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Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, in 1940. Raised in Rio de Janeiro, he studied law at PUC. He was one of the founders of Cinema Novo movement, along with Glauber Rocha and Leon Hirszman. He began his career directing a segment of the film Cinco Vezes Favela (1962). Also in the 1960s, he directed his three first features: Ganga Zumba (1964), A Grande Cidade (1966, 40 th Mostra) and Os Herdeiros (1969). After living for a brief period abroad, he returned to Brazil to direct When Carnival Comes (1972, 41 st Mostra) and Joanna Francesa (1973). In 1976, he directed Xica da Silva (35 th Mostra), his most popular film, and after he made Summer Showers (1978) and Bye Bye Brasil (1980). After an absence in the beginning of the 1990s, he directed Tieta of Agreste (1996), Orfeu (1999), God Is Brazilian (2002) and The Greatest Love of All (2006). The Great Mystical Circus, his most recent movie, was chosen to run for a spot among the five nominees for the 2019 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2018, Cacá Diegues was elected immortal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

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Caíto Ortiz Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1971. He studied cinema at New York University and specialized in directing actors and directing photography. He directed two short films, Esperando Loreta, in 1994, and O Beijo, in 1995, and photographed a further six films abroad. In 1998, he returned to New York to photograph Running Short, an independent feature by Mario Mandujano. As from 2003, he has been associate director for Prodigo Films. With Blind Spot, in 2002, he won the Prize for Best Documentary at the 27th Mostra. João Dornelas With a documentary, Água Benta, Fé Ardente, Água Ardente Fé Benta, the script writer and director of documentaries and commercials for TV won the Special Prize from the Jury at the Rio Film Festival in 1999. The Day Brazil Was Here is his first feature.

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Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1959. In 1984, she acted in only one film, Next of Kin, by Atom Egoyan. As independent producer, she has worked with the most important Canadian directors such as Egoyan himself, Deepa Mehta, and Jeremy Podeswa. She was assistant-director in Family Viewing (1987, shown at the 12th Mostra), also by Egoyan. Her partnership with this filmmaker extended to other films: she produced Speaking Parts (1989), The Adjuster (1991), selection for the 16th Mostra, Exotica (1994), at the 18th Mostra, and The Sweet Hereafter (1997), at the 21st Mostra. For Podeswa, she produced Eclipse (1995) and The Five Senses (1999), shown, respectively, at the 19th and 23rd Mostras. In 1988, she directed and produced Crossing the River, a short documentary. A Stone`s Throw is her first feature as director.

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Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1965, Guimarães studied philosophy at Minas Gerais Federal University and holds a master degree in photographic studies in London. He explores the intersection between cinema and visual arts. His works have been exhibited in museums and galleries such as the Tate Modern, in London, the MoMA and the Museu Guggenheim, in New York. He also took part on the 25th and 27th Bienal Art Exhibitions in São Paulo. He has directed several short films, including Aula de Anatomia (2003), Epilogue (2006) and Memory (2008). In 2001, he directed his first feature, the documentary The End of the Endless (2000, 25th Mostra), in partnership with Lucas Bambozzi and Beto Magalhães. He has also directed the feature Accident (2006, 30th Mostra), Drifter (2007, 31st Mostra), Ex-It (2010, 34ª Mostra) and Otto (2012).

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CARLITOS RUIZ RUIZ Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1974. Studied photography at the University of Puerto Rico and Film Direction at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His short film Pelota de Papel was awarded at the Hamptons Film Festival, amongst others. Besides his work as commercial director, he’s also a founder and professor in the Taller de Cine Corto Circuito and in the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. In 2003 he started to make his first feature film Maldeamores, winner script from the audience in the Scene Slam competition in Puerto Rico. MARIEM PÉREZ RIERA She graduated in Film and Theater Direction from the Miami University in 1995, with courses in Documentary Direction at the New York University and workshops in editing and directing at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba. She has worked as a director in television programs, stage manager, theatre teacher, has directed and edited music videos and commercials, and has worked as a teacher in the Taller de Cine Corto-Circuito and in the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. The first documentary film she directed is Cuando Lo Pequeño Se Hace Grande, awarded at the Los Angeles International Independent Film Festival in 2002 amongst others. Maldeamores is her first feature film.

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Film critic and director, was born in Bologna in 1938. He began his activity as a critic in the 1950s and edited the magazine Film Selezioni between 1959 and 1963. He directed his first short film, La ‘Menzogna’ di Marzabotto (1961), in answer to a neo-Nazi pamphlet that denied the Marzabotto Massacre. He was assistant director to Pier Paolo Pasolini in films such as Mamma Roma (1962, 26th Mostra) and Rage (1963, 26th Mostra). He curated, among others, the Italian versions of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (1967) and The Passenger (1974). He started directing films for RAI Television. He has written and edited several books, devoting most of his subsequent activity as critic and scholar to the work of Antonioni. He debuted as a feature film director with Per Questa Notte (1977). He has also directed the feature A Film for Mont Sole. Man, Earth, Memory (1995). He is a member of the International Jury of 34th Mostra.

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Carlos da Silva nasceu em Setúbal, Portugal. Começou sua carreira de ator 30 anos atrás, na peça Dommage Qu`Elle Soit une P..., no Teatro de Paris, sob a direção do italiano Luchino Visconti. No cinema, trabalhou em filmes de Claude Lelouch. Depois desta sua primeira experiência como diretor, ele já está envolvido num segundo projeto, The Crows of St. Vincent. George Sluizer nasceu em Paris, em 1932. Estudou na IDHEC entre 1952 e 1979. Começou sua carreira no Brasil, filmando documentários em curta-metragem como A Balsa, Retrato de um Vaqueiro e Carnaval em São Luís, todos de 1973. Seu primeiro longa é A Faca e o Rio (1972). Entre seus outros filmes, feitos na Holanda, estão Utz (1991), vencedor do Urso de Prata de melhor ator para Armin Mueller-Stahl, 0 Homem que Queria Saber (1988, seleção da 13ª Mostra 1992, na refilmagem americana, com o nome de 0 Silêncio do Lago) e Crimetime (1995).

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ANTÔNIO C. VALENTE He was born in 1961, in Portugal. He is one the founders of the Cine-Clube of Avanca. Teacher in the Communication and Art Department of the University of Aveiro, he teaches cinema and animation subjects. He directed the production of a large number of works produced by the Cine-Clube. He is the author of the book Cinema without Actors. His filmography includes Sócios (1993), Eustákio contra Tarzan (1988) and Gay (1982/3). CARLOS SILVA He was born in 1974, in Portugal. He has several studies in the audiovisual area and founded the Cine Club of Angeja. He works at the Cine-Clube of Avanca Animation Studios and he is responsible for the composition and editing of several fiction, documentary and advertisement films. His filmography includes Capuchinho Vermelho (1993), Os Moinhos do Fontão (1998), Albert Einstein Imortal (2005) and Loldini (2008). VÍTOR LOPES He was born in 1963 in Estarreja, Portugal. He studied Audiovisual Communication Technologies. Director of several animation shorts films. He works at Cine-Clube of Avanca Animation Studios, with a large experience in animation TV series (Alfredo, Zé and the Penguin, Let`s go Singing, Tortoise Walk Stories) as animator and director. His filmography includes O Massacre dos Inocentes (1996), Histórias Desencantadas (2000), Timor Loro Sae (2004), Irmãos Desastre (2007) e Loldini (2008).

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NICOLAS BÉNAC He’s a professor of Political Sciences at the University of Paris. From 2001 to 2003, he produced the documentary L’Odyssée des Musiques. In 2004, he produced the documentary Une Histoire de Rap à Bamako. In 2006, he worked in pre-production for the documentary De Mémoire d’Anciens and edited the documentary La Voi d’un Peuple. In 2008, he produced the documentaries Terres des Saintes and Santiago Pinetta. CEDRIC ROBION An Engineering graduate, he went on to study Industrial Design at PUC Curitiba and at the School of Management at the University of Laval, in Quebec. In 2002, he produced the documentary L’Odyssée des Musiques. He founded Telemac Production in 2003. He was the producer and director of photography on the documentaries Une Histoire de Rap à Bamako (2004), Expédition Prototype (2005) and De mémoire d’Anciens (2006). In 2006, he was director of photography on the documentary Malouines, les laissés pour guerre and produced the documentary Terres des Saintes in 2008. In 2009, he directed the documentary Metamorphosis of Anguilla.

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Was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1958. He studied cinema in São Paulo in the 70’s and has started his career in Brasil as assistant of photography of Dib Lutfi and Mário Carneiro. In 1975, he started working as a cinematographer in documentaries and advertising films, as well as features by directors such as Roberto Gervitz (Feliz Ano Velho, 1987), Sérgio Rezende (Doida Demais, 1989) and Murilo Salles (How Angels Are Born, 1996). In 2007, he moved permanently to Brasil. Is the cinematographer of features such as Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s City of God (2002), and Meirelles’ The Constant Gardener (2005) and Blindness (2008); Spike Lee’s Sucker Free City (2004); and Gonzalo Arijón’s Stranded: I`ve Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2007, 32th Mostra). Has directed the medium-lengh documentary Cuando Sea Grande (1980) and the feature The Pope’s Toilet (2007), co-directed with Enrique Fernández and awarded with the Jury Prize at the 31st Mostra.

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César Charlone - He was born in 1958, in Uruguay. During the 70’s, he studied at the Escola Superior de Cinema São Luiz, in São Paulo, and began his career as assistant to cinematographers Dib Lutfi and Mário Carneiro. He started working in 1975 in documentaries, commercials and features to directors like Roberto Gervitz (Feliz Ano Velho, 1987), Sérgio Rezende (Doida Demais, 1989), and Murilo Salles (How Angels Are Born, 1996). In 1997, he settled permanently in Brazil. He was the cinematographer in City of God (2002), by Fernando Meirelles, and got for his work an Academy Award’s nomination. He joined Spike Lee for a TV-feature named Sucker Free City (2003) and again Meirelles for The Constant Gardener (2005). The Pope’s Toilet is his first feature. Enrique Fernández - He was born in the city of Melo, in Uruguay. He worked as a writer, assistant director and cameraman in shorts and documentaries in Uruguay and Germany, where he lived for many years. In 1997, his screenplay Otario was filmed by Diego Arsuaga and was considered the Best First Work at the 1997 Havana Film Festival. He teaches screenplay at the Uruguay Film School.

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Born in London in 1889, Charles Chaplin began working as an actor and comedian at the age of 19, achieving success on stage. He was hired by Keystone Studios in 1914 and began his screen career starring in many shorts films, directing many of them himself. Known for his character “The Little Tramp”, he soon became one of the most influential personalities in the world. In 1919, he founded United Artists, giving him complete control over his work. He soon began directing feature films: The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), The Circus (1928), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936), the latter preserving the lack of dialogue from silent film despite the development of sound. With The Great Dictator (1940), his controversial film satirizing Adolf Hitler, he entered the world of talkies and stopped playing his most famous creation, The Tramp. His filmography continued with films featuring dialogue: Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957) and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967). He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the age of 88.

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Nascido em Neuilly-sur-Seine, em 1921, Chris Marker estudou Filosofia e integrou o movimento de Resistência na França durante a ocupação germânica. Trabalhou como jornalista, crítico de cinema e escritor, tornando-se mais tarde um dos mais importantes documentaristas de seu país. Desde 1952 vem realizando documentários e filmes de ficção, nos quais sempre procurou criar a interação com o espectador, com propósitos históricos ou documentais. Ganhou projeção internacional ao ter seu curta-metragem La Jetée adaptado por Terry Gilliam para o longa Os Doze Macacos. Seu filme Lettre de Siberie foi selecionado para a 13ª Mostra. Recentemente, seu trabalho incluiu experimentações tecnológicas e instalações multimídia. Nível Cinco é o último estágio de suas pesquisas no campo da multimídia.

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Chris Teerink - He was born in 1966, in Netherlands. He is a filmmaker and editor living and working in Amsterdam. He studied Visual Art at the Academy for Art and Industry (Enschede) and Documentary Filmmaking at the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam. His films include Ceci n’Est pas une Voiture (1991), Exil (1995), Amstelland (1996), Life and Death in an American Desert (2002), Songs Along a Stony Road (2003), Mojave (2004) and Living Here (2005), co-directed by Sarah Payton. Sarah Payton - She was born in 1967, USA. She lives and works in Amsterdam. She studied Critical Theory at Oberlin College (Ohio) and Documentary Filmmaking at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England. Her films include No Place Like Home (1999), A Place to Be (2000), and Living Here (2005), co-directed by Chris Teerink.

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CHRISTIAN SUAU Born in 1977. Looking to become more involved in his new passion, he decided to combine it with his first true love and dedicated his first years as a director exclusively to surf videos. The first two Rabia Local and Bala, demonstrated a vision that was non-conventional and yet extremely effective. Afterwards he went on to make the more linear documentary Carlito’s Wave and decided to enroll in the New York Film Academy’s one-year directorial program. Him moved back to Puerto Rico and opened Tangram Films which to date has produced multiple TV commercials, documentaries such as Oso Blanco and Voltio en Vivo desde Oso Blanco as well as music videos. RAMIRO MILLAN Born in 1971. His first experience in the film industry came in 1994 when he worked in the construction department for the Warner Brothers feature film, Assassins. After completing a BA in Journalism and Photography, he went on to work on the sets for Amistad. Oso Blanco is your debut as documentary director.

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Moscow, Belgium is Christophe van Rompaey’s debut as a feature film director. While still at film school, Christophe (1970) directed two shorts (Zap and Façade) and wrote two more. After his studies, he became casting director and assistant director on many shorts, commercials and features. In 1998, Christophe established himself as a first assistant director with the feature Man van Staal (directed by Vincent Bal), a credit he was to have on seven more features produced in Belgium and in the Netherlands. Christophe continued to work on his own stories. He wrote and directed three dark and mysterious shorts: Grijs (1995), Ex.#N°1870-4 (1999) and Oh my God?! (2001) which were visually riveting and won awards at various festivals. Christophe went on to direct twelve episodes of the popular relationship series Team Spirit (2002). Moscow, Belgium won Grand Golden Rail and Acid Award at the Cannes Festival Film 2008.

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A world-class cinematographer, frequent guest at the Camerimage festival, where he has seminars and workshops and has often rivaled for awards. He is the cinematographer of such noted films as: 2046 (2004, 29th Mostra), Last Life in the Universe (2003), Hero (2002, 28th Mostra), The Quiet American (2002), Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002, best foreign language film at 27th Mostra), In the Mood for Love (2000). His cooperation with Wong Kar-Wai is the most important highlight of his career. Besides the 2046 and In the Mood for Love they shot together: Happy Together (1998), Fallen Angels (1995, 20th Mostra), Ashes of Time (1994, 19th Mostra), Chungking Express (1993). Warsaw Dark is the second feature film of this extraordinary film maker who is well known for his outstanding visual style. But above all it’s his original personality that makes out of every movie he is involved in an imaginary journey.

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CLAUDINE BORIES She began her career in theatre. Between 1970 and 1976, she took part in the movement of the decentralisation of theatre in France, taking productions to towns in the country. In 1968, she directed her first documentary, Femmes d’Aubervillers, and followed that with Juliette du côté des hommes (1981), which was selected for Cannes Festival. Between 1990 and 2002, she helped run Péripherie, a creative centre dedicated to documentary cinema in Seine Saint Denis, and started the Documentary Cinema Meetings. She was also president of Addoc, a group that brings together French documentarists. On top of her documentaries, she’s directed various short-films and one feature-length fiction film, La Fille du Magicien (1990). PATRICE CHAGNARD At the age of 17, he ran the Grenoble Film Club, the biggest club in France in terms of members. He moved to Paris in 1965, where he studied Philosophy at the Sorbonne. He worked as a editor in chief at the magazines Témoignage Chrétien and Télé-Ciné and directed documentaries for TV. In 1969, he became a hippie and travelled the world for three years, getting to know countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistian and India. A defender of Liberation Theology, he became interested in the plights of the farmers in Brazil, Africa and Bangladesh. Since 1977, he’s dedicated himself to directing documentaries, first for TV and then later for cinema, beginning with Le convoi (1995). He was president at Addoc, a group that brings together French documentarists.

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Born in San Bernardino, USA, in 1894. He began his career in 1912 working in sports editorials of newspapers such as San Bernardino Sun and Los Angeles Times. His first job with cinema was for Universal Pictures, in 1919, writing intertitles. In 1921, he was hired by Warner Brothers to create gags to Buster Keaton. Since then the duo began a successful partnership in which Bruckman signed the scripts of the movies starred and or directed by Keaton, such as Our Hospitality (1923), Three Ages (1923), The Navigator (1924) and Seven Chances (1925). He made his directorial debut in 1925 with the short Cowboys Cry for It. A year later, in 1926, he directed his first feature film, the classic The General, with Buster Keaton. Throughout his career, he was alternating direction and script. Died in Los Angeles, USA, at the age of 60 in 1955.

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Yann Le Gal - Directed the short film Le Griselet (1992), and has been screenwriter for such films as Marie-Antoinette, by Alain Brunart, Josephine, by Jean-Marc Vanvoort, A La Recherche de Largo Winch, by Yves Legrain-Crist, and Les Larmes du Petit Prince by Erwan Legal. Isild Le Besco - Directed the awarded Demi-Tarif (2003) and her first feature film is Charly (2007). She is also an actress in films such as À Tout de Suite (2004), Camping Sauvage (2005) and Backstage (2005). Joana Hadjithomas e Khalil Joreige - Two young Lebanese producers who have being working together for many years, in Paris and in Beirut. Graduated in Cinema, they wrote e directed a several short-films, among them The Agony of the Feet, 333 Sycamore and Faute d`Identités. Around the Pink House is their first feature-length film (23th Mostra). They directed also the fiction film A Perfect Day (2005). Ismaël Ferroukhi - Born in Kenitra, Morocco. After directing his first short film, the awarded L`Exposé, in 1993, he co-wrote the script for Trop de Bonheur (19th Mostra), by Cédric Kahn, in 1994. He worked again with Kahn in Zero Guilt (1996) and L’Avion (2005). Le Grand Voyage is his first feature and has been shown at the 29th Mostra. Corinne Garfin - She directed the awarded short films Les Vagabonds (1996), Anissa (1998), La Collection de Judicael (2003), and Seul (2005), and also the documentaries L’Ordre Vert and Bakary et les Autres. Safy Nebbou - He directed the awarded short films Bertzea (2002) and Lepokoa (2003), and his first feature film is The Girafe’s Neck (2004).

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Armando Mendz He was born in 1975, in Belo Horizonte. He is partner director for Camisa Listrada producers. He directed documentaries for TV: Água Benta, Fé Ardente and Secos & Molhados. He directed one of the episodes and was general coordinator for the documentary Descaminhos (2007). Cris Azzi He was born in 1978 in Belo Horizonte. He co-produced features, The Inheritance (2001), by Daniel Filho, Acquaria (2003) and Filhas do Vento (2005). He was assistant-director in the films O Cobrador (30th Mostra) by Tata Amaral and Zuzu Angel (2006) by Sérgio Rezende. He directed a short film Sumidouro. Cristiano Abud He was born in 1975 in Belo Horizonte. He majored in radio and TV by the UFMG. He is director and script writer. He directed the documentaries O Amanuense e os Grafômanos, Bandeira 2 and Minha Vida É Esta. He directed one of the episodes and was coordinator general for the documentary Descaminhos. Guilherme Fiúza He was born in 1968, in Belo Horizonte. He was assistant director for Helvécio Ratton, Tizuka Yamasaki, Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Sérgio Machado. In 2006, he was executive producer for the film Depois Daquele Baile, by Roberto Bomtempo and Batismo de Sangue, by Ratton. He made a short film, Fui!!! Lucas Gontijo He was born in 1974, in Rio de Janeiro. He is director for publicity films in partnership with Thales Bahia. He directed a fiction short film A Aposta and an experimental video Em Obras: A História do Vazio em Belo Horizonte. Thales Bahia He was born in 1974, in Belo Horizonte. He majored in Publicity and Propaganda by UFMG. He also directed video clips for Berimbrowm and Radar Tantã in partnership with Lucas Gontijo and André Carrera.

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She was born in Belo Horizonte, in 1950. She graduated in Portuguese and English Language and Literature and completed Masters in Portuguese Literature at São Paulo’s University. She worked as a teacher, journalist and bookseller. She wrote scripts for theatre, TV and cinema. In 1986 her script A Principal Causa do Divórcio was produced by Globo TV channel. Her directing debut was the short Estação Aurora in 1991. In 1998 she directed the short Não Me Condenes Antes que Me Explique, in which actor Tuca Andrada personified Brazilian writer Mario de Andrade. She was curator for Brazil at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. She founded Comtexto Produções e Publicações Artísticas Ltda. and dedicates herself to the project about cinematography called “Moviemento”. Enlightened is her first feature.

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43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA