Jamie Lang Announced from this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Projeto Paradiso – a Brazilian private foundation that supports local film and TV professionals – is teaming with the Centre des Écritures Cinématographiques (CECI) – an artistic cultural center in Moulin d’Andé, France – on a new screenwriting residency for Brazilian filmmakers.
The initiative, part of the Projeto Paradiso Residencies Program, has also received support from the French Embassy in Brazil.
Applications for this year’s first residency will be invite-only and distributed to screenwriter-directors working on their second or third feature.
The program is looking for projects destined for a theatrical release, with no restrictions on genre or theme. Any selected project must plan to work with a French co-producer.
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