o projeto curta na escola is a side program that forms a part of this organization - it was initiated in 2002, with the idea of incentivizing the pedagogical use of documentaries within the classroom.

by 2006, the program began to offer recommendations for the educational use of hundreds of films available via their website. educators involved in the progam begane to contribute with a number of suggestions, including lesson plans that involved the use of various documentaries, that covered a range of disciplines and themes, appropriate for all educational levels. the program is open to all teachers in brazil, and has an its objective the construction of a national learning community that incorporates the collaborative use of documentaries in schools all across the country.

created in 1992, riofilme is a brazilian cinematography distributor managed by the rio de janeiro local government.