NOSTRO is a young production company based in Rio de Janeiro created to share and live from collective art, producing content for film and TV, and working beside different emerging talents. It was founded in 2016 by partner-producer Carlos Eduardo Valinoti to make sustainable and plural productions. Nostro presents projects by young authors growing in the country with the potential to be explored in several segments. These narratives have the potential for artistic and financial return with social responsibility and representativeness, generating different audiences' reflections.
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The production company's Nostro's portfolio includes films screened at important festivals such as the Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, the Vancouver International Film Festival, Frameline, Warsaw Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, and the Rio Int'l Film Festival. Among them are Gustavo Pizzi's "The Last Days of Gilda", produced in association with Nostro, the first Brazilian series selected for the Berlinale Series and "Malu", by Pedro Freire, currently in post-production, in association with Nostro and produced by Bubbles Project and TvZero.
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Beyond ongoing projects, Nostro is also venturing into new partnerships, participating in international markets like Ventana Sur, the European Film Market, and Marché du Film.
EQUIPE NOSTRO
CADU VALINOTI
PRODUCER
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Eduardo Valinoti is a creative producer who graduated in Cinema at PUC-Rio with free executive formation in the United Kingdom. Experienced in documentaries, shorts, and feature films, he worked and created with important production companies in Brazil, having collaborated for Canal Brasil, OFF, Multishow, Band, and ESPN. In the advertising market, he has produced for Google, TEDx, Nike, Corona, Coca-Cola, Heineken, and Yahoo UK.
He was the production coordinator of "The Great Mystical Circus" by Carlos Diegues (Festival de Cannes 2018) and also line producer of the award-winning films "Favela Gay" by Rodrigo Felha and "Fala Comigo" by Felipe Sholl, both of which won Best Film Awards at the Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival.
Among his most recent films are "Matar a la bestia", by the Argentinian director Agustina San Martín, "The Last Days of Gilda", by Gustavo Pizzi, the first Brazilian series selected for the Berlinale Series in 2021, and "Sick, Sick, Sick", by Alice Furtado (Directors' Fortnight at Festival de Cannes 2019). His last unreleased films are "Malu" by Pedro Freire and "Streets of Gloria" by Felipe Sholl.
Besides his work as a producer, Cadu devotes himself to authorial projects through his production company, Nostro. As a teacher, he has taught line production at the AIC (International Film Academy) and has been on the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival selection committee since 2017.