About Hollywood Brazilian Film Fest

The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival and Market was created to bridge the gap between Hollywood, the world film community and the Latin American Film Industry. Since Hollywood is the film world's Mecca, our festival creates unparalleled business and creative opportunities, welcoming Hollywood studios, celebrities, executives, film schools, talent schools and students, as well as international executives representing businesses in Latin America.

The festival Hosted four-days of industry film panels, feature screenings, shorts and documentary screenings. In total we are expecting, featured films from different countries and in different languages with legend.

About Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival is a young, rapidly growing festival dedicated to promoting independent filmmaking. The Festival separates itself from other film festivals by embracing the Latin American flavor through screenings of Latin American feature films, promoting renowned Brazilian stars and its dedication to providing live Brazilian entertainment. The 2009 Festival will include a variety of screenings of some of the year's top films, panels and workshops that feature award-winning actors, writers and directors, VIP parties and live entertainment. This year's Festival will also recognize two award recipients in the following categories: The 2009 Rising Star Award and 2009 Humanitarian Award.

The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival is produced TALIZE SAYEGH – FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

A dynamic very well known film producer, and knowledgeable in Latin America film festival, cooperating with Huge Film festival like Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (Laliff) and Rio de Janeiro International film festival, among other. The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival is a non-profit organization founded by Talize Sayegh. Talize Sayegh is a Brazilian native with 10 years Film production experience in Los Angeles, who's also own LA based Lis Productions which specializes in promote Brazilian culture. She produced her first film, Vendedores, starring Jonathan Haagensen, Natalia Lage and Ricardo Tozzi, and served as production consultant for producer Marcelo Floriao in Now Boarding (Embarque Imediato), a new film starring Marilia Pera, Jonathan Haagensen and Jose Wilker, directed by Allan Fiterman.

MARCELO FLORIAO – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Marcelo Floriao - executive producer of the HBRFEST - is another Brazilian with over 20-years´ experience in Hollywood. A film graduate of Columbia College (Hollywood), Marcelo started his career freelancing in several major studios, such as Paramount, MGM, Disney and Fox, working for producers like Lindsay Doran (Ang Lee´s Sense and Sensibility), Don Simpson (Thief of Hearts) and Costa Gavras (Betrayal). Marcelo also produced theatre in Los Angeles, and his first feature film as producer and screenwriter is Now Boarding (Embarque Imediato), starring Marilia Pera, Jonathan Haagensen and Jose Wilker, directed by Allan Fiterman, co produced by Juliana de Carvalho and Hilton Kauffmann. Marcelo is an executive producer of the Artivist Film Festival in Los Angeles, and produces film festivals in London, Lisbon, Tokyo and Mexico, in addition to being V.P. of worldwide distribution at Showscan Entertainment, an LA based producer/distributor of 3D films.

Renata Carvalho

Executive Producer – With over 10 years in marketing publicity, communications, and event production, Renata is a graduate of FAAP in Sao Paulo, with a master degree in executive production (Film TV). Just to mention some of the projects she was involved with: the Lancôme campaign (Paris), Pfizer (Brazil), Toyota (Los Angeles), Red bull (New York), BMW (Germany), Unilever Omo (Brazil) and the film BB 200 Years (in Rio). In the film area, she was involved in production at the Berlinale 2003 and the San Francisco Film Festival, as well as working on documentaries such as The Music Tree (Brazil) and Liberdade Station (Japan). For the fashion industry, she participated in publicity campaigns for British publication Dazed and Confused in world cities such as Hong Kong, London, Lisbon, Porto, Seville and Rome. In Brazil she was involved with promotional events during Carnival, such as the Nova Schin VIP Lounge and the Brahma VIP Lounge, as well as the Corporate Bradesco event for the Beijing Olympics. Her own production company is Take Produções Artísticas.

Open Gala Tuesday January 27TH, 2009 “Romance” Diretor Guel Arraes Produtora Paula Lavigne Co- Produtor Globo Filmes/Cadu Rodrigues Ator Wagner MouraAtriz Leticia Sabatella Wednesday January 28TH, 2009 “Entre Lençois ”Diretor Gustavo Nieto Roa Ator Reynaldo GianecchiniAtriz Paola Oliveira Thursday January 29th 2009“ “Juruna” “Se Nada mais der certo ”Diretor Jose Eduardo Belmont eAtor Cauã Reymond Friday January 30th 2009“ 'Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus ”“Estômago” Diretor MARCOS JORGE Ator João Miguel Closing Gala Saturday Jan 31st 2009 “Meu nome não é Johnny” Diretor Mauro Lima Ator Selton Mello Atriz Cleo Pires

Editor's Note: Film submission will start October 1, 2008, and end on 12/31/08 please visit our website for more information at: http://www.hbrfest.com Images, celebrity items and interviews, film panel items and interviews and film descriptions are available upon request by contacting Talize Sayegh, at talize@hbrfest.com. Please call 323-317-6365. 2009 HBRFEST SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Become a Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival Sponsor! If you are interested in becoming a Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival sponsor, please contact us for information on sponsorship opportunities: