Private company

Downtown Filmes

Logo: Manuela piquet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Brazilian film producer and distributor based in Rio de Janeiro, founded in 20061

Downtown Filmes is a film distributor dedicated exclusively to the release of Brazilian films. The company is led by Bruno Wainer, which was responsible for the distribution of some of the greatest hits of Brazilian cinema, among them Olga, Os Normais, Central do Brasil and Cidade de Deus.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1

Downtown Filmes is a film distributor dedicated exclusively to the release of Brazilian films.2

The story

In 2017, Elis, a film distributed by Paris Filmes and Downtown Filmes had the most nominations for the Brazilian Cinema Grand Prix. In September of the same year, Downtown Filmes scheduled a movie screening in solidarity with João Pedro. The nine-year-old boy, who has cerebral palsy, was forgotten on a school outing, and the case gained repercussion after his mother reported it on a social network.

In August 2019, it revamped its logo and adopted a new name, DT Films. In April 2020, it announced the release of 180 films together with Paris Filmes to theaters for the industry's post-COVID-19 pandemic revival. In January, it was one of the supporters of the "Rocinha Project," which screened audiovisual productions in the Rocinha slum.

From Wikipedia’s article on Downtown Filmes, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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