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Local Fixer Services
Expert local production support and coordination services throughout Brazil.
Capabilities
Comprehensive Local Fixer Solutions
Expert local fixer services providing comprehensive production support and local expertise throughout Brazil.
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Local Expertise
- Cultural guidance
- Language support
- Local customs
- Regional knowledge
- Community relations
Cultural Authenticity
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Government Relations
- Official liaison
- Permit assistance
- Regulatory compliance
- Authority coordination
- Legal support
Official Relations
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Production Support
- Logistics coordination
- Vendor management
- Crew coordination
- Equipment sourcing
- Problem solving
Production Excellence
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Emergency Support
- Crisis management
- Emergency response
- Medical assistance
- Security coordination
- 24/7 support
Emergency Readiness
Introduction to Film Production in Brazil
Professional fixer services provide essential local knowledge and operational support that bridges the gap between international productions and local environments, ensuring smooth logistics, regulatory compliance, and cultural navigation throughout the filming process. As a company, we offer full production services, including comprehensive management of logistics, crew, and equipment.
Our experienced fixers bring deep understanding of local customs, government procedures, business practices, and logistical networks that enable foreign productions to operate efficiently while maintaining positive relationships with local communities, authorities, and service providers. They assist with creating and managing local production budgets and schedules, negotiating with local suppliers to secure competitive rates.
Brazil delivers proven film production capabilities that combine established cinematic infrastructure with operational efficiency. The country provides diverse location assets—from major urban centers to rural territories and coastal regions—that serve the specific requirements of TV series, commercial productions, and feature films.
Our Team
Our team delivers multilingual film production support through experienced professionals who handle international productions of any scale. We provide concrete results through our specialized location managers, field producers, and production coordinators who execute every project with precision and reliability.
Our services cover the complete production process — from securing location permits and sourcing equipment to managing local resources through our established network. You get access to proven industry expertise and systematic project execution that eliminates production delays and budget overruns.
We deliver measurable outcomes: streamlined permitting, cost-effective equipment solutions, and seamless local coordination that keeps your production on schedule and within budget from pre-production through wrap.
Why Us
Fixer Services
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Local Network
Skilled fixers in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador, and Brasília with set up contacts at ANCINE, RioFilme, SPCine, and state film commissions across Brazil.
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Location Knowledge
Deep familiarity with filming locations from Rio's iconic landmarks and São Paulo's urban build style to the Pantanal wetlands, Amazon basin, and Bahia's colonial towns.
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Permit Expertise
Proven track record handling ANCINE's required foreign production sign-ups, city filming permits, site-level agency approvals for covered areas, and Aerocivil drone authorisations.
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Language & Cultural Navigation
Native Portuguese-speaking fixers who handle all local communication, manage community relations in sensitive locations, and handle Brazil's regional cultural differences from the south to the northeast.
Our Local Fixer Process
Local Assessment
Full local analysis including cultural needs, regulatory landscape, and production feasibility assessment.
Cultural Integration
Cultural navigation support with local customs guidance, relationship building, and pro networking planning.
Production Support
Full production planning with permit acquisition, government relations, and local logistics management.
Ongoing Assistance
24/7 support with emergency help, crisis management, and non-stop planning across production.
On Location
On-the-ground fixers across São Paulo, Rio, Salvador, Brasília, Manaus, and the Bacurau-corridor northeast
Here is how this works in practice. Brazil fixers move shoots through the country's regulatory stack at speed. The federal layer runs through ANCINE (audiovisual agency administering Lei do Audiovisual rebates), SECAUDIO/SEAV (Secretaria do Audiovisual, Ministry of Culture), Receita Federal/Aduana (ATA carnet and SAT customs), Polícia Federal (visas, weapon licensing under Sinarm), ANAC and DECEA (drone permits and airspace), ANATEL (wireless frequencies. The list covers key for lavs, comms, and video help), Anvisa (health surveillance), IBAMA and ICMBio (site-level permits across Amazon, Pantanal, Atlantic Forest, Iguaçu, Fernando de Noronha, Chapada Diamantina, Lençóis Maranhenses), IPHAN (UNESCO heritage. Ouro Preto, Olinda, Paraty, Pelourinho Salvador, Brasília, Diamantina, São Luís), and FUNAI (required permits for Terras Indígenas across 305 peoples and 274 languages).
Here is the layout. On the ground, State and city layers add Spcine (São Paulo), RioFilme (Rio), and Pernambuco, Bahia, Ceará, and Minas Gerais film commissions, Polícia Militar and Guarda City street-closure permits, and person city planning. Fixers carry SindCine and SATED-RJ/SATED-SP sign-ups with CLT, FGTS, INSS, 13º, and 30-day vacation built in.
Here is the short of it. In practice, our fixers staff 12-hour-direct-flight US-Brazil shoots arriving via GRU (São Paulo Guarulhos), GIG (Rio Galeão), BSB (Brasília), SSA (Salvador), and REC (Recife). With private-charter skill via Helisul, Líder Aviação, Aero Rio Helicópteros, and Helivia for helicopter ops, and LATAM Brasil, GOL, Azul, and Voepass for domestic legs. They open INSS workers comp sign-ups (required), arrange Receita Federal work sign-off for visiting crew, set up yellow fever vaccination compliance for global crews bound for Amazon and Pantanal, manage Carnaval (February-early March) demand-peak logistics, and book translators across Portuguese-English-Spanish-Italian-German-Japanese (the Liberdade district hosts the largest Japanese community outside Japan), LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign Language, official since 2002), and indigenous languages via FUNAI. Recent global shoots fixed through our network have Netflix's The Two Popes, Walter Salles's I'm Still Here, José Padilha's Narcos, Fast Five, The Incredible Hulk, Twilight Breaking Dawn, Anaconda, and the Rio and Rio 2 animated features.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What permits are needed for filming in Brazil?
Here is the breakdown. All foreign shoots must register with ANCINE (the national cinema agency). City permits are needed in each city — Rio and São Paulo have dedicated film commission offices. Filming in national parks, Indigenous areas, or covered site-level areas needs extra federal authorisations. Our fixers set up across all levels of government.
How does the ANCINE registration process work?
Here is what that looks like on the ground. ANCINE sign-ups is required for any foreign production filming in Brazil. The process involves submitting project details, crew lists, and gear manifests. Our fixers prepare and file the sign-ups forms, mostly needing 2-4 weeks lead time, and set up with the Secretaria do Audiovisual when extra approvals are needed.
Do your fixers handle visa and customs coordination?
Here is how the picture comes together. Yes. We help with VITEM-V short-term work visa applications through Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty), set up ATA Carnets for gear through Brazilian customs, and manage the required ANCINE gear import declaration. For visa-exempt nationalities, we advise on the 90-day scouting-only entry rules.
What does a typical fixer provide on a Brazilian shoot?
Here is what we have to work with. Our Brazilian fixers handle ANCINE sign-ups, arrange city filming permits, source local crew and gear, set up security for urban locations, manage transport logistics across large distances, arrange access to remote locations in the Amazon or Pantanal, and give Portuguese-language on-set liaison across the production.
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