Awards Campaign · Festival Support · Internationalization

The art of
being seen
at the right moment.

Sakae PR navigates the most competitive circuits in world cinema — from qualification to the shortlist and nomination.

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Ten years
at the intersection
of Brazilian cinema
and the global stage.

11
Academy Awards Campaigns
5
Cities We Are Present Every Year · Los Angeles, New York, São Paulo, Cannes, Berlin

Sakae PR (USA) and Sakae Cultural (Brazil) was founded by Juliana Sakae — a publicist-producer with a career built at the intersection of curatorial experience and strategy. Her expertise was forged managing the competition leading to the prestigious IDA Awards and creating the Bravo FYC within the Bravo Film Festival in Los Angeles.

We operate across the full spectrum of the cinema circuit: awards campaigning, international festival positioning, press strategy, and educational initiatives through masterclasses. Our approach is singular: we treat each film as a cultural object with a story to tell beyond the screen.

We work exclusively with projects we believe in.

Walk Run Cha Cha Amarela Babenco – Tell Me When I Die Deserto Particular Out of Breath Incompatible with Life The Falling Sky Mãri Hi - The Tree of Life Alice Ousmane

Selected Clients

Amarela
By André Hayato Saito
98th Academy Awards®
Shortlisted · Best Live Action Short

Oscars® Campaign

2024
New York Times' Walk Run Cha-Cha
By Laura Nix
92nd Academy Awards®
Nominated for Best Documentary Short

Oscars® Campaign

2019
The Falling Sky
By Eryk Rocha & Gabriela Carneiro
2024 DOCNYC
Official Selection for its NY Premiere

Festival Support

2024
Deserto Particular
By Aly Muritiba
94th Academy Awards®
Brazil's Official Selection

Oscars® Campaign

2021
Alice
By Gabriel Novis
98th Academy Awards®
Qualified for Best Documentary Short

Oscars® Campaign

2025
Mãri Hi
By Morzaniel ɨramari
95th Academy Awards®
Qualified for Best Documentary Short

Oscars® Campaign

2022
Out of Breath
By Ana and Helena Petta
94th Academy Awards®
Qualified for Best Documentary Feature

Oscars® Campaign

2021
Finally Me
By Marcio Sal
Venice 2023
Contender in the Immersive Competition

Festival Support

2023
Incompatible with Life
By Eliza Capai
95th Academy Awards®
Qualified for Best Documentary Feature

Oscars® Campaign

2022
New Yorker's Ousmane
By Jorge Camarotti
95th Academy Awards®
Qualified for Best Live Action Short

Campaign Support

2022
Babenco – Tell Me When I Die
By Bárbara Paz
93rd Academy Awards®
Brazil's Official Selection

Oscars® Campaign

2019

FIQUE ATENTO

Inteligência de mercado em tempo real

🎬 Indústria Brasileira

🌍 Global Industry

The craft
behind the campaign.

Our masterclasses opens the strategies, relationships, and decisions that define a successful awards campaign — for filmmakers, producers, and distributors who want to navigate the international circuit with intention. Special guests: Film Critic Waldemar Dalenogare, filmmakers Ana and Helena Petta, and producer Marília Senlle. Sponsored by SPCINE.

Watch Masterclass
"The internationalization begins
in the development stage."
— Juliana Sakae

Let's position
your film.

We work with a select number of projects each awards season. If you have a film that deserves to be seen — at the right festival, at the right time, by the right people — reach out.

juliana@sakaepr.com

USA

Sakae International LLC

Brasil

Sakae Cultural LTDA

  • 01

    Awards Campaigning

    Full-cycle strategy from eligibility, qualification to promoting.

  • 02

    Festival Support

    Cannes, Berlinale, Sundance, Venice — positioning and strategy.

  • 03

    Internationalization

    Consultations on how to elevate your projects to the global stage.