films
THE SOUND REACHES THE SUN
Format/Year: DCP | Feature film | Documentary | 2024
Duration: 73'
Synopsis: An artist, a stone and clay. Time crossed by pottery, the bridge created by ceramic artist Máyy Koffler between pre-Hispanic times and today.
Production: Olhar Através
Co-production: Som de Black Maria
Funds: Lei Aldir Blanc e ProAc Editais
Director: Bruna Epiphanio
Screenplay: Bruna Epiphanio, Ariadine Zampaulo, Isadora Maria Torres
Executive Producer: Raphael Paes (Gijano)
Image Credits: Guilherme Martins
THE MARMALADE RANCH,
OR EASY, EASY LIFE IT AIN’T
Format/Year: DCP | Feature film | Fiction | 2023
Duration: 74’
Synopsis: The Marmalade Ranch, or Easy, Easy Life it Ain’t recounts a day in the life of Alex as a rural worker, harvesting sugar cane in the interior of Brazil and a day in the life of Alex as a dishwasher/train salesman in the big city of São Paulo.
Production: Olhar Através, Mariachis Audiovisual and Estrangeira Filmes
Funds: ProAC Editais
Director: Guilherme Martins
Executive producer: Bruna Epiphanio
Posproduction coordinator: Raphael Paes (Gijano)
Image Credits: André Lorenz Michiles
MAPUTO NAKUZANDZA
Format/Year: DCP | Feature film | Fiction | 2021 | Brazil, Mozambique
Duration: 60’
Synopsis: A day in the capital of Mozambique. Fragments of the lives of different characters and a local radio station that announces the disappearance of a bride.
Production: Ariadine Zampaulo
Co-production: Mariclô Produções (Mozambique)
Associate Producer: Olhar Através
Brazil Distribution: Descoloniza Filmes
International distribution: HiKigali
Direction: Ariadine Zampaulo
Screenplay: Ariadine Zampaulo, Maria Clotilde Guirrugo
Associated Production: Bruna Epiphanio e Raphael Paes (Gijano)
Festivals and Awards:
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25ª Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes (Mostra Aurora)
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11° Olhar de Cinema - Festival Internacional de Curitiba
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33° FIDMarseille - Marseille Festival of Documentary Film (First Film Competition)
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Cinema Urbana 2022
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KUGOMA - Fórum de Cinema Moçambique 2022
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Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2022 - Mostra Première Brasil - Special Jury Prize
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XVIII Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema (Competitiva Nacional) - Award Indie Lisboa
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Woche Der Kritik / Berlin Critic’s Week
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20° IndieLisboa - International Film Festival
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28th FESPACO
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52th New Directors/New Films
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6° Mostra Livre de Cinema - Best film
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23º Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga
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Sicilia Queer Filmfest - Honorary Mention
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Mostra de Cinemas Africano 2023
Image Credits David Gross
WHAT REMAINS ON THE WAY
Format/Year: DCP | Feature film | Documentary | 2021 | Germany, Brazil, Mexico
Duration: 93’
Synopsis: A single mother decides to escape with her four children from an unbearable past.
Production: Majmun Films
Co-producer: Olhar Através, Autonauta e Pixys Produções Artísticas
Funds: ProAC Editais, Društvo Hudi Grad e Gwaertler Foundation
Brazil Distribution: Lira Filmes
Directors: Jakob Krese & Danilo do Carmo
Screenplay: Jakob Krese
Producer: Annika Mayer
Coproducer: Bruna Epiphanio
Assistant executive producer: Raphael Paes (Gijano)
Festivals and Awards:
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Guanajuato International Film Festival 2021 - Honorary Mention
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64º DokLeipzig - Honorary Mention (DEFA Award)
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Achtung Berlin 2022 - Best Cinematography
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Docaviv 2022 - the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival - Honorary Mention (Beyond the Screen Competition)
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16º Fünf Seen Festival - Best Documentary
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3º IMPACTE! Human Rights Film Festival of Catalonia - Best Film
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10º FICDEH Festival Internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos - Best International Documentary
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8º Beyond Borders - Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival
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20º International Human Rights Film Festival
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ABC 2022 Award - ABC Award best sound team
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Prêmio Deutsche Kamerapreis 2022 - Best Cinematography
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XXI Festival de Cinema de Marília - Best Film
Image Credits: Majmun Films
VOICE(S) THAT DANCES
Format/Year: Full HD | Medium lenght |
Dance film | 2021
Duration: 32’
Synopsis:Voice(s) that dance seeks to transpose affective memories from the most intimate being, to produce a dance of affection – affection not as a human feeling but affection as intensities of life.
“Every mirror that establishes on the face of life...
That walks far and inside like an invisible funnel, but present...
That takes the pain out of your throat...
This throat sings in a sense of music that dances...”
Production: Cammino Dance Center
Support: Olhar Através e Espaço Viver
Funds: Lei Aldir Blanc
General director and dancer: Greice Arthuso
Executive producer and editing: Bruna Epiphanio
Assistant executive producer and Set: Raphael Paes (Gijano)
Festivals and Awards:
IX Denilton Gomes Award in the Scenic Plasticities category - Lighting/Photography in its dance film version
Image Credits: Robson PeqnoH e Edson Figueroa
NHÔ QUIM, O CAIPIRA CENTENÁRIO
Format/Year: HD/DVD | Feature film | Documentary | 2014
Duration: 80’
Synopsis:Brazil, the country of football. Among thousands of professional clubs, a black and white zebra shirt stands out. A shirt known throughout the country, wherever it appears. It dresses not only football but also a city, a culture. And the owner of this shirt is Nhô Quim, as the E.C. XV de Novembro de Piracicaba is known, which, in 2013, celebrated its centenary. In this documentary, several characters who are part of these hundred years of life come to tell their stories with Nhô Quim. And there is history…
Production: Filó Comunicação
Coproduction: Mariachis Audiovisual
Funds: ProAC ICMS
Sponsors: Sanavita, Rinen Chemical Group, Raizen, Vollmens Fragrances, OJI Papeis Especiais
Director: Bruna Epiphanio
Screenplay: Ana Paula Zaguetto, Bruna Epiphanio
Argument: Antonio Rodrigues (Bisteca), Bruna Epiphanio, Camila Amaral Tavares, João Luis Almeida, Rui Kleiner
Executive Producer: Marcio Sartório
Festivals and Awards:
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6th CINEfoot - Football Film Festival
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Exhibition at the Football Museum (2015)
Image Credits: Guilherme Martins