Get to Know the Trajectory of Sincronia Filmes By Milena Sardoz Emanuel Mendes and Francisco Costabile are sitting on the not so comfortable chairs of a near-corner bakery on alameda Ministro Rocha de Azevedo, between avenida Paulista and alameda Santos, in São Paulo, Brazil, that summer afternoon of 2010. They both talk very seriously(…) Leia mais
Production Company Has Part of Its Catalogue On The On Demand Service It is our pleasure to announce that the partnership between Sincronia Filmes and Box Brazil TV – independent content channel based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and dedicated to screening exclusively Brazilian productions and which has already screened the music(…) Leia mais
We hardly find out short film screenplays for download. Even though there are some specialized websites (some of them completely outdated), we’ve decided to remedy the situation and make the script of our film It’s Almost True available for download – even though surprinsingly the film had been a complete flop. “It has been ignored(…) Leia mais
The event reunited some cast and crew members at Matilha Cultural, in São Paulo. The film by director Emanuel Mendes (pictured above, with scarf) goes now to the film festival circuit and special screenings. Below, some photos clicked by our dearest Paulo Sadao.
In 2008 accountant and photographer Lee Jeffries was in London to run in a marathon. A couple of hours before the competition Jeffries decided to stroll around the city to take pictures. Close to Leicester Square, he turned his 5D camera with a 70-200 lens towards a homeless young woman, tucked in a bag around(…) Leia mais
The boundaries between reality and fiction, the feverish passion for the cinema, which translates itself into an absolute exclusivity towards his means of expression – and the nickname of the most cinephile of all Brazilian filmmakers –, the sophiscated style and mainly a film trajectory that started out in the Boca do Lixo in São(…) Leia mais
It’s Almost True, a 27 minute short film and the third work in the career of director Emanuel Mendes, a “mineiro” who established himself in São Paulo, is a film full of almosts and a lot of first times. It almost didn’t really happen; almost didn’t make it as it is – at first it(…) Leia mais
Thanks to Antonio Rodrigues Jr. – an illustrator, graphic designer, a font lover and who has provided us the template for the first teaser poster of It’s Almost True –, we can get an idea of what the good folks around here have been preparing for the film’s release. It’s an art made by him(…) Leia mais
And here it is: our little film called It’s Almost True will première for its crew members, cast and special guests in the very same city where it was born, São Paulo. The film by director Emanuel Mendes has received a big welcome from the good folks at Matilha Cultural – the alternative space downtown(…) Leia mais
Paulo Sadao has been a photographer for models, actors and the art people in general for more than 30 years. During the 1970s, and practically the 80s, he was in charge of, together with actress Mayara de Castro, Gualharufas, one of the most prestigious and famous casting agencies in Brazil, producing the portfolio for personalities(…) Leia mais
