Felipe Bragança

Fuja dos meus Olhos

Felipe Bragança

“They see black man and think it`s a lion.” Documentary images and staged scenes are mixed to tell the memories and dreams of three war refugees living in a square in Berlin downtown.

Fernando que Ganhou um Pássaro do Mar

Helvécio Marins Jr., Felipe Bragança

Ash Ashaninka, Nicholas Bartolo

A simple Portuguese-Brazilian song. Fernando spends his time in Porto in the neighborhood of Fontainhas between a small house and a local café. A parrot reaches him from Brazil, which evokes paradise in his imagination. This gives rise to a Portuguese-Brazilian correspondence. A game of mirrorings develops over the exchange of letters between the two friends, in which ideas of each other’s country are reflected.

Desassossego (Filme das Maravilhas)

Helvécio Marins Jr., Raphael Mesquita

Rômulo Braga, João Pedro Zappa

An experimental collective film lasting little more than an hour, compiled from 10 episodes by a total of 14 different young Brazilian filmmakers. The project was an initiative of the directing duo Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande, who sent a ‘letter of concern’ to inspire the participants. In it, a 16-year-old girl wrote about her dreams, which have been translated by the directors into films about love, youth and the possibilities of cinema.

Bring me the Head of Carmen M.

Felipe Bragança, Catarina Wallenstein

Catarina Wallenstein, Helena Ignez

Ana, a Portuguese actress, dives into Brazil's current atmosphere of identity and political crisis while trying to portray in a feature film the colourful life of famous singer and actress Carmen Miranda, who helped define Brazil's identity.

A Fuga da Mulher Gorila

Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande

Morena Cattoni, Flora Dias

Two girls star in this musical drama amazing road! A van, a beach, a reed, very homesick, girls in flower perched at gas stations… and a little music.

Um Animal Amarelo

Felipe Bragança

Higor Campagnaro, Isabél Zuaa

Obsessed with questions about his past, a bankrupt, white Brazilian filmmaker undertakes an epic journey from Brazil to Mozambique and Portugal. This melancholic fable mixes animation, live-action, voice-overs, genres, and continents to explore Brazil's colonial past.

Não Devore Meu Coração

Felipe Bragança

Cauã Reymond, Eduardo Macedo

The border between Brazil and Paraguay: living on opposite sides of a big river, Brazilian boy Joca falls in love with indigenous-Paraguayan girl Basano. A magical tale of impossible love and adventure in this land full of memories of colonial wars and indigenous genocide.

A Alegria

Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande

Clara Barbieri, César Cardadeiro

Joy is a fable about courage and youth. It tells the story of Luiza, 16 year old girl, who can not stand to hear about the end of the world… On a Christmas night, his cousin John is mysteriously shot in a street in the Lowlands and disappears into the night. Weeks later, while Luiza spends days alone in the apartment where he lives with his mother in Rio de Janeiro, a mysterious visitor comes knocking on your door: John, as a ghost, asking to hide there.

Claun

Felipe Bragança

Jennifer Melo, Begê Muniz

Por Dentro de Uma Gota Dágua

Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande

Emmanuel Cavalcanti

Who was it that caught me inside a drop of water? Mario Quintana

Zahy - Uma Fábula do Maracanã

Felipe Bragança

Zahy Guajajara

Zahy Guajajara, 23, is one of the indigenous leaders of a village created next to Maracanã, in the old Museu do Índio, in Rio de Janeiro, threatened with demolition. In this video created with four hands with Felipe Bragança, Zahy, a shaman and storyteller from his village, takes a new look at the place where he lived and resisted.