Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade Join Andrea Štaka's 'Ibicaba'
The Swiss-Brazilian co-production from MyMama Entertainment, Cinédokké Sagl and MMM Carioca will shoot next year in Switzerland and São Paulo state.
Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti are set to star in Andrea Štaka's film 'Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido', according to Variety. The casting was announced as a confirmed attachment, with no shoot date given.
The film will be produced by Brazil's MyMama Entertainment in co-production with Switzerland's Cinédokké Sagl and Brazil's MMM Carioca. Principal photography is planned for next year in Switzerland and in Cordeirópolis, in the state of São Paulo.
Štaka won the Golden Leopard at Locarno and the best film award at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2006 for 'Das Fräulein'.
'Ibicaba' secured the co-production development award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market in 2025. The project draws on the novel by Eveline Hasler.
MyMama's festival run and current slate
MyMama Entertainment was present at this year's Rio Film Festival with the short film 'A Casa de Dona Carlota', directed by Lili Fialho and Bruna Linzmeyer in her directorial debut. In 2025 the company was at the Rio Film Festival with André Hayato Saito's short film 'Amarela', which played at the Cannes Film Festival and made the shortlist for Best Live Action Short Film at this year's Oscars.
The company is currently in post-production with João Paulo Miranda Maria's 'I Don't Even Know Who I Was', starring Selton Mello, and Pia Marais's 'Whyte Lies'.
Quick answers
Who stars in Andrea Štaka's 'Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido'?
Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti are set to star in the film.
Where will 'Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido' be filmed?
The film will be shot in Switzerland and in Cordeirópolis, in the state of São Paulo.
Who is producing 'Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido'?
Brazil's MyMama Entertainment is producing, in co-production with Switzerland's Cinédokké Sagl and Brazil's MMM Carioca.