Sara Silveira

Sara is today one of the most active film producers in the country. Residing in São Paulo since 1981, she began working with film making as production assistant in Nasce uma Mulher, by Roberto Santos, and location production for "Além da Paixão, by Bruno Barreto. Since October, 1991 she heads, with Carlos Reichenbach the Dezenove Som e Imagens production house, and later, in partnership with also producer Maria Ionescu. Among some of her films produced, there are All the Dead Ones, by Caetano Gotardo & Marco Dutra (70th Berlinale Festival); Good Manners, by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (70th Locarno Festival- Special Jury Prize); Hard Labor, by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Un Certain Regard - Cannes Festival 2011); Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures, by Marcelo Gomes (Un Certain Regard - Cannes 2005 / Film chosen to represent Brazil at the Oscars in 2007); Brainstorm, by, Lais Bodansky (54th Locarno - Young Jury award) and Buccaneer Soul, by Carlos Reichenbach (30th Pesaro Film Festival - "Premio del Trentennale") . She has recently been invited to join as member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Scriences. She has participated as juror on the Carte Blanche selection committee from the 67th edition of Locarno Festival, as well as president of the jury from the Horizontes Latinos section of the 62nd San Sebastian Festival. And she has received the great honor of being invited to minister a master class on La Fabrique des Cinemas du Monde, of Cannes Festival 2014.