Brazil’s Gullane Steps Firmly Into Distribution With Gullane+, Lines Up Julio Andrade for Cao Hamburger’s ‘School Without Borders’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Top Brazilian production company Gullane Entretenimento is ramping up efforts to widen its scope through Gullane+, the company’s fast-growing distribution arm.

Partners Fabiano and Caio Gullane will now focus on production, with Débora Ivanov taking over the distribution operation. Gullane+ inherits the company’s rich catalog of over 40 projects, including Karim Aïnouz’s “Mariner of the Mountains” and Laís Bodanzky’s classic “Brainstorm,” as well as featuring a slate of new exciting projects by André Ristum and Flavia Moraes.

Speaking with Variety out of Berlin where Gullane is heavily promoting its distribution efforts, Fabiano Gullane said the three partners always “really liked the distribution part of the process” and realize they could employ their many years of expertise in handling some of their titles.

Initially, Gullane+ will focus on documentaries and smaller productions, with major projects still benefiting from their long-standing partnership with Brazilian distributors like Paris Filmes. “The idea is to improve the export of Brazilian audiovisual content,” continued Gullane. “These are our first steps on this path.