_Painéis 2020
Masterclasses and national and international panels are part of the formative activities of the festival. The acclaimed French director Claire Denis presents her unique perspective and her creative processes in a masterclass, exclusive for FIM20, The Afrofeminist, filmmaker, also French Amandine Gay, director of the documentary Speak Up, participates in exchanges and debates with powerful women thinkers and creators addressing activism and the voice of black women. Grace Passô, a great honoree of the second edition of the festival, presents the panel Art in Pirouettes During a Pandemic, in which she invites artists of multiple styles to talk about their movements in politics and arts in these times of social distancing. Finally, a colloquium on the Book of Delights, by Clarice Lispector, brings experts to debate the connections between cinema and literature in the work of the writer who would be 100 years old in 2020, and a panel dedicated to facing harassment in cinema and society with preventive and combative actions.