Let’s make movies together The distance between Brazil and Canada is nothing less than 40 countries, or more than 7,000 kilometres – not to mention the language barrier and cultural differences. But despite this, the two nations are growing closer and closer. Much of this proximity rests on the shoulders of the two countries' film industries. For years now, Brazilians and Canadians have been working together on a number of audiovisual projects. Some of them reached the world’s screen with great noise, like Blindness (directed by Fernando Meirelles) did last year, but there is so much more going on behind the scenes. Right now, for example, just a week before the opening night of the Brazil Film Fest 2009, the two countries signed an agreement that has the potential to set a solid foundation for more partnerships between the creative minds of the two sides of our continent. The idea of this new agreement is to exploit together the creation of multi-platform documentaries and animations while testing the waters of new models of international co-production. We from the Brazil Film Fest are of the same spirit. Since our very first year in Toronto, we have been promoting meetings, discussions, panels to discuss projects, ideas and opportunities. This year, with the support of BNDES (Brazilian National Development Bank), we are once again investing in the sharing of information and networking, diminishing the geographical distance between these two great nations.