Founded in 2003, FilmBrazil is a project whose ultimate goal is to strengthen our country's overall position as a global advertising production hub. The Brazilian Association of Audiovisual Production - APRO in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency - Apex-Brasil are at the helm of our project, which features over 50 companies that excel in music, production, direction, post-production, animation and infrastructure, collectively producing 80% of Brazil's advertising content. According to ZenithOptimedia, Brazil is the 6th largest advertising market in the world. In 2014, media investments in Brazil turned over about USD 10 billion, out of which 58.5% were assigned to FTA TV and 5.3% to Pay TV. After 60 years, the country won a Grand Prix at Cannes in the Film category for "Leica 100 Years". Recently, the Gunn Report revealed the project was the 2nd most awarded film of all time. 2015 also proved to be the best year yet for Brazil in the Film Craft category, with the country bringing home a total of nine Lions - two gold Lions for Best Animation ("War on Drugo") and Best Use of an Original Song ("Everyone is Gay"). At Ciclope Festival, Brazil's participation was nothing short of massive, and we were proud to see our national representatives heading the list of the Latin American standing. We could go on. But we're heading your way, so give us a shout out to learn about more opportunities to shoot in Brazil. For more on FilmBrazil, check out: www.filmbrazil.com

The Rio Film Commission (RFC) is a municipal, public program aimed at promoting Rio de Janeiro City as an ideal filming location, attracting Brazilian and international productions and providing logistic support to audiovisual content producers.