As relações entre cultura e desenvolvimento a partir dos festivais de cinema da Paraíba

Abstract

In an effervescent national and regional scene in terms of audiovisual production, Paraíba stands out not only for its productivity, but also for the notoriety it has achieved through movie festivals that have taken place in the State. Presently, a total of seventeen events of the type were held, attracting innumerous people, moving the local economy and incentivizing artistic production and tourism. This research focuses on analyzing the relations between culture and development that come from movie festivals in the State; observing, in addition: the articulations of the Audiovisual Production Chain of Paraíba and investigate the social and economic effects of the cinematographic production in the State, seen that the initial hypothesis is based on the feedback relation that exists between cinema and society. For this, qualitative analysis and interviews were used as a manner of obtaining research data, based on the methodology of “impact study of projects or cultural actions”. The activities of movie festivals held in 2015 were analyzed, using a field diary; in addition to the use of a non- random sample, creators and/or organizers of these events were interviewed in addition to local traders in the service sector of the cities where the events were held. It was verified that the festivals essentially contribute to the socio-cultural development of municipalities and their respective populations, as well as the audiovisual production of Paraíba, being an important diffusion mechanism for knowledge and publicity for the sector.