Grande Otelo Awards 2024: see the nominees and find out how to watch the awards ceremony

The 2024 edition of Great Othello Award — known, until last year, as the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro — will take place on Wednesday night (28), at 9 pm, at Cidade das Artes, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro. Check out the nominees for each category below and find out how to watch the awards ceremony.

The event, as its name suggests, in addition to paying tribute to Grande Otelo (1915-1993), one of the most emblematic national artists, also celebrates Brazilian production across 30 categories.

How to watch the Grande Otelo Awards 2024 broadcast:

The ceremony, hosted by the acting duo Dira Paes and Toni Garrido, will be broadcast live on Canal Brasil (starting at 8:50 pm) and on YouTube. Brazilian Academy of Cinema.

Check out the finalists for the 2024 Grande Otelo Award:

BEST SOUNDTRACK

• Bernardo Gebara (Alien Nights)
• Bernardo Uzeda and Anita Rocha da Silveira (Medusa)
• Beto Villares (The River of Desire)
• Dado Villa-Lobos (Turn it up, it’s rock’n’roll)
• Pliny the Prophet (Our Dream)
• Pliny the Prophet (The Hijacking of Flight 375)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Alex Brollo (Our Dream)
• Ana Avelar and Joanna Ribas (Turn it up, it’s rock’n’roll)
• Bia Salgado (Pearl)
• Cassio Brasil (Mussum, the Filmis)
• Leticia Barbieri (The Hijacking of Flight 375)

BEST MAKEUP

• Uirânde Holanda (Turn it up, it’s rock’n’roll)
• Marcos Freire (Aunt Virginia)
• Mari Pin and Martín Macías Trujillo (Mussum, O Filmis)
• Simone Batata (The Hijacking of Flight 375)
• Zé Lucas (Alien Nights)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Adrian Cooper (The River of Desire)
• Ana Mara Abreu (Aunt Virgínia)
• Claudio Amaral Peixoto (Turn it up, it’s rock’n’roll)
• Karen Araujo (Our Dream)
• Rafael Ronconi (The Hijacking of Flight 375)

BEST SOUND

• André Bellentani, Filipe Derado and Toco Cerqueira (Toll)
• Bernardo Uzeda, Evandro Lima, and Gustavo Loureiro (Medusa)
• Evandro Lima, Acacia Lima, Thomas Alem, Gustavo Loureiro and Rodrigo Noronha (Mussum, the Filmis)
• Sergio Scliar, Miriam Biderman, and Ricardo Reis, ABC, (The Hijacking of Flight 375)
• Valeria Ferro, Renato Calaça, Simone Petrillo and Paulo Gama (Turn it up, it’s Rock’n’roll)

BEST VISUAL EFFECT

• José Francisco Neto, ABC (Mussum, the Filmis)
• Marcelo Cunha and Joaquim Moreno (The Hijacking of Flight 375)
• Marcelo Siqueira, ABC and Alexandre Cruz (Young Monica’s Gang – Reflections of Fear)
• Marcelo Siqueira, ABC (Turn it up, it’s rock’n’roll)
• Marcelo Siqueira, Giba Yamashiro and Kahuê Rozzi (Killer Mamonas – The Movie)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Adrian Teijido, ABC (The River of Desire)
• Evgenia Alexandrova (Heartless)
• Gustavo Hadba, ABC (Welcome, Violeta)
• Kika Cunha, ABC (Pearl)
• Nonato Estrela, ABC (Mussum, the Filmis)
• Rhebling Junior (The Hijacking of Flight 375)

BEST ASSEMBLY

• André Sampaio (Alien Nights)
• André Simões (Mussum, The Filmis)
• Eduardo Albergaria and Waldir Xavier (Our Dream)
• João Wainer (Elis & Tom, It Just Had to Be With You)
• Karen Akerman and Virgínia Flores (Aunt Virgínia)
• Lucas Gonzaga and Gustavo Vasconcelos (The Hijacking of Flight 375)
• Marcelo Moraes (Turn it up, it’s Rock’n Roll)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

• The Marias
• Empty Bed
• I, Black
• Macalea
• Thuë Pihi Kuuwi – A Woman Thinking

BEST BRAZILIAN DOCUMENTARY SERIES, INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCTION – FREE-TO-AIR TV, PAY TV OR STREAMING

• Art Directors
• Languages ​​of Our Language
• School Massacre – The Tragedy of the Realengo Girls
• The Escola Base Case
• Traveling with the Gils

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

• Andança – The Encounters and Memories of Beth Carvalho
• Belchior – Just a Wild Heart
• Elis & Tom, It Just Had to Be With You
• Nothing Will Be the Same Again – The Music of Clube da Esquina
• Ghost Portraits

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• It Was a Night of Saint John
• Jussara
• Lapse
• Woman Dressed in the Sun
• Yard

BEST BRAZILIAN ANIMATED SERIES, FROM AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCER, FOR FREE-TO-AIR TV, PAY TV OR STREAMING

• Blue Sea Squadron (TV Rá Tim Bum)
• The Silvestre Hotel by Ana Flor (Discovery Kids and Max)
• Tronik (Tv Ra Tim Bum)
• Zoopedia (EBC-TV Brazil)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• The Island of Illus
• Bizarre Fish of the Abyssal Trenches
• Chef Jack – The Adventurous Cook
• Perlimps
• The Night Before Christmas

BEST FICTION SHORT FILM

• The Girl and the Sea
• The Cutest and Funniest Animals in the World
• Fifteen Almost Sixteen
• If You Need Anything
• Yâmi Yah-Pá | End of the Night

BEST BRAZILIAN FICTION SERIES, INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCTION – FREE-TO-AIR TV, PAY TV OR STREAMING

• The Life Ahead (Globoplay)
• Betinho: On the Razor’s Edge (Globoplay and Globo)
• New Cangaço (Prime Video)
• Dom (Prime Video)
• End (Globoplay)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FICTION SERIES FOR FREE-TO-AIR, PAY TV OR STREAMING

• Alessandra Negrini (Invisible City)
• Alice Carvalho (New Cangaço)
• Bianca Comparato (João without God – The Fall of Abadiânia)
• Marjorie Estiano (End)
• Thaina Duarte (New Cangaço)

BEST ACTOR IN A FICTION SERIES FOR FREE-TO-AIR, PAY TV OR STREAMING

• Allan Souza Lima (New Cangaço)
• Bruno Mazzeo (End)
• Fabio Assuncao (End)
• Gabriel Leone (Sun)
• Julio Andrade (Betinho – On the Razor’s Edge)
• Marco Nanini (John without God – The Fall of Abadiânia)

BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM

• The Adventures of Poliana – The Movie
• Two’s a Crowd in Orlando
• Young Monica’s Gang: Reflections of Fear
• A Letter to Santa Claus
• A Fairy Came to Visit Me

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Adriano Falcão, Marcelo Saback and Jô Abdu – Adapted from the play “Pearl”, by Mauro Rasi – (Pearl)
• Camilo Cavalcanti, Rodolfo Minari and Sérgio de Carvalho – Adapted from the book “Alien Nights”, by Sérgio De Carvalho – (Alien Nights)
• Lusa Silvestre and Mikael de Albuquerque – Adapted from the documentary “Hijacking of Flight 375” by Constâncio Viana – (The Hijacking of Flight 375)
• Paulo Cursino – Adapted from the book “Mussum, A History of Humor and Samba”, by Juliano Barreto – (Mussum, o Filmis)
• Sergio Machado, George Walker Torres, Maria Camargo and Milton Hatoum – Adapted from the work “The Commander’s Farewell”, by Milton Hatoum – (The River of Desire)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta (Dry Woods in Flames)
• Anita Rocha da Silveira (Medusa)
• Carolina Markowicz (Toll)
• Daniel Bandeira (Property)
• Fabio Meira (Aunt Virginia)

POPULAR VOTE

• Andança – The Encounters and Memories of Beth Carvalho (Documentary)
• Belchior – Just a Wild Heart (Documentary)
• Let go! (Comedy)
• Elis & Tom, It Just Had to Be With You (Documentary)
• My Sister and Me (Comedy)
• Mussum, The Filmis (Fiction)
• Nothing Will Be the Same Again – The Music of Clube da Esquina (Documentary)
• Alien Nights (Fiction)
• Our Dream – The Story of Claudinho and Buchecha (Fiction)
• The Farofeiros 2 (Comedy)
• The Hijacking of Flight 375 (Fiction)
• Toll (Fiction)
• Pearl (Comedy)
• Ghost Portraits (Documentary)
• Missing Shack (Comedy)
• Three Sad Tigers (Comedy)

BEST IBERO-AMERICAN FEATURE FILM

• On the Other Side of the Clouds (Ecuador) / Documentary – Directed by: Sebastián Cordero. Recommended by: Academy of Audiovisual and Cinematographic Arts of Ecuador.
• The Other Son (Colombia, Argentina and France) / Fiction – Directed by: Juán Sebastián Quebrada. Nomination: Colombian Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.
• The Snow Society (Spain, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile) / Fiction – Directed by: JA Bayona. Nomination: Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Los Colonos (Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom, Taiwan and USA) / Fiction – Directed by: Felipe Gálvez. Nomination: Academia De Cine De Chile.
• Puan (Argentina, Brazil, Italy, France and Germany) / Fiction- Directed by: María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat. Recommended by: Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Argentina.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Alice Carvalho (Angela)
• Aline Marta Maia (Toll)
• Arlete Salles (Aunt Virginia)
• Protasio Cocoa (Mussum, O Filmis)
• Grace Passô (Levante)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM

• Barbara Paz (Next Door)
• Débora Falabella (Welcome, Violet)
• Drica Moraes (Pearl)
• Maeve Jinkings (Tollbooth)
• Vera Holtz (Aunt Virginia)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Antonio Pitanga (Aunt Virginia)
• Gabriel Leone (The River of Desire)
• George Sauma (Turn it up, it’s Rock’n’ Roll)
• Gero Camilo (Missing Maloca)
• Jorge Paz (The Hijacking of Flight 375)
• Yuri Marçal (Mussum, Filmis)

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM

• Ailton Graça (Mussum, the Filmis)
• Chico Diaz (Alien Nights)
• Johnny Massaro (Turn it up, it’s Rock’n’ Roll)
• Juan Paiva (Our Dream)
• Paulo Miklos (Saudosa Maloca)

BEST FIRST DIRECTION OF A FEATURE FILM

• Ana Petta and Helena Petta (When there is no air)
• Lillah Halla (Levant)
• Nara Normande and Tião (Heartless)
• Natália Dias and Camilo Cavalcanti (Belchior – Just a Wild Heart)
• Silvio Guindane (Mussum, the Filmis)

BEST DIRECTION

• Anita Rocha da Silveira (Medusa)
• Carolina Markowicz (Toll)
• Kleber Mendonça Filho (Ghost Portraits)
• Marcus Baldini (The Hijacking of Flight 375)
• Tomás Portella (Turn it up, it’s Rock’n’ Roll)

FICTION FEATURE FILM

• Mussum, The Filmis
• Alien Nights
• Our Dream – The Story of Claudinho and Buchecha
• The Hijacking of Flight 375
• Toll

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Source: CNN Brasil