Accompanied by oscar winning writer and director Bobby Moresco, writer Amanda Moresco, producer Thiago Bento and manager Joe Morganella, Cesar Raphael took the stage last thursday night at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival to announce his first feature film.

“This is a dream coming true for me. I am very proud to say that Lumiart is opening their doors here in LA. And I am thrilled to announce that a feature film inspired by the short “Piece of Paper” is now being developed” Cesar said.

The short film caught the attention of the academy award winning writer and director Bobby Moresco and of his daughter, writer Amanda Moresco, who is now collaborating with Cesar Raphael on the script for the feature.

“I was truly blowed away by it. The first time you look at Piece of Paper, the first thing you notice is: ok, this is a filmmaker who understands the story that he is telling. From the first frame you get a point of view. And a point of view is a difficult thing to find in most filmmakers. Specially young filmmakers... And then everything about the movie is good. That’s unusual. Truly unusual” Recalls Bobby Moresco during the public announcement: “When they told me about turning it into a feature film I said: great idea, you already know how to make a movie now just go for the script...I wanted to come here tonight to support the film” he completed.

“It was about 6 months ago that I’ve watched Piece of Paper for the first time. I sat and I watched it and I said: This is the best movie I’ve seen all year! And I really meant that and I am really proud to be part of this project” said Amanda Moresco before the screening of the short.

The announcement was made exclusively at LABRFF on the Landmark Theaters in Los Angeles - California.

More details will be posted soon.