Laís Bodanzky

Short Biography

The filmmaker and her husband, Luiz Bolognesi, maintained since 2005 an itinerant project of free screening of films in cities of the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná. Cine Tela named Brazil, the project is maintained with the cultural support of the CCR System (Road Concession Company), a company that runs several Brazilian concessionaires of highways, including the NovaDutra (which controls the Via Dutra, the main road linking Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro).Inside a truck, Cine Tela Brazil consists of a large tent of 13m x 15m, where 225 seats are installed, equipment, professional 35mm projection (cinemascope) screen of 7m x 3m, stereo surround sound and air conditioning. The entire structure is assembled and disassembled at each visit, being transported by a truck itself, which during the sessions turned into the projection booth. The sessions have lasted for about one hour and 30 minutes, always with the view of a Brazilian film-length. The project promotes four daily sessions of the movies.