Following the Oscar success of “I’m Still Here” and the international acclaim for “The Secret Agent”, Brazil’s film industry is increasingly looking to international co-productions to maintain its global momentum. Although no primarily Brazilian production entered the main competition at Cannes, Berlin or Venice in 2026, Brazilian companies played a central role in several cross-border projects, signalling a broader and more internationally connected industry.

Recent co-productions have linked Brazil with partners including Nepal, Finland and Italy, while the Rio Film Festival has introduced a strand highlighting this trend. Industry figures say co-productions widen films’ international prospects and reflect supportive public policies, including treaties, market incentives and Audiovisual Sector Fund programmes; an Oxford Economics study also found that Brazil’s audiovisual sector generates more than 600,000 direct and indirect jobs, over 58% more than the automotive industry.