Last year was exceptional for the Brazilian film market. "Tropa de Elite 2" established a new audience and box office record. Brazilian films reached 19% of the market share. Total revenue passed R$1 billion. New models of coproduction and co-distribution were tested with success.

RioFilme is proud of having contributed to this panorama, investing in relevant projects of companies established in Rio de Janeiro. The company's central objective is to boost the development of the city's audiovisual industry. This is what we've done in recent years, with increasingly significant results.

RioFilme also invests in the realization of important festivals, film programs and markets for the industry and the people of Rio. The It's All True Festival has become the principal event dedicated to documentaries in Latin America. RioFilme has the honor of sponsoring yet another edition, for the fifth consecutive year.

Throughout its history, RioFilme has invested in dozens of documentaries. In 2009, the film "Simonal - You Don't Know How Tough It Was," distributed by RioFilme and MovieMobz, was a huge success with audiences and critics. Recently, the company joined forces with the Secretaria do Audiovisual do MinC and TV Brasil for the program Longa DOC, which enables the production and release of five documentaries.

In 2010, RioFilme launched, in partnership with the Secretaria de Estado de Cultura, the Program for Public Audiovisual Submissions 2010-2011, which includes a specific line of documentaries for TV. This line, in partnership with Canal Brasil, guarantees R$ 300,000 for the production of each of the 4 selected projects, plus R$ 200,000 in guaranteed media and exhibition on TV.

For 2011, RioFilme plans to invest close to R$ 15 million of its own resources in Rio's audiovisual sector. This value includes investments in content distribution and production, the realization of audience-building events and actions, among other activities. The company thus reaffirms its commitment to the development of the Rio de Janeiro (and Brazilian) audiovisual industry.

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