The awards ceremony took place on Sunday (23) at Cinemateca Capitólio
The jury selected A Dangerous Night on the Island of Vulcano, by Darks Miranda, as the winner of the 15th Cine Esquema Novo Grand Prize
Porto Alegre, February 24, 2025 — This Sunday, February 23, the 15th edition of Cine Esquema Novo – Brazilian Audiovisual Art announced the winners of the Brazil Competitive Exhibition. The jury, composed of filmmaker, screenwriter, critic, and art historian Giordano Gio; educator, critic, programmer, and film researcher Juliana Costa; and art critic, director, curator, and professor Juliano Gomes, awarded Uma Noite Perigosa na Ilha de Vulcano, by Darks Miranda, with the 15th Cine Esquema Novo Grand Prize. The work received the trophy designed by artist Luiz Roque, as well as R$10,000 in lighting and grip equipment rental from Locall RS and R$3,000 in content processing services — including transcoding, metadata, and responsive thumbnails for streaming platforms — from Media Mundus partners.
The 49 works selected by curators Dirnei Prates, Kamyla Belli, Jaqueline Beltrame, and Ramiro Azevedo for the Brazil Competitive Exhibition were evaluated by the jury, who selected the Grand Prize winner and five additional highlights, each accompanied by a statement explaining the choice. The awarded productions were Kebranto, by Jonas Van and Juno B; O Tubérculo, by Lucas Camargo and Nicholas Zetune; Untitled #9 Todas As Flores Da Falta, by Carlos Adriano; Afluente, by Frederico Benevides; and A Sua Imagem Na Minha Caixa De Correio, by Silvino Mendonça.
The program also included the third edition of the Outros Esquemas Exhibition, with eight non-competitive works; the Guest Artist Exhibition – Luiz Roque, featuring seven of the artist’s works, one of them a national premiere; the Audiovisual On Course Exhibition, with university productions from Rio Grande do Sul; Accessible Sessions, with sign language interpretation (Libras), audio description, and LSE for people with disabilities, including interpreted debates; and the Collection Exhibition, with works from the collections of the Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Contemporary Art (MACRS), the Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art (MARGS), and the Vera Chaves Barcellos Foundation (FVCB), all of which have participated in previous editions of Cine Esquema Novo.
Beyond the screenings, the festival also hosted the Câmera Causa Workshop – Audiovisual Production for Socially Vulnerable Groups, led by audiovisual director Gustavo Spolidoro; the Audiovisual On Course Workshop, for students from six state universities; the Awareness and Introduction to Accessibility Resources Workshop; the New Talents Training Program, which hired paid apprentices; the third edition of the Thinking the Image Seminar, which brought together guest professionals to discuss the geopolitics of attention, curated by Gabriela Almeida; and debates surrounding the Brazil Competitive Exhibition, the Guest Artist Exhibition, the Collection Exhibition, and the Accessible Sessions. All were attended by participating filmmakers. Audiences also had access to the Artist’s Notebooks, which include references, interviews, information, and images shared by the filmmakers to deepen the public’s understanding of their works. The material remains freely available on the festival’s website.
The festival featured 145 works, plus educational activities (workshops, seminars, and debates), held across six venues in Porto Alegre: Cinemateca Capitólio and Goethe-Institut Porto Alegre, long-standing institutional partners; along with Cinemateca Paulo Amorim, MACRS, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, and Casa Baka. “It was an incredible experience to have ten days of a multifaceted program, with the participation of audiences and artists from here and other parts of Brazil. To see the works on the big screen, in exhibition spaces, to reconnect with artists we’ve followed over the years, to meet new names, to witness the interactions during debates, and to receive feedback on the richness and intensity of the program — that’s why we do this festival: to see the exchanges, the personal experiences, the uniqueness of each work, and how they resonate,” say organizers Jaqueline Beltrame and Ramiro Azevedo.
The 15th Cine Esquema Novo – Brazilian Audiovisual Art is an initiative by ACENDI – Associação Cine Esquema Novo de Desenvolvimento da Imagem. The project is carried out with resources from Complementary Law No. 195/2022, the Paulo Gustavo Law, and presented by the Ministry of Culture. Funding: Iecine, Pró-Cultura, and the Department of Culture of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Institutional support: Porto Alegre City Hall, Cinemateca Capitólio, Goethe-Institut Porto Alegre, Cinemateca Paulo Amorim, MACRS, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, RS Criativo, MARGS, Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos, and Casa Baka. Award support: Locall and Media Mundus. Additional support: Prime Box Brazil, TVE RS, FM Cultura, Atelier de Massas, Charlie Confeitaria, Térreo CCMQ, Lola Bar CCMQ, Press Bar e Restaurante, Restaurante Suprem, and Suspeito Vinho.
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Brazil Competitive Exhibition – Grand Prize 15th Cine Esquema Novo – Brazilian Audiovisual Art
For the sensual manipulation of images, indulging in scales, rhythms, and colors with narrative mastery and sensory pleasure. For birthing a world from the remnants of others, turning insignificant moments into ecstasy by shifting the gaze’s desire from the body to organic matter and celestial light. For the fascination of transforming images from a cinema of another time and place into visions of a cinema of the future.
For an erotics of art, the Grand Prize of the 15th Cine Esquema Novo goes to UMA NOITE PERIGOSA NA ILHA DE VULCANO by Darks Miranda.
Through the Darkness Award
For the singular use of each audiovisual resource—from written word to CGI, from music to whisper—and through these, guiding us into a mythical rendering of desire as a bridge between the abstract and the concrete.
KEBRANTO, by Jonas Van and Juno B
From the Past Future Award
For the originality in building a fiction that is simultaneously crystalline and opaque, injecting humor, melancholy, and eroticism into 8mm in a sharply contemporary fashion.
O TUBÉRCULO, by Lucas Camargo and Nicholas Zetune
The Magician Longs to See Award
For an autobiographical exercise that is non-individualistic, rich in rhythms and associations, forming a lyrical and critical essay with great sensory pulse, which shapeshifts through its passionate amalgam.
SEM TÍTULO #9 TODAS AS FLORES DA FALTA, by Carlos Adriano
A Song Between Two Worlds Award
For a rhizomatic gesture that brings together different image qualities to map a territory and beyond, through a fluid, analytical, and hypnotic calligraphy, crafting a sinuous portrait of the layers of a possible energy geopolitics in Brazil.
AFLUENTE, by Frederico Benevides
Fire With Me I Walk Award
For inviting us to experience the thrill of cutting stars for oneself, distilling venom into the materiality of the written word, and daring to let the viewer float lightly in a sea of confessional subjectivity where many other films drown.
A SUA IMAGEM NA MINHA CAIXA DE CORREIO, by Silvino Mendonça
Awards
All winners receive a trophy created by artist Luiz Roque.
Grand Prize
Media Mundus: R$ 3,000 in content processing (transcoding, metadata, and responsive thumbnails) for streaming platforms such as Claro Tv+ or Prime Video.
Locall: Support equivalent to R$ 10,000 in rental of lighting and grip equipment from Locall RS.
Official Jury
Giordano Gio is a filmmaker, scriptwriter, critic, and art historian, with degrees in Audiovisual Production (UNISINOS) and Art History (UFRGS), where he also obtained his master’s, and is currently working on his PhD in Art History, Theory, and Criticism. He is a founding partner of Fehorama Filmes, a production company celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024. Gio has worked in the industry for 10 years as a director, screenwriter, assistant director, and executive producer in different formats, such as short films, feature films, series, and video games. As a critic, he contributes to publications such as Zinematógrafo and Teorema.
Juliana Costa is a cinephile, cineclubber, and feminist. She enjoys experience and experiments and teaches and writes about cinema and the world. Juliana is a film critic, programmer, and researcher with a PhD in Social Communication (PUCRS) and a master’s in Education (UFRGS). She is also an editor of Zinematógrafo, a printed film review fanzine, and of Abismu Magazine, and has published texts in several national and international magazines such as Filme e Cultura and Belgian magazine Fantomas. She has participated in juries and selection committees for film festivals and is currently part of the feature film curatorial team at Mostra de Tiradentes. Furthermore, she coordinates the Audiovisual Literacy Program, an educational project at Cinemateca Capitólio.
Juliano Gomes is an art critic, director, curator, and professor. He has a degree in Communication (PUC-Rio) with a master’s in Communication (ECO-UFRJ). He teaches at FAAP’s Cinema School (SP) and has been an editor at Cinética Magazine since 2009. Since 2009, Juliano has written articles for Revista Cinética. He was part of Sheffield Doc Fest’s selection committee (2020 and 2021). Juror of DocLisboa (2019), RIDM Montreal (2022), Brasília Festival (2022), Forum Doc BH (2021), Mostra Tiradentes (2019), FBCU (2012), Cachoeira Doc (2014), Festcurtas BH (2014), and Fronteira Festival (2015). He has published articles in Film Quarterly, World Records Journal, Folha, Piauí, Filme&Cultura, and several catalogs. Juliano has also led the Kinetic Session at IMS since 2009. He directed the short films “…” (2007) and “As Ondas” (2016) with Léo Bittencourt. He also directed “Nada haver” (2022). He shared with Léo Bittencourt the cinematography of the short film “Vagalumes” (2021), a nominee for the ABC photography award.