Career

Marilha Naccari, from her first memory of a film set in 1989 to curating FAM's 30th anniversary.

Highlights

Both sides of the table

Marilha Naccari knows a film's journey from several vantage points: from evaluating projects for public funds to curating festivals and negotiating in international markets.

18years curating FAM, from 2009 to 2026

2,000+films curated

30+festivals as juror or curator, in eight countries

5countries whose public funds she has evaluated for

Timeline

1989
First memory of a film set: Extra-Ser, shot at Largo da Alfândega in Florianópolis.
1995
Follows the shoot of Ritinha, a short by Antonio Celso dos Santos about the island's Azorean culture.
2002
First credit in the FAM catalogue, as web designer.
2005
Part of the team that creates Pré-FAM, the touring showcase that became the Circuito FAM de Cinema.
2009
Takes over programme coordination at the 13th FAM, the year the festival moves to UFSC. Her 18 years of curation begin.
2010
Working group on copyright and audience rights at the 8th Brazilian Film Congress.
2011
Curates Latin American shorts at Curta Canoa (Brazil).
Guest at Tiradentes and Gramado.
2012
Produces the Mercosur Audiovisual programme (RECAM/European Union) in Florianópolis, the only edition held outside a capital city.
Juror and curator at Caracas DOC (Venezuela); delegate at Rio Content Market; BAFICI.
2013
Becomes president of the National Forum of Festivals (2013–2017).
Curates the Contra Ponto season of Curtadoc, SESCTV.
2014
Becomes FAM's programming director and founds Chancela Naccari.
Starts teaching on Unisul's film degree. Juror for the Pernambuco short film competition at CinePE.
2015
Torino Film Festival and Trieste Latin American Film Festival (Italy).
Juror at Oberá en Cortos (Argentina).
2016
Berlinale and European Film Market.
Brazilian selection committee for the Goya Awards.
Festivals panel in Gramado with Sundance, Havana and Punta del Este.
2017
Board of the Brazilian Film Congress (2017–2022).
Panel at the 50th Brasília Film Festival. Juror at Oberá en Cortos and in the international feature competition of the Tucumán Gerardo Vallejo Film Festival (Argentina), which awarded the Chilean film Mala Junta.
First Rally Universitário Floripa, at the 21st FAM, executive produced by Marilha Naccari.
2018
Takes part in founding elaSCine, a collective of women in Santa Catarina's film sector.
Executive producer, with Tiago Santos, of the experimental short Fronteiras, made at Rally Universitário Floripa.
2019
President of Cinemateca Catarinense / ABD-SC (2019–2023).
Evaluator for FDC, Proimágenes Colombia. Founding of Red Industria Latina in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia). Ventana Sur.
Guest co-editor of Revista GEMInIS (UFSCar), a special issue with the 23rd FAM on transmedia co-creation.
Juror at Finaliza Lab, Bolivia Lab's work-in-progress section.
2020
Cultural Career Recognition Award, Aldir Blanc Law / FCC-SC.
Juror at FICViña (Chile); panel on festival accessibility at Mar del Plata.
Evaluator for Bolivia Lab's project selection.
Tutor at 100X100, the film production meeting of the 20th FENAVID (Bolivia).
2021
Co-founds Ecovision at Panvision, an initiative developing sustainability indicators for Latin American film, where she leads research and development.
Moderates the Brazil–Nigeria panel on collaboration in the film industry, run by FAM and Lycka Media with support from the Brazilian Consulate General in Lagos. Talk on hybrid festivals at GEMInIS/UFSCar.
The 48HFP Ibero Challenge, with Florianópolis among its cities, is won by the Brazilian team Way of Club; A Fita Vermelha screens at Cannes.
Official juror at the 13th Curta Canoa (Brazil).
2022
As general director of Cinemateca Catarinense, leads Qualifica SC Cine, the largest professional training programme in Santa Catarina's film sector.
Women in Film Festivals panel at the Brasília International Film Festival (BIFF). CREA+PY, Paraguay.
As city producer, runs the first in-person edition of the 48 Hour Film Project in Florianópolis.
Starts working as Ecovision consultant for ECM+LAB projects.
2023
Becomes president of Associação Cultural Panvision (2023–2026).
Starts her PhD at EGC/UFSC. 9th Brazilian Film and Audiovisual Congress, Brasília.
Under her leadership, FAM holds its first Audiovisual Workshop for Indigenous Peoples, led by Iván Molina (Quechua, Bolivia): filmmakers from seven peoples make a collective short, screened at the closing night.
2024
Curates the Verdejante exhibition at MIS-SC.
Directs, as guest director, the episode on Mestre Zequinha in the series O Som da Ilha: Época de Ouro (NDTV Record), co-directed by Alissa Azambuja.
Panvision launches Ecovision's carbon footprint calculator at Ventana Sur. Ventana Sur. Universidad International Congress (Cuba).
Tutor at LINK, FIDBA's documentary industry meeting.
Group project consulting at the online ECM+LAB, with Alejandra Marano and Gustavo Castro.
2025
Three panels at MAFIZ, Málaga Film Festival: global sustainability; collaboration and co-creation between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean; and identity cinema in Latin America, at the Indigenous Identities Film Day.
Globo–Panvision partnership for the Ecovision seal. ECM+LAB Santa Catarina. Ventana Sur. COP30, Belém.
Article with Maria José Baldessar on mediation and knowledge management for sustainability in film. Joins the UFSCar team at Obitel Brasil.
Signs, for Panvision, the cooperation agreement with TV BRICS to bring Latin American documentaries to international television.
ESG consulting, through Chancela, for the series Sem Roteiro.
Juror for Bolivia's national film fund competition, with Sergio Calero and Paulo Roberto de Carvalho.
At ECM+LAB Santa Catarina in Lages, leads a structuring workshop for her group and the closing masterclass on sustainability.
Juror for the 6th Prêmio Cora at Mercado SAPI in Goiânia. At São Paulo Audiovisual Hub, leads the Filmagens Verdes workshop and judges an awarded pitching session.
Invited speaker at Green Latam Lab, TorinoFilmLab's first Latin American lab, in Montevideo.
Leads a circle with the filmmakers selected for FAM 2025.
2026
FAM turns 30. Juror at FICPunta (Uruguay).
Agreements with INAP (Paraguay) and IBEROFIC; Rio2C panel; Ministry of Culture working group on sustainability in the Rouanet Law.
Trade-Off selected for SANFIC Industria and #LINK / FIDBA.
Teaches a course on AI and sustainability in project development at CRIE Audiovisual, Sebrae-SP.
Speaker on sustainability at the Gramado Film Market Young Filmmakers Residency, Gramado Film Festival.

Badges

Credentials kept over the years, from her first FAM on the team to international markets.

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