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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
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We could say that Bruno Barreto (Rio de Janeiro, 1955) is a born filmmaker, given his familiarity with the camera since childhood, when he made several shorts (he was only eleven when he made Os três amigos, winner of the Best Young Director Award at the Brazilian Amateur Film Festival). This early vocation produced the biggest Brazilian cinema hit ever: Dona Flor e seus dois maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, 1978). He has also directed other Brazilian cinema box-office hits, including A estrela sobe (1974), Amor bandido (1981), O romance da empregada (The Story of Fausta, 1988), O Que é Isso, Companheiro? (Four Days in September, 1996), nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998, and Bossa Nova (1999). He continues to be one of the most popular.
Brazilian directors, as demonstrated by the success of his latest movies, O casamento de Romeu e Julieta (2005) and Caixa 2 (2006).
He spent part of his career working in the USA, where he directed A Show of Force (1990), Heart of Justice (1992), Carried Away (1995), One Tough Cop (1998) and A View From the Top (2002), leading to his international fame.
His filmography as a director is rounded off with Tati-A garota (1972), Gabriela (1982), Menino do Rio (1983), O beijo no asfalto (The Kiss, 1984) and Além da paixão (Beyond Passion, 1986). He was also the producer and scriptwriter of several of his own films and wrote the screenplay for Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), directed by Robert Mulligan.
He also directed John Patrick Schanley’s play, Dúvida (Doubt, 2006).
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