Downtown Filmes

Downtown Filmes
Company typePrivate
Founded2006
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Key people
Bruno Wainer

Downtown Filmes is a film distributor dedicated exclusively to the release of Brazilian films.

The company is led by Bruno Wainer, which was responsible for the distribution of some of the greatest hits of Brazilian cinema, among them Olga, Os Normais, Central do Brasil and Cidade de Deus.[1]

History

In 2017, Elis, a film distributed by Paris Filmes and Downtown Filmes had the most nominations for the Brazilian Cinema Grand Prix.[2] In September of the same year, Downtown Filmes scheduled a movie screening in solidarity with João Pedro. The nine-year-old boy, who has cerebral palsy, was forgotten on a school outing, and the case gained repercussion after his mother reported it on a social network.[3]

In August 2019, it revamped its logo and adopted a new name, DT Films. In April 2020, it announced the release of 180 films together with Paris Filmes to theaters for the industry's post-COVID-19 pandemic revival.[4] In January, it was one of the supporters of the "Rocinha Project," which screened audiovisual productions in the Rocinha slum.[5]

Films

References

  1. ^ "Abertura de salas estimula cinema brasileiro — Portal ClippingMP". clippingmp.planejamento.gov.br. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ ""ELIS" E "AQUARIUS" SÃO OS MAIS INDICADOS AO GRANDE PRÊMIO DO CINEMA BRASILEIRO 2017". Portal Exibidor. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  3. ^ ""DOWNTOWN LEVA AO CINEMA MENINO COM DEFICIÊNCIA EXCLUÍDO DE PASSEIO ESCOLAR EM MINAS GERAIS". Portal Exibidor. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  4. ^ "DOWNTOWN E PARIS DISPONIBILIZAM 180 TÍTULOS PARA RETOMADA DA INDÚSTRIA CINEMATOGRÁFICA". Portal Exibidor. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  5. ^ ""PROJETA ROCINHA" LEVA CINEMA COM PROJEÇÃO GIGANTE PARA A FAVELA". Portal Exibidor. Tonks. Retrieved 2021-10-24.