The BNDES will allocate R$ 4.5 million for the production of the television series Vermelho Brasil (Rouge Brésil, in French; Red Brazil, in English). The operation takes place within the Support Program for the Audiovisual Production Sector (BNDES PROCULT).

The BNDES has approved total financing of US$ 90 million for Scania Latin America Ltda, to the export of up to 454 buses made in Brazil to Colombia. The vehicles will be earmarked for operators that provide public transport services for passengers and are part of the Integrated Public Transport System in Bogotá (SITP).

The BNDES approved financing of US$ 226 million for the STX OSV Niterói S.A. shipyard to construct three ships to support oil platforms. The vessels were ordered by DOF Navegação Ltda, a shipowner. With total investment of US$ 390 million, the project is part of the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) and financing is from the Merchant Marine Fund (FMM).

The BNDES supports Rio Festival 2011, an event in the audiovisual sector that begins October 6 and continues until October 18 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The exhibition, which is now in its 13th edition, will open with a gala presentation of film “La piel que habito”, of the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar.