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Since 2011

About

We translate socio-environmental causes into films, campaigns and stories.

About Forest

From Cuiabá to Brasília, from the North to the South of Brazil.

Forest is a film production company and socio-environmental content agency. It was founded in Cuiabá in 2011 and has been based in Brasília since 2015.

We translate conservation and human rights causes into films, campaigns and stories that help change behavior. We work collaboratively, adding our knowledge to the organization's, as an extension of the client's communication team: strategy, design and film production in one place, on time and without rework.

Team

People from film, journalism, design and management, working together.

Managing Director

Thiago Foresti

Founding partner of Forest. A journalist with an MBA in Business Management from FGV, he is a screenwriter, photographer and director of more than 30 films produced by the company. He reported for Carta Capital and O Eco and, in 2015, was one of the trainees selected from 3,000 applicants for Folha de S. Paulo's photo and video program. His films have won the Kikito for Best Editing at Gramado and four Candango awards at the Brasília Film Festival. At Forest, he leads strategy and executive production.

Head of Production

Juliana Mendes

Journalist and advertising professional, with a master's in Social Sciences from UnB and a PhD in Film and Audiovisual Studies from UFF. At Forest since 2016, she coordinates communication plans and supervises the writing, image and video teams. She has developed strategies and content for ILO, UN Women, ICMBio, WWF, SAVE Brasil, ICV and Fundo CASA, and wrote the ICMBio series Onde a nossa vida pulsa and the UN Women animation on quilombola women.

Art Director

Renato Moll

Illustrator, designer and street artist with a degree in Visual Arts from UnB. He has worked with Forest since 2016 as a comic artist, illustrator, designer and animator, and created visual elements for the company's award-winning films. In 2019, he painted murals for Sony Pictures' national campaign for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. He was part of the decoration team at Boom Festival, in Portugal, and co-created the graphic novel Ticket para Astenia.

Administrative Manager

Thais Belo

Forest's administrator since 2022. She works behind the scenes on the administrative and financial routine that makes each project possible. She also supports Forest's independent productions, such as documentaries, short films and series for festivals and TV.

Business Development

Ares Magalhães

Head of business development at Forest, in charge of prospecting, proposals and relationships with new clients. He previously worked in consultative sales and data analysis with teams in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, and in data consulting in Lisbon. He works with metrics, CRM and service pricing.

Project Manager

Lohraine Fagundes

Advertising production graduate with an MBA in Business, Markets and Interactive Projects. Since 2010 she has worked in client services and project management at agencies such as ClickLab, CasaDigital, DOT Digital Group and Grupo TV1, serving clients like Banco do Brasil, Caixa and Sebrae-SP. At Forest since 2024, she manages clients such as Ibama, WWF-Brasil, Conservation International and Fundo CASA.

Video Editor

Ícaro Rosa

Editor with a degree in Film and Digital Media from IESB. At Forest, he edits videos for organizations such as Ibama, WWF and Fundo CASA, covering editing, motion graphics and color grading. He previously worked at production companies such as Pesqueiro Filmes and Arara Produções. He works with Premiere, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Designer and Video Editor

Elisa Machado

Photographer, editor and motion designer with a degree in Audiovisual Production from Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá. She has worked in shooting and post-production since 2021. She is also dedicated to bird and wildlife photography, with weekly field trips and an expedition to the Pantanal, and brings that eye to Forest's field coverage.

Client Services

Pérola Vaz

Studied Environmental Management at the University of São Paulo and works where environmental education, mobilization and communication meet. Interned at WWF-Brasil, on the Zero Conversion of Native Vegetation team, and at São Paulo's Green and Environment Department. At Forest, handles client services for organizations such as Fundo CASA and follows social media production.

Values

What guides every script, every image and every conversation with clients.

  1. Respect
  2. Kindness
  3. Collaboration
  4. Commitment
  5. Continuous learning
  6. Client participation
  7. Accessibility
  8. Diversity
  9. Knowledge and creativity
  10. Organizational recognition
  11. Nonviolent communication
  12. Sustainable and clear
  13. Understanding of socio-environmental issues

Clients

Socio-environmental organizations, public agencies and international bodies.

Organizations that have trusted us

  • GIZ
  • ILO
  • WWF
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • UN Women
  • OTCA
  • ICMBio
  • Ibama
  • Fundo Casa Socioambiental
  • IPAM Amazônia
  • ISPN
  • Instituto Centro de Vida
  • IEB
  • Inesc
  • Instituto Ethos
  • IPÊ
  • OPAN
  • ONF Brasil
  • Mato Grosso State Public Prosecutor's Office
  • Pró-Espécies
  • Instituto Akatu
  • Articulação Regional Amazônica
  • Poço de Carbono Juruena
  • Filmambiente

Company details

For registrations, tenders and contracts, and to see how we handle your data.

Legal name
Forest Comunicação Socioambiental Ltda
Brazilian company ID (CNPJ)
21.567.273/0001-92
Address
SHCN CL Quadra 309, Bloco C, Sala 216, Asa Norte, Brasília/DF, 70755-530, Brazil
Privacy (LGPD)
Privacy policy
forestcom@forestcom.com.br

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