Cinema em Transe Institute

Cinema em Transe Institute has as its aim to publicize and promote the study and the cinematographic practice, as well as search for means and knowledge to the development of the industry and contents of the Brazilian audiovisual.

It's a strong contributor of the private and public policies of independent cinema and television.

One of the main works of the Institute has been the rendering of services connected to the international market, especially over the works of the Brazilian cinema within the international film festival, as well as the development of Film Commissions.

ABD 30 Anos

The book brings together testimonies and accounts of the founders of ABD (Brazilian Association of the Documentarians), the cinema policy developed by the group as well as the actions of its members in the last thirty years. The publication is a partnership with the Ministry of Culture, made for the research and publication of the book, released in April, 2007.

Prospection of the cinema international market

The Cinema em Transe Institute prospects the cinema and video international market, in the business area, to the development of communications strategy for the main media events of the world, such as the film festivals in Cannes, New York and Berlin.

Film Commission

One of the main works of the Institute is to search for means to develop the Brazilian internal market through international co-productions and the internal creation of Film Commisions, work in which the Institute has been researching for four years, collaborating with the creation of these commissions in Brazil as incentives for cinema and video productions.

1º Conference Cinema and Books

The Cinema em Transe Institute is promoting the first conference between cinema and books, meaning to bring close two diverse sectors of our cultural production, which have intimate bonds.

The goal is to bring close these two cultural segments, since almost half of our movies are adapted or based in literary works. The event will have lectures and a seminar about the adaptation in Brazilian cinema, as well as a debate about what type of literature is most suitable to cinema, among other subjects.

Hermes Leal Profile Institute Director

Documentarian and TV director, Hermes Leal is a Ph.D. in Cinema at ECA/USP (Communications and Arts School/University of São Paulo), having a experience in cinema of some years. Among his works is the production of around 10 documentaries, all exhibited on TV.

Hermes started his activities in cinema working in Raiz Produções, a production company located in São Paulo, in the later years of the 80's, and in the 90's he went into television, working in the main networks such as "Rede Manchete", "SBT" and "TV Record". Besides the documentaries, Hermes also held an important job in television as news director and creative director in Rede Manchete, where he worked for nine years.

He also directed documentary programs in "Rede Manchete", such as "Câmera Manchete" and "24 Horas"; created and directed journalistic/documentary programs, among them Na Rota do Crime, program that brought a new language to realistic journalism and also the best viewer's rating of "Rede Manchete" for almost three years.

He's the founder and editor of Revista de CINEMA, one of the main culture publications in the country, and its main news vehicle for the promotion and stimulation of the Brazilian cinema. And he's preparing to direct his first feature film, "Cide e Alice", which had its script awarded by Sundance. The movie is co-produced by Nexus, of Rita Buzzar, the producer of "Olga", one of the biggest hits of Brazilian cinema.

TV Direction

On Crime's Pathway (1996-1999)
Rescue Operation (1996-1998)
Camera Manchete (1997-1998)
Sunday Show (1997-1998)
24 Hours (1997-1998)
Mystery (1997-1998)
Modern Women (1997-1998)
Street Paulista (1994-1996)
Works in SBT (Aqui Agora/1993-1994), Rede Record
(Repórter Record e Cidade Alerta/1999) and Rede TV (1999)

Published Books

Mountain Man
Gráfica do Estado SP - Coleção Aplauso, 2007

It's a biography of the filmmaker Orlando Senna, Audiovisual Secretary of the Ministry of Culture. It tells the story of the filmmaker and journalist since his childhood in Bahia, the friendship with Glauber Rocha, Caetano Veloso, Gil and Betânia since they were all kids, at the birth of Cinema Novo and Tropicália.

Knife in the Straits
Geração Editorial, 2006

"A type of Romeo and Juliet of the 21st century. This novel, by the author of the biography of Colonel Fawcett, tears apart the language and the good manners in a real transgressive and even shocking work, which have been scandalizing adults and captivating the youth, who identifies themselves with the characters and are thrilled with their crazy adventures. A book that certainly divides opinions - even so it has been taken and discussed openly in modern schools. To read and reflect".

Colonel Fawcet, the True Story of Indiana Jones
Geração Editorial, 1996 - 4a edição, 2007

This is the first biography of the English colonel, who disappeared in the Brazilian jungles when looking for a lost city. His story turned into a legend and inspired books, such as King Solomon's Mines, and the character Indiana Jones. 30 mil copies have already being sold and it's been a success abroad. The rights for the cinema have been sold to the Casablanca group, which is looking for partners in the United States for its production.

Quilombo, a Adventure in the Vão das Almas
Editora Mercuryo, 1995

"Hermes is a reporter. One of the best that I've known. He has the basic quality of the great ones; he emotionally involves himself with his works and that appears clearly in his documentaries and in this book about a subject of great importance. It was like this with Washington Novaes with the Xingu series; David Nasser with his great news features; Caco Barcelos with the police exposure; Pierre Verger photographing the black people and Hemingway describing the Spanish Civil War, etc".