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Documentaries as a film genre have experienced
a rapid growth in Brazil in recent years, be it for
the amount of documentaries the country has
been producing or for the increased interest
they now enjoy. The documentary language
not only fosters an open debate on the most
poignant contemporary issues such as politics,
war, violence, famine, etc, it also explores
individual and collective experiences on various
sociocultural-related issues.
In Brazil, as in the rest of the world, documentary
filmmaking has broken away from the closed circles
that set it apart from the mainstream for so long.
Documentaries are now regularly aired on TV and
are the focus of study in many academic courses,
two important aspects for the observation of the
quality of productions currently made.
In its thirteenth edition, It´s All True –
International Documentary Film Festival is the
most important event of its kind in Latin America.
This year, one of the Festival’s highlights is the
Uruguayan documentary Stranded by Gonzalo
Arijon. The film was awarded the Joris Ivens Prize
for best feature length at the 20th Amsterdam
International Documentary Film Festival. The
Festival also features Brazilian and International
Competitions, special screenings and the 8th
International Documentary Conference.
Cine SES C in São Paulo is a venue exclusively
devoted to this kind of film language, and its
partnership with major film festivals in town
throughout the year reflects SES C’s commitment
to the permanent dissemination of culture and
education. These considerations added to the
relevance and impact that It´s All True has on
audiences’ critical and aesthetic awareness – a
principle that is strongly supported by SESC –
highlight the importance of the partnership forged
with the Festival's director, Amir Labaki, since
it's first edition.
Danilo Santos de Miranda
Regional Director - SESC-SP
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