Bill Kramer , CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, traveled to Brazil for the first time to speak at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival alongside Meredith Shea, the Academy’s chief membership, impact and industry officer. The masterclass event marked the exec’s first official visit to the country, which has solidified its stance as a major global powerhouse in recent years, a movement crowned with its first Oscar for international feature in Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here” in March.

The exec emphasized his excitement about being in the country a few months after Salles’ history-making drama about Brazil’s military dictatorship, a film that also scored nominations for best picture and actress for Fernanda Torres. “Seeing the joy, love and excitement in Braz

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