Brazil’s Elas Exportam: Fostering Film and Series Exports of Women-Led Companies

The program, highlighted at RioMarket, was created by Brazil's government after a 2022 study showed that only 14.5% of exporting companies in Brazil had a majority of women among their shareholders

By Marcelo Cajueiro

Marcelo Cajueiro

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s Elas Exportam training program aims to foster film and series exports of women-led companies by developing leadership skills.

Organized by Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), the program is part of a broader government and industry effort to raise the presence of Brazilian productions abroad.

Debora Ivanov, a partner at Gullane Filmes and president of Instituto +Mulheres, Janaína Silva, director of MDIC’s Department of Export Promotion and Trade Facilitation, and lawyer Raquel Lemos, one of the program’s mentors, highlighted Elas Exportam on a panel at RioMarket, the business section of Rio Film Festival.

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