Another day, another streaming platform. As streaming giants the world over vie for international eyeballs — from Netflix to the upcoming Apple TV+ — one independent film distribution company in Brazil is looking to try something different.
Pandora Filmes, founded by filmmaker André Sturm in 1989 as Brazil’s first indie distributor of titles both foreign and domestic, as well as classic and contemporary arthouse movies, will launch Belas Artes on October 31, according to Variety. A first-of-its-kind for Brazil, the upcoming streaming platform will house classics from prominent directors, a la The Criterion Channel, plus cult favorites and recently released films. Though Pandora Filmes said that Belas Artes will focus on international films, the platform will serve as a home for Brazilian titles as well.
The announcement rises from a need, as identified by Pandora Filmes, for more international and independent films to be available for Brazilian audiences. Currently, Pandora operates the Petra...
Pandora Filmes, founded by filmmaker André Sturm in 1989 as Brazil’s first indie distributor of titles both foreign and domestic, as well as classic and contemporary arthouse movies, will launch Belas Artes on October 31, according to Variety. A first-of-its-kind for Brazil, the upcoming streaming platform will house classics from prominent directors, a la The Criterion Channel, plus cult favorites and recently released films. Though Pandora Filmes said that Belas Artes will focus on international films, the platform will serve as a home for Brazilian titles as well.
The announcement rises from a need, as identified by Pandora Filmes, for more international and independent films to be available for Brazilian audiences. Currently, Pandora operates the Petra...
- 10/17/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Brazilian distribution company Pandora Filmes was founded by André Sturm in 1989 as the country’s first independent distributor of foreign and domestic, classic and contemporary arthouse cinema.
Still pushing the envelope three decades later, Juliana Brito is representing the company at this year’s Lumiere Festival, looking for classic film titles to fill out the catalog of Brazil’s first-of-its-kind classic film streaming platform Belas Artes, which Pandora will launch on Oct. 31.
Over the past three decades the company has worked to grow independent film distribution in Brazil with re-releases of memorable classics as well as premiering award-winning contemporary international cinema.
“When I started Pandora 30 years ago, there were no independent distributors in the country,” Sturm told Variety. “So, we could screen a very limited number of ‘arthouse’ films. Films honored in Cannes, Berlin and other Festivals did not arrive.”
In 2003 Sturm teamed with O2 Filmes on a major renovation...
Still pushing the envelope three decades later, Juliana Brito is representing the company at this year’s Lumiere Festival, looking for classic film titles to fill out the catalog of Brazil’s first-of-its-kind classic film streaming platform Belas Artes, which Pandora will launch on Oct. 31.
Over the past three decades the company has worked to grow independent film distribution in Brazil with re-releases of memorable classics as well as premiering award-winning contemporary international cinema.
“When I started Pandora 30 years ago, there were no independent distributors in the country,” Sturm told Variety. “So, we could screen a very limited number of ‘arthouse’ films. Films honored in Cannes, Berlin and other Festivals did not arrive.”
In 2003 Sturm teamed with O2 Filmes on a major renovation...
- 10/17/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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