Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Visual artist and movie-maker. Graduated in cinema in France by the École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l’Image et du Son, La Fémis, in 2006. She makes photos and movies using phone cameras, video cameras and super 8 films, 16 and 35 mm, the film processing handcrafted by the artist herself. Her movies, filled with silence and held at countries such as Haiti, Congo, Niger, Chad, The Netherlands, France and Brazil, address the cultural syncretism in the post-colonial context, studying unveiling the ways of the visible by the fílm mechanism. Her movie Vertières I II III was elected one of the best 10 movies of 2015 by the magazine Artforum at the selection of the curator and theoric Nicole Brenez. It had retrospective sessions at the Oberhausen festival international film festival 2018, Semana dos Realizadores festival 2016, and Cachoeira doc festival 2016. She’s had works selected and awarded in festivals and exhibitions such as Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Videobrasil Sesc, Oberhausen international film festival, Fid de Marseille, Rencontres Paris Berlin festival, Semana dos Realizadores Festival, Mostra de Tiradentes, Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo, Festival Cachoeira doc, Festival Janela Internacional de Recife, festival CurtaCinema among others.
“Sève”, 2011. Duration: 11′
“Sugar Freeze”, 2011. Duration: 9’
“Novo ano”, 2010. Duration: 3’
“Inútil Paisagem”, 2010. Duration: 6’
“4Portes”, 2009. Duration: 6’
“Mammah”, 2006. Duration: 8’
Filmography
2018
– Um filme para Ehuana, HD, Brasil/Venezuela, 27’, Festival Yebizo in Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Oberhausen film festival int. Competition 2018 -prize of Jury of the Ministry for Culture
Festival international CurtaCinema 2018 – Special Jury Prize, 22ª Mostra de Tiradentes, Festival international Fica 2018
2017
– Vai e Vem (HD, Acre, 31’, triptych, VideoBrasil film festival 2017, Oberhausen int. Competition 2017, Semana dos realizadores film festival 2017
2016
– “Estou Aqui”, Super8, Haiti, 7’, Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin 2016, Fid de Marseille écrans parallèle 2016, Cachoeira Film Festival 2016
– “Vivo e Morro dos Prazeres”, vídeo, Rio de Janeiro, 7”, On Profile of Oberhausen film festival 2018 Semana dos Realizadores Rio de Janeiro film festival, 2016, Openning the Cachoeira Film festival, 2016
2015
– “Mains Propres”, HD, Chad, 8’33, E-Flux prize of Oberhausen film festival 2016, Festival international de Sao Paulo 2016, Mostra Filme Livre 2016, Best film -jury of Brasillian independent film in Semana dos Realizadores festival, 2015
2014
– “Vertières I II III”, Super 8, Haiti, 9’, 10 Best Films of 2015 for Art Forum magazine (Nicole Brenez Year-end list), VidéoBrasil film festival 2015, Oberhausen int. Competition 2015, FID de Marseille 2015, Best film in Semana dos Realizadores festival, 2014, Festival Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2014/2015, Festival Signes des nuits 2015-Lisboa, Festival CineFuturo 2015- Salvador BA
2011
– “Seve”, vídeo and 16mm, Haiti, 10’, Special prize Janela Internacional do Recife 2011, Musée de l’Homme Festival 2012 Paris, Semana dos réalizadores Festival 2011
– “Sugar Freeze”, Super 8, Congo, 9’, Openning the Cachoeira Film festival, 2016, Festival international de Sao Paulo 2011,
2010
– “Novo Ano”, video, Rio de Janeiro, 3’, Janela Internacional Festival de Recife 2010
– “Inútil Paisagem”, 16mm, Rio de Janeiro, 6’, Cinema City Festival, Serbia Juri special prize, Curta Cinema Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Les trois continents Festival, France
2009
– “4 Portes”, video, Haiti, 6’, ARTE TV production, Curta Cinema Festival, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, Musee de l’ Homme Festival, Paris, 2010
2007
– “Fofo Niamey”, video, Niger, 58’, Brive Festival 2008, FESPACO Festival 2009
– “Americain Ina-eki”, vídeo, Niger , 11’, Pocket Film Festival, Paris, France
2006
– “Mammah”, vídeo, 8′, MAM, Rio de Janeiro 2012, Pocket Film Festival, Pompidou Museum, Paris, 2006, Doc en Court Festival, Lyon, 2006
– “Viva”, 35mm, 10’, Premiers plans Angers Festival 2006, Janela Internacional Festival do Recife 2008
