Marcelo Cajueiro São Paulo-based production company Estudio Escarlate is set to announce a “Chico Vive” (“Chico Lives”) project during this year’s Expocine.
The initiative includes the production of a doc and a biopic about Brazilian environmental leader Chico Mendes and the development of a manual with guidelines for sustainable film and TV productions, Escarlate CEO Joana Henning told Variety.
The features, which will be helmed by Sergio Carvalho and Sergio Machado, will be the first two fully sustainable productions in Brazil.
The doc is due to premiere during the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Nov. 2025 in Belem, a Brazilian city located in the Amazon Rainforest.
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