City of Atlanta, RioFilme and Rio Film Commiion sign new cooperation agreement

The City of Atlanta s Mayor s Office of Entertainment, RioFilme and the Rio Film Commission signed a cooperation agreement to promote their respective audiovisual industries and contribute to economic development and job creation in their respective cities.

The Office of Entertainment is the official film office for the City of Atlanta. Its objective are to support the city s expanding film industry, streamline the permitting process for film productions, facilitate the employment of local talent, create production-related educational and training opportunities and safeguard the interests of residents and business affected by film productions. The RFC provides efficient assistance to producers of audiovisual content and promotes the City and State of Rio de Janeiro as preferred destinations for filming.

The specific objectives of the agreement are:

- To initiate and ultimately create an international network designed to share ideas and best practices on domestic and international film production and promotion;

- To promote the respective areas as filming locations to media companies already established in Atlanta or Rio de Janeiro and interested in multi-locations projects. Such an effort can be accomplished by providing guidelines on how best to produce film and audiovisual projects in both Atlanta and Rio de Janeiro;

- To promote the respective areas to companies already established in Atlanta or Rio de Janeiro who wish to expand internationally to South America or the United States;

- To jointly prospect for companies in emerging countries which are seeking to expand internationally, with a view to selling them both destinations: the City of Atlanta as a primary North American base and Rio de Janeiro as a primary South American base.

The signing ceremony was held at the Rio International Film Festival on September 30th, 2014 at 6:30pm as part of the traditional American Day program in the market section of the festival.

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