Think of it as the Marché du Film, except just for documentaries.
06.06.2024 - 12:53 / variety.com
Anna Marie de la Fuente As part of a strategy to build a new cinephile audience and revive the filmgoing experience in Brazil, São Paulo-based distributor O2 Play is theatrically releasing a selection of classic films, starting with A24’s 4K restored version of the seminal ‘80s Talking Heads concert docu, “Stop Making Sense” by Jonathan Demme. The company has also launched an app called “carteirinha de cinéfilo” (cinephile card), to offer moviegoers special discounts, collectibles and foster the theatrical experience.
“Available at the App Store and Google store, we decided to launch it to help engage our audience and bring them back to theaters,” said O2 Play founder Igor Kupstas who laments the universal decline in cinema attendance since the pandemic, felt in Brazil and most parts of the world. According to Kupstas, who launched O2 Play in 2013, talks are underway with traditional and IMAX screen owners for the premiere of “Stop Making Sense” across an estimated 50 screens on Aug.
29. “I had already been chasing the film but when it was screened a few months ago at a small independent cinema run by director Kleber Mendonça (“Aquarius”) and it sold out within a couple of hours, I knew we were on the right track,” Kupstas told Variety. O2 Play, which forms part of powerhouse production company O2 Filmes, owned by Paulo Morelli, Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Fernando Meirelles, is also planning to release a remastered version of the 2004 crime drama “The Edukators,” 20 years after making a splash in Cannes.
O2 Filmes is in development on a follow-up to the cult film with its director Hans Weingarten who resides in Brazil. Plans are for the German-Brazilian co-production to shoot in Brazil, said Kupstas.
Think of it as the Marché du Film, except just for documentaries.
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