The Brazilian Association of Cinematography (ABC) groups together professionals from cinema and audiovisual media, organizes events, and disseminates information about the sector.
The Brazilian Cinematography Association (Associação Brasileira de Cinematografia, ABC), founded on January 2, 2000, gathers Brazilian audiovisual professionals with the purpose of encouraging the exchange of ideas and information to democratize and improve the technical and artistic expansion of these departments.
Today we gather more than 450 professionals and carry out a series of activities. Through a forum, exclusively for members, the ABC Session, ABC Award, ABC Week and ABC Newsletter sent to about 2 thousand subscribers, the goal is to encourage conversations and exchange of information about the craft in addition to resources on technical and artistic tools.
In collaboration with other publishers, ABC also issues works relevant to cinematography, such as the book “Expor uma História” by Ricardo Aronovich. The association is one of the founders of the Brazilian Cinema Congress and is a member of IMAGO (International Federation of Cinematographers) and FELAFC (La Federación de Autores de Fotografía Cinematográfica) ABC also collaborates with technical studies which seek to improve the quality of projections in the country, and its Technical Recommendations were adopted by ANCINE in the installation of new rooms.
Since 2002, Semana ABC (ABC Week) has promoted conferences, panels and debates, which gathers professionals from different areas of the industry, from Brazil and abroad, as well as film students and other interested professionals. The event discusses current issues, news and updates in the Brazilian industry and addresses work innovations happening here and around the world. After the ABC Week, the entire programming is made available on our YouTube channel. One of the great moments of the event is the ABC Award ceremony, which concludes the Week of events.
A free monthly event, the ABC Session screens selected films in the presence of the main technicians involved in the production, who, after the screening, participate in a Q&A with the public.
ABC still works in the area of copyright, following the trend of recognizing the legal rights of co-authorship in audiovisual works in the same way that has already occurred in some European countries.
Improving the day-to-day relationships between the associates, our Association – today the largest of its kind in the country – plans an organic growth, with an emphasis on the quality of its staff, to provide better technical, artistic and ethical qualifications to the professionals in the Brazilian audiovisual industry.





Board of directors
Biennium 7/2022 – 6/2024
- President: Mustapha Barat, ABC
- Vice-president: Jacques Cheuiche, ABC
- Treasurer: Miriam Biderman, ABC
- Secretary: Maria Muricy, ABC
Ethics Committee
As stated in the ABC Bylaws, art .26, the Ethics Committee will be composed of the associates:
- Adrian Teijido, ABC
- Affonso Beato, ASC, ABC
- Bia Marques, ABC
- Carlos Ebert, ABC
- Carlos Pacheco, ABC
- Diana Vasconcellos, ABC
- Fernanda Tanaka, ABC, DAFB
- Jacques Cheuiche, ABC
- Lauro Escorel, ABC
- Lucio Kodato, ABC
- Marcela Bourseau, ABC
- Marcelo Trotta, ABC
- Maria Muricy, ABC
- Marghe Pennacchi, ABC
- Miriam Biderman, ABC
- Mustapha Barat, ABC
- Roberto Faisal, ABC
- Silvia Gangemi, ABC
- Tide Borges, ABC
- Walter Carvalho, ABC
COUNCIL
- Anderson Sergio
- Bia Marques, ABC
- Diana Vasconcellos, ABC
- Fernanda Tanaka, ABC
- Llano, ABC
- Marcela Bourseau, ABC
- Marghe Pennacchi, ABC
- Paulo de Andrade, ABC
- Pedro Cardillo, ABC
- Pedro Sotero, ABC
- Pedro von Krüger, ABC
- Silvia Gangemi, ABC
COLLEGIATE FOR APPROVAL OF NEW MEMBERS:
- Adrian Teijido, ABC
- Anderson Sérgio
- Bia Marques, ABC
- Diana Vasconcellos, ABC
- Jacques Cheuiche, ABC
- Marcela Bourseau, ABC
- Miriam Biderman, ABC
- Maria Muricy, ABC
- Mustapha Barat, ABC
- Roberto Faissal, ABC
- Silvia Gangemi, ABC
- Tide Borges, ABC
- Roberto Faissal, ABC
Past boards
Presidenta: Tide Borges, ABC
Vice-president: Jacques Cheuiche, ABC
Secretary: Fernanda Tanaka, ABC, DAFB
Treasurer: Mustapha Barat, ABC
President: Marcelo Trotta, ABC
Vice-president: Tide Borges, ABC
Secretary: Carlos Pacheco, ABC
Treasurer: Affonso Beato, ASC, ABC
President: Adrian Teijido, ABC
Vice-President: Marcelo Trotta, ABC
Secretary: Rodrigo Monte, ABC
Treasurer: Marcelo Corpanni, ABC
President: Walter Carvalho, ABC
Vice-President: Guy Gonçalves, ABC
Secretary: Carlos Pacheco, ABC
Treasurer: Marcelo Trotta, ABC
President: Lauro Escorel, ABC
Vice-President: Guy Gonçalves, ABC
Secretary: Marcelo Trotta, ABC
Treasurer: Rodrigo Monte, ABC
President: Carlos Pacheco , ABC
Vice-President: Adrian Teijido, ABC
Secretary: Rodrigo Monte, ABC
Treasurer: Maritza Caneca, ABC
President: Roberto Faissal, ABC
Vice-President: Lúcio Kodato, ABC
Secretary: Tide Borges, ABC
Treasurer: Maritza Caneca, ABC
President: Lúcio Kodato, ABC
Vice-President: Roberto Faissal, ABC
Secretary: Carlos Pacheco, ABC
Treasurer: Flavio Alexim
President: Affonso Beato, ASC, ABC
Vice-President: Lúcio Kodato, ABC
Secretary: Tide Borges, ABC
Treasurer: Roberto Faissal, ABC
President: Lauro Escorel, ABC
Vice-President: Carlos Ebert, ABC
Secretary: Carlos Pacheco, ABC
Treasurer: Pedro Farkas, ABC
President: Carlos Ebert, ABC
Vice-President: Walter Carvalho, ABC
Secretary: Affonso Beato, ASC, ABC
Treasurer: Renato Padovani, ABC