EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian filmmaker Cao Hamburger, whose credits include Berlinale 2007 title The Year My Parents Went On Vacation, has lined up the feature School Without Walls with Brazilian production powerhouse Gullane, Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes and France’s Playtime Group.
Leading Brazilian actor Julio Andrade, one of Brazil’s most celebrated actors, stars in the film about the inspirational headteacher at a public school in Heliopolis, one of the largest favelas in Brazil.
School Without Walls is being backed by Globo Filmes and Telecine and will start shooting this summer.
Separately, Gullane’s new distribution arm Gullane + has acquired international rights to Para Vigo Me Voy, a documentary about Brazilian cinema icon Cacá Diegues. Directed by Lírio Ferreira and Karen Harley, the film has been selected for Cannes Classics in the Documentaries about Cinema section.
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