANCE
- – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm: General Accreditation;
- – 9:30 am to 6:00 pm: Grand opening to the public on the 1st day of the EXPOCINEfair;
- – 10:00 am to 11:00 am: Spcine Panel;
- – 11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Panel “Brazil Window to the World”;
With Daniela Fernandes (Ministry of Culture), Marília Marton (Government of the State of São Paulo), Totó Parente (Municipal Secretariat of Culture) and moderation by Marcelo Lima (Expocine).
- – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Panel “LABO presents: Crossed Circuits — Exhibition and Distribution in Brazil and Latin America”;
With Pablo Ossa (CCO Mexico and Latin America of GM Colombia), Paula Astorga Riestra (executive director of FICUNAM), Carlos A. Gutiérrez (co-founder and executive director of Cinema Tropical), Ibira Machado (director of Descoloniza Filmes) and moderation by Juan Zapata (director and Founder of Zapata Filmes).
- – 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Panel “CQS Presents: Big Data, Small Risk: What’s Left of Courage in Cinema?”;
With Aline Zambrini (partner at Tomun) and moderated by Priscila Beltrame (CQS Lawyer).
- – 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Panel “K-dramas: How They Took Over Brazil”;
With Carol Pardini (Na Coreia Tem portal), Cheul Hong Kim (Korean Cultural Center in Brazil), Nelson Sato (Sato Company) and moderation by Monica Placha (dubbing director).
- – 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Panel “Training is Including: How Training Opens Paths in Audiovisual”.
Moderated by Alessandra Meleiro (CEO Instituto Iniciativa Cultural), Davi Heller (founding partner of Casa OJÔ) and Luciana Bezerra (audiovisual projects coordinator).
MARQUISE CINEMA
- – 9:30 am to 12:00 pm: CQS Workshop: When the Set Becomes a Risk Zone;
With Alessandro Amadeu (partner and head of clearance rights at CQS/FV Advogados), Fabiana Fróes (manager of the litigation team at CQS/FV Advogados) and Laura Rios (attorney at CQS/FV Advogados);
- – 10:00 am to 1:00 pm: Gullane+ invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – Disney invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up, followed by the screening of Mauricio de Sousa – The Movie, directed by Pedro Vasconcelos;
- – 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: O2 Play invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – Sony Pictures invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: Elo Studios invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – Diamond Films invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Barco invites everyone to a festive cocktail party at Expocine25.
DAY 3 | THURSDAY (OCTOBER 2)
HOTEL RENAISSANCE
- – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm: General Accreditation;
- – 9:30 am to 6:00 pm: Grand opening to the public on the 2nd day of the EXPOCINEfair;
- – 10:00 am to 11:00 am: Panel “From Framework to Action: what VOD regulation can (or cannot) transform”;
Moderated by Gabriel Portella (technical consultant for cultural policies), Marcos Barros (ABRAPLEX), Paulo Schmidt (SIAESP) and Leo Edde (Rio Filme).
- – 11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Panel “Ancine Presents: Cutting the Signal: the silent war against digital piracy”;
With Alex Braga (Ancine), Leandro Mendes (Ancine), Andressa Pappas (MPA), Gisléia Fonseca (ANATEL) and moderation by Jack Silva (AEXIB);
- – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Panel “The Majors’ Big Decisions for the Next 10 Years”;
With Hernan Viviano (VP LATAM Warner Bros Pictures & General Manager Warner Bros); Cezar Silva (Vice President and General Director of Paramount Brazil).
- – 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm: CAMPARI Drinks tasting moment;
- – 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Panel “CQS Presents: Coproduction Without Borders – FSA Notices, LATAM Partnerships & Streaming”;
Clarissa Kede (head of executive content management for Globo's digital products), Fabiano Gullane (managing partner at Gullane), Daniel Celli (RioFilm Commission coordinator) and moderation by Thais Colli (head of business affairs and partner at CQS/FV Advogados).
- – 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Panel “Where Do Young Eyes Look? Discovering the New Cinematic Perspective of Generation Z”;
With Rafa Dias (CEO Dia TV), Daniel Spinelli (Director of Data and Insights at Warner Bros. Discovery) and moderated by Pierre Mantovani (CEO Omelete).
- – 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: INOVACINE Panel.
MARQUISE CINEMA
- – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm: Paris Filmes invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm: H2O Filmes invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up.
DAY 4 | FRIDAY (OCTOBER 3)
HOTEL RENAISSANCE
- – 8:30 am to 2:00 pm: General Accreditation;
- – 9:30 am to 12:00 pm: Grand opening to the public on the 3rd day of the EXPOCINEfair;
- – 10:00 am to 11:00 am: Panel “Screen Without Barriers: Audiovisual with True Accessibility
Panelists”;
With Marcella Fazzio (MAV relationship and business manager), Leandro Mendes (Ancine regulation secretary), Tiago Mafra (director of ABRAPLEX) and moderation by Edgar Jacques (president of Edgar Jacques Produções).
- – 11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Spcine Panel.
MARQUISE CINEMA
- – 10:30 am to 12:00 pm: Vitrine Filmes invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – Warner Bros. invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Retrato Filmes invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 line-up;
- – Universal Pictures invites everyone to an exclusive presentation of its 2025/2026 lineup.
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