Palace of Festivals of Gramado

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About Palace of Festivals of Gramado

The Palácio dos Festivais is the building on Avenida Borges de Medeiros that hosts the Gramado Film Festival every August, held since 1973. It is where the screenings of the competitive selection take place and where the Kikito, the festival’s trophy, is awarded.

The building, in a colonial style, sits on the busiest stretch of downtown. The façade is ornamented by the Kikito, the smiling figure created by visual artist Elisabeth Rosenfeld and treated as the god of good humor, which became a symbol of the festival and of Gramado.

On the sidewalk in front is Gramado’s Walk of Fame. At each edition, actors, directors and other honorees leave their hands and signatures on plaques that are later cast in bronze and fixed to the pavement. Strolling there looking for familiar names from film and television is what most visitors do outside the festival period.

The interior is open to the public during screenings and scheduled events throughout the year, not for free visits. During the festival, the avenue in front receives the red carpet, the arrival of guests and crowds on the sidewalk, and screenings are sold through their own ticketing; check the schedule and sales method in advance.

Next to the Palácio dos Festivais is the Palácio do Kikito, also called the Gramado Film Festival Museum, with costumes, trophies, photos and interactive areas about the festival’s history; admission is charged separately. A few steps away are the Igreja Matriz São Pedro Apóstolo and Rua Coberta.