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OUR
HISTORY
We are a non-profit organization that, since 2014, has believed in the power of cinema to connect networks, foster dialogue and strengthen social bonds. Films communicate, denounce, tell other stories, stimulate the imagination and provoke debate.
We have carried out Social Impact Distribution Campaigns for more than 60 films; we have promoted thousands of free screenings through the Taturana Platform ; we have organized exhibitor networks ; we have designed Film Festivals ; we have co-founded the Latin American Forum for Cinema and Social Impact . And we continue to expand the field of cinema and social impact in Brazil.
LANDMARKS
2014
Taturana was born, with a focus and practice focused on democratizing access to Brazilian cinema, expanding and forming audiences, and developing social dissemination campaigns in line with urgent social issues.
2019
Taturana has become a non-profit institute, with the aim of enhancing its performance, expanding and consolidating a diverse work structure and strengthening South-South collaborations in the field of cinema and social impact.
2020 - 2022
During these two years, it strengthened the relationship built with its collaborators since its foundation, promoting meetings to think about the Institute's purposes and priorities.
2022
A general assembly was held to re-found the company to incorporate new members and form the first expanded and collegiate board of directors.
PRINCIPLES
We prioritize cinema as a collective experience and promote free and public access to films
DEMOCRATIZATION OF ACCESS
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We develop projects committed to social transformations
CINEMA WITH SOCIAL IMPACT
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We strengthen existing community exhibition networks and encourage the emergence of others
AUTONOMY AND SELF-MANAGEMENT
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We co-create projects in line with the interests and needs of social groups and territories involved
PARTICIPATORY CONSTRUCTION
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We record, systematize and disseminate experiences to strengthen the field of cinema and social impact and inspire public policies.
TRANSPARENCY AND SHARING
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY
Taturana's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy is part of our commitment to building fairer practices and relationships, both inside and outside the organization. It is a document that guides our day-to-day actions, permeates our projects and programs, our choice of partners and the way we relate to the people who are part of our organization and network.
Our work is to address inequalities—in access, in representation, and in how stories are told and shared. And that starts here, in our structures, with affirmative, reparative, and intentional actions.
WHO MAKES TATURANA
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Co-founder of Taturana. She has a master’s degree in Anthropology (Freie University), a degree in business administration (USP) and international relations (PUCSP) and post graduated in African history (UCAM). She is a certified facilitator, with extensive experience in strategic planning facilitation with Brazilian civil society organizations. She works as a facilitator, researcher and trainer in the field of narratives and film distribution with a focus on social impact.
Founding Member and Director of Institutional Development
Carol Misorelli
Filmmaker, restless and curious. He has been involved for more than twenty years in dozens of films in the most diverse technical functions, and has directed award-winning shorts and TV series. He has produced films and plays, created video installations, directed progressive political campaigns. He was the director of ABD-SP and nowadays he fights for the cinema of the interior. In documentaries, he has found space to create and produce, and in Taturana, the inspiration to create impact campaigns and rethink distribution in our continent.
Collaborating Associate and Director of Community Distribution
Rodrigo Díaz Díaz
Filmmaker, dedicated to the development of projects and training spaces focused on black protagonism and Amazonian narratives, he was president of the association of black audiovisual professionals, director of training and innovation at the audiovisual secretariat/minc (2023-2025), is currently director of training at taturana and is dedicated to studies of memory and archive in contemporary black Brazilian cinema.
Collaborating Associate and Training Director
Rodrigo Antônio
She was raised in the north of the city of Manaus, in Amazonas, and is an executive producer of cinema, audiovisual and new media, as well as a screenwriter. She also works as manager of cultural and social projects. She has a bachelor's degree in Radio, TV and Internet from UNINORTE, with a specialization in Cultural Management: culture, development and market, from SENAC-SP. She has a degree in Creative Writing with an emphasis on cinematographic scripts from the Fundação das Artes de São Caetano do Sul.
Impact Campaign Training Coordinator
Sarah Pimentel
Master in Documentary Filmmaking from the Fundación Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Works at the intersection of education, cinema and social impact, conducting workshops for users of organizations and social foundations and also producing documentary and institutional videos for partners linked to causes in Brazil and Spain.
Exhibitor Community Coordinator
Juliana Brombin
Manager of cultural and sociocultural projects and active in the impact assessment segment for the sector. She is a dynamic, communicative, creative, proactive person who enjoys working in a team. She has experience in managing NGOs, sponsorship management, strategies for project investments, knowledge of incentive laws, accountability and project curation for private sector companies. She has worked as a cultural producer, mainly in the music sector. In addition to developing marketing campaigns, both on and off-line, and planning and executing off-line events.
Fundraising Coordinator
Marcela Ruiz Lopes
Consultancy and training company whose main mission is to contribute to the strengthening and institutional development of non-profit organizations and social businesses, by means of the structuring of an administrative and financial management with a political and strategic bias.
Financial Coordination
Ronaldo da Silva
Researcher and cultural articulator, he develops platforms and projects aimed at promoting Brazilian audiovisual, art and technology circuits, and socio-environmental activism. As Curator of cinema and arts and management at MatilhaCultural / CineMatilha (2008-2014), ALTav expanded audiovisual network (since 2013), and Plataforma AVXLab / IMAGINANTES (since 2015). He was part of the Ecoação Cultural group, promoting sustainable practices with international cultural institutions, among others.
Platform Coordinator
Demétrio Portugal
She works in the area of multimedia and cultural production. She has a degree in Visual Communication from ETEC Tiquatira and a Bachelor's degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Federal University of Pelotas - UFPEL. She is the co-founder and producer of OHÚN - Mostra de Cinema Negro de Pelotas. She worked with Internal and External Communication at São Paulo International Airport, as a film production assistant at STUDIO L and as media coordinator for the cultural movement Sofá na Rua. Through her professional career, she seeks to facilitate creative dialogues between brands, people and insurgencies.
Communication Analist
Jackeline Nunes
Business owner, producer, and co-founder of Portátil and Dialab. He has a degree in business administration and is completing his master's degree in ethnic and African studies (UFBA). He was an executive producer of the series “O Enigma da Energia Escura” presented by the rapper Emicida, for GNT and Globoplay. He is a co-producer of the documentary “O Navio e o Mar” [The Ship and the Sea] and awarded with funding from the Sundance Institute (2021, USA) and William Greaves (2020, USA). He is currently completing the series “Retrato Íntimo” and the feature film “Em Comum.”
Fiscal advisor
Emerson Dindo
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Director of sustainability of RD – Raia Drogasil, with responsibility for the agendas of sustainability and social investment. She has 20 years of experience working with sustainability and private social investment. She has worked at C&A, the Instituto Ethos and Natura. In these organizations, she was involved in the creation and implementation of the sustainability strategies of the business, management of the supply chain compliance and the development of research and international standards of sustainability.
Tax advisor
Giuliana Ortega Bruno
Analyst of public policies and government management at the city hall of São Paulo and a professor at Insper. He has a PhD in public administration and politics from the University at Albany. He has worked at the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Health and Petrobras and has also researched the work of civil society organizations, with a focus on their interactions with governments. He is a director of the Brazilian Society of Public Administration and has written publications for national and international academic journals.
Fiscal advisor
Marcelo Marchesini
Executive director at Coração da Selva. He worked at Spcine for five years, where he developed and implemented pioneering policies in diversity and inclusion in the audiovisual sector. He is a founder of MAB - women and gender dissidence of the audiovisual sector in Brazil. He is currently on the board of APTA (Association of Trans Audiovisual Professionals). He has been working with the creative economy for 16 years and is studying for a master's degree in the economics program at UFRGS, with an emphasis on the creative economy.
Advisory Board Member
João Andrade
Journalist, specialized in gender and local development and with a master’s degree in communication and culture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She has been working for over 20 years in the areas of digital technology, communication, human rights and social justice. She was one of the founders and directors of the Nupef Institute, which is a research and advocacy organization in digital rights and internet governance. Since 2021, she has been the leader for the Latin American region of IRIS (International Resource for Impact and Storytelling).
Advisory Board Member
Graciela Selaimen
Filmmaker, screenwriter and author known for films such as “Radical: a controversa saga de Dadá Figueiredo” and “Superstonic Sound”. Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1978, he has a postgraduate degree in documentary cinema from the Barcelona Film School. His films have been shown at some of the main festivals in the world and have also been screened in more than 70 countries. His award-winning feature film "Ilegal: a vida não espera" from 2014, was decisive in starting the debate about the medical use of marijuana in Brazil. In 2023, Rapha returned to the theme with "O Outro Mundo de Sofia" produced by Kromaki and GNT.
Advisory Board Member
Raphael Erichsen
Political scientist, marathon runner, cultural producer and project coordinator at the Instituto de Referência Negra Peregum. He has a master’s degree and PhD in political science from PUC-SP and USP, respectively. He is a specialist in public policy with a focus on public security from the University of Zurich (Switzerland). In 2016/2017, he was part of the general coordination of the "Carnaval de Rua" and "Virada Cultural" for the Municipal Secretary of Culture of São Paulo.
Advisory Board
Marcio Black
Degree in social communication from PUC-SP and director of the radio station Educadora FM of IRDEB. Since 2003, he has been working in the audiovisual sector with public policies such as the Promotion and Television Broadcasting Program of the Brazilian Documentary. He worked in the coordination of the department of co-productions and public policies of TV Cultura and in the coordination of the audiovisual promotion of the municipal department of culture of São Paulo. He was also involved in the implementation and direction of the Empresa de Cinema e Audiovisual da Cidade de São Paulo - Spcine.
Advisory Board
Renato Nery
PhD student in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship at the Center for Social Studies (CES) at the University of Coimbra, Portugal; Master in Anthropology (PUC-SP) and graduated in Journalism (PUC-SP) and History (USP). She was a researcher at the GP CNPq "Images, metropolises and youth cultures", linked to the CNPq and the GT Childhoods and Youth of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), from 2018 to 2021. She is co-founder and advisor to Taturana Cinema e Impacto Social .PhD student in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship at the Center for Social Studies (CES) at the University of Coimbra, Portugal; Master in Anthropology (PUC-SP) and graduated in Journalism (PUC-SP) and History (USP). She was a researcher at the GP CNPq "Images, metropolises and youth cultures", linked to the CNPq and the GT Childhoods and Youth of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), from 2018 to 2021. She is co-founder and advisor to Taturana Cinema e Impacto Social .
Founding Member and Advisor
Livia Almendary
Performer, educator and cultural producer. Her creations transit between the scenic and visual arts, seeking crossovers between art/life, body/city and art/activism. She has been working in the São Paulo cultural scene for over 20 years. She has researched walking as an aesthetic and political practice, performative theater and urban intervention; ; in addition to topics related to the right to the city, female incarceration, human rights, gender, sexuality and lesbianism. At Taturana, she worked as a producer on the Taturana Film Festival (2019, 2021) and on the launch and social impact campaigns of some films (2018-2022).
Collaborating Associate
Beatriz Cruz
She is a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, and a master's student in Visual Anthropology. She develops, writes and directs projects for TV and cinema. She has worked for channels such as National Geographic, HBO, Discovery Channel, GNT, NHK, Globo, Al Jazeera, RTP, TV Cultura, TV Brasil. Her second feature film, The Last Summer, was selected for the Script Station Berlinale 2023 and IDM Film Fund's RACCONTI #11. She was a script mentor for Cabíria Festival and IndieLab at IndieLisboa Festival. Mother and amateur percussionist.
Collaborating Associate
Fernanda Polacow
Teacher of gastronomy, journalist and cultural producer. He is a specialist in gastronomy, history and culture and was the co-author and coordinator of the book Prato Firmeza: Guia Gastronômico das Quebradas de SP, winner of the 2021 Jabuti Prize. He is currently a lecturer at Senac and an associate of Taturana in impact distribution, having worked on projects such as Espero Tua (Re)volta, Cine São Paulo, América Armada and on the Taturana Film Festivals.
Collaborating Associate
Guilherme de Sousa
Executive producer and partner of Paideia Filmes. Produced the launch of Democracia em Vertigem, by Petra Costa. Executive producer of the documentaries Platamama, Eleições and Meu Corpo é Politico, by Alice Riff, and the films Guigo Offline and the short film Marina não vai à praia. His films have been shown at festivals such as Dok Leipzig, Visions du Réel, Bafici, Havana, and the Festival do Rio, with licensing to TV channels and streaming platforms, such as MUBI and Amazon. Teaches cinema and audiovisual sector at ESPM, has a degree in cinema from UFF (2012) and in economics from Unesp (2004), with a master's degree in cinema and television from ECA/USP.
Collaborating Associate
Heverton Souza Lima
Degree in cinema from the Federal University of Pelotas-RS and a master’s degree in screenwriting from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV - EICTV, in Cuba. Member of APAN and his works and collaborations have won awards and participations in festivals such as Janela Internacional de Recife, the Buenos Aires Documentary Festival and the Rotterdam Festival. His current collaborations are in the short film "Solastalgia" by Violeta Mora, as a screenwriter, with a premiere at the Visions du Réel in 2022. He was the editor of "Manhã de Domingo" by Bruno Ribeiro, which was awarded the Silver Bear in Berlin 2022.
Collaborating Associate
Vinícius Silva
Communicator and impact producer, with a postgraduate degree in executive production in film and TV and an MBA in digital marketing from FGV. Partner at Vidasoma - Conexões a Serviço de Causas, from Rio de Janeiro, she has over 25 years of experience in communication and project development. She has worked on over 15 Brazilian films as an impact producer. She is also the director of mobilization and engagement for the Good Pitch Brasil program (DOCSP and Doc Society/UK).
Collaborating Associate
Rossana Giesteira
Well Amorim is a director, director of photography, producer and educator. He is one of the founders of the collective created by peripheral LGBTs, Maloka Filmes, with which he held the first edition of "Perifericu - Festival Internacional de Cinema e Cultura de Quebrada", focusing on the appreciation of LGBT people from the peripheries. Currently studying at the Cuba International Cinema School - EICTV.
Collaborating Associate
Well Amorim
Leticia Santinon is a distributor, researcher, curator and audiovisual programmer. Master in Communication from the Federal University of Recôncavo (UFRB) with research on the circulation of Sarah Maldoror in Brazil. In 2023 he founded Cajuína Audiovisual, a distributor based in Salvador, Bahia, focusing on impact distribution.
Collaborating Associate
Leticia Santinon
Helena Dias, from Rio de Janeiro, is a producer and screenwriter with a degree in Radio and TV from UFRJ and a postgraduate degree in Documentary Cinema from FGV. With more than a decade of experience in Latin America, its creation is focused on human rights, gender narratives and social impact working on productions for Netflix, Amazon, Globoplay, ARD, WDR and TVE. She is co-author and production coordinator of the documentary "Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder", whose impact campaign was carried out by Taturana.
Collaborating Associate
Helena Dias
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