LATC announces the creation of a new Strategic Advisory Council for its social inclusion project Making My First Film.
The Council’s objectives are to:
Recommend priorities and strategies;
Open doors to partners and sponsors;
Validate indicators and results;
Suggest pedagogical and operational improvements;
Help mitigate reputational risks;
Support expansion into new territories.
The Council does not hold formal meetings but is open to suggestions and contributions from all its members, who are invited to attend all screenings of the films produced by students from the courses scheduled for 2026.
Council members include recognized leaders from both the public and private sectors, committed to promoting a program aimed at empowering young talents from underserved communities and creating a gateway for them into the audiovisual industry. The classes function as a space for students to express their creativity and life experiences through cinema, using low-budget and independent production techniques to empower young filmmakers.
Confirmed members:
William Nix (Los Angeles) – Founding Member and Co-Executive Director of the SIE Society (Social Impact Entertainment Society), Member of the Producers Council of the Producers Guild of America (PGA), and Lifetime Voting Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (the Oscars);
Glaucia Camargos – Producer and current President of the Interstate Union of the Audiovisual Industry (SICAV);
Victor Hugo Poubel – Director-General of DEGASE (Department of Socio-Educational Actions), the Rio de Janeiro State Government agency responsible for implementing socio-educational measures for adolescents who have committed offenses, with the aim of educating, rehabilitating, and reintegrating them into society;
Ruy Barreto Filho – President of the Higher Council of the Rio de Janeiro Commercial Association (ACRJ);
Andressa Pappas – Vice President of Government Affairs and General Manager of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Brazil;
Rossino Castro Diniz – President of the Federation of Favela Associations of Rio de Janeiro (FAFERJ);
Mario Lopes – President of the Commercial and Industrial Association of Nova Iguaçu (ACINI) and Municipal Secretary of Economic Development, Labor and Tourism of Nova Iguaçu;
Luciana Bezerra – Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Director, Actress, and Director of the Nós do Morro Group, based in the Vidigal community;
Paula Tupinambá – Lawyer leading Paula Tupinambá Law Firm, specialized in Intellectual Property and Copyright, with emphasis on the audiovisual industry;
Luiz Antônio Gerace da Rocha e Silva (Chacra) – President of the Interstate Union of Workers in the Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industry (STIC);
Ilda Santiago – Executive Director of the Rio Festival;
Roberta Werner – Executive Director of the Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau (RCVB);
Teresa Lampreia – Social impact entertainment entrepreneur and CEO of the first FAST channel focused on social impact, WhE Play;
Maria Eugenia Stein – Director of the Identidade Brasil Program at Canal Futura, of the Roberto Marinho Foundation;
Adriana Rattes – Co-founding partner of Grupo Estação;
Renata Almeida Magalhães – President of the Brazilian Academy of Cinema;
Leonardo Edde – President of RioFilme;
Luciana Uchôa – President of the Regional Council of Amcham Rio;
Célia Domingues – President of the Business Council for Communities, Solidarity Economy, Micro-entrepreneurship and the Third Sector of ACRJ;
Sérgio Sá Leitão – Head of LIDE Cultura, Consultant at FGV Projetos, Director of Instituto ArteCidadania, Partner and CEO of Transversal – Culture, Creative Economy and Citizenship;
Roberto Faissal – Executive Director of ABC Cursos de Cinema and Founding Member of the Brazilian Society of Cinematography (ABC);
Gabriella Rodrigues – Special Secretary for Carioca Youth of the Rio City Government (JuvRio);
Taíla Borges – Superintendent at the Audiovisual Superintendency of the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State Government of Rio de Janeiro;
Lucy Barreto – Producer at L.C. Barreto & Filmes do Equador.
Learn more about the Making My First Film project here.
