The 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil ceremony, presented by the

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, honored the best audiovisual productions of 1999. It took place on February 12, 2000, at the

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in the city of

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. During the ceremony, the Ministry of Culture presented the Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil in 17 categories. The ceremony, televised by

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and

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, was directed by José Possi Neto and hosted by actress

Regina Casé Regina Maria Barreto Casé OMC (born 25 February 1954) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and television presenter. Career In 1974, Casé, together with Hamilton Vaz Pereira, Jorge Alberto Soares, Luiz Arthur Peixoto e ...

. The film '' O Primeiro Dia'' (''Midnight'') was nominated for nine awards (the most of any film), followed by ''

Orfeu ''Orfeu'' is a 1999 Brazilian romantic drama film directed by Carlos Diegues, and starring Toni Garrido, Patrícia França and Murilo Benício. Based on the play '' Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Moraes, the film retells the Greek l ...

'' with seven nominations. ''O Primeiro Dia'' and ''Orfeu'' tied for the most awards won, with three each. Other film winners included ''Nós que Aqui Estamos por Vós Esperamos'' with two awards, and ''Por Trás do Pano'', ''Outras Estórias'' and ''Dois Córregos'' with one each.

Background

After a decree during the administration of President

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abolished government support of cinema production, almost no films were domestically produced in the early 1990s. In 1991, only one percent of films on screen in Brazil were produced in the country, and in 1992 only two Brazilian films were released. In 1993 (after Collor's

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), the government enacted a tax incentive for film production, and the " Retomada" (lit. "Resumption"), a film renaissance, began. As of 1998, five percent of films in cinemas were Brazilian. The

established the national film awards in November 1999 to recognize works and individuals in the audiovisual area; 16 categories and a special award were created. With the awards, the Ministry of Culture aimed to foster the ''retomada'' by increasing domestic audiences; their goal was for 20% of films in Brazil to be produced domestically as of 2002.

Ceremony

The ceremony was held on February 12, 2000, beginning at 9:27 p.m.

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. It took place at the

, a former luxury resort hotel in

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, Brazil. Televised by

and

, the ceremony was directed by José Possi Neto and hosted by actress

. The ceremony started with a montage of important scenes of Brazilian production over the years. The presentation of awards followed, interspersed with live musical performances by the Best Score nominees and homages to actresses

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, Vera Fischer, and

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and filmmakers

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and

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (May 25, 1932 – September 10, 1988) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement in Brazil. Andrade is best known for his 1969 film ''Macunaíma (film), Macunaíma'', ba ...

Winners and nominees

On December 8, 1999, the nominees for six categories of the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil were announced at

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. These categories were Best Film, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Television Series. The nominees for the other 11 categories were announced on January 20, 2000. The films receiving the most nominations were ''O Primeiro Dia'' with nine and ''Orfeu'' with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 12, 2000.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Cacadiegues

Multiple nominations and awards

The following eleven films received multiple nominations. * Nine: ''O Primeiro Dia'' * Seven: ''Orfeu'' * Six: ''Um Copo de Cólera'' * Four: ''Outras Estórias'' and ''Por Trás do Pano'' * Three: ''Dois Córregos'' * Two: ''Amor & Cia'', ''Até que a Vida Nos Separe'', ''Corazón iluminado'', ''Nós que aqui Estamos por Vós Esperamos'' and ''Traição'' The following three films received multiple awards. * Three: ''Orfeu'' and ''O Primeiro Dia'' * Two: ''Nós que Aqui Estamos por Vós Esperamos''

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