The Animated Reality: Animation in Documentary Film

March 28th to 30th, 2012

HELD IN CONNECTION WITH It's All True – International Documentary Film Festival since 2001, the International Documentary Conference is a privileged ground for reflection on documentary filmmaking, pointing directions of research and mobilizing the scientific and artistic community around relevant and current issues, always focused on the present but still attentive to the historical perspective of its production.

This year, hosted and produced by Cinemateca Brasileira (the Brazilian Film Archives) with the support of CINUSP "Paulo Emílio" and the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo, the Conference presents four panels and a small film screening centered on the general theme THE ANIMATED REALITY: ANIMATION IN DOCUMENTARY FILM. It is the Conference's hypothesis that many of the documentaries that use animation as a tool for depicting real life facts deal with controversial and difficult issues that could not be addressed in a more traditional format.

Bringing together filmmakers, technicians and scholars, both from Brazil and from abroad, the Conference aims to discuss this tendency that has become increasingly present in contemporary documentary film production: the use of cartoons to portray actual events

Maria Dora Mourão
Conference Director

Amir Labaki
Founder and Director of It's All True

Carlos Magalhães
Executive Director of Cinemateca Brasileira