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Felipe Bragança

Felipe BRAGANÇA (1980, Brazil) was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied cinema at the public film school Fluminense Federal University. He had his first professional experience in 2005 as assistant director to Karim Aïnouz. Since then, he has directed four features, one medium-length, five short films and created a multimedia project (including a web series and a graphic novel). His works are all based on Brazilian culture and historical memories, dealing with a new form of magic realism to explore its layers. His works have all been presented at festivals such as Cannes, IFFR, Berlinale, Locarno and Sundance. He has had retrospectives of his work in Paris (Jeu de Paume), Los Angeles (California Institute of the Arts) and Berlin (Arsenal and Wolf Kino). Since 2009, Bragança shares an independent film company based in Rio: Duas Mariola Filmes.

Filmography

(selection) Por dentro de uma gota dágua/Waterbound (2003, short, co-dir), O nome dele (o clóvis)/His Name (the Clown) (2004, short, co-dir), Jonas e a baleia/Jonah and the Whale (2006, short), A fuga da mulher gorila/The Escape of the Monkey Woman (2009, co-dir), A alegria/The Joy (2010, co-dir), Desassossego (filme das maravilhas)/Neverquiet (Film of Wonders) (2010, co-dir), Não Devore Meu Coração/Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl! (2017), Tragam-me a cabeça de Carmen M./Bring Me the Head of Carmen M. (2019, mid-length, co-dir), A Yellow Animal (2019)

Felipe Bragança at IFFR

  • The Joy

    Luiza (16) has had enough of stories about the end of the world. On Christmas Eve, her cousin is shot; a few weeks later she bumps into him as a ghost

    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • Previously On

  • Macunaíma

    In the north of Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a boy is born in an isolated indigenous village. His name is Macunaíma and the l

  • Suely in the Sky

    Suely’s real name is Hermila and she is a strong, wayward and passionate daughter of the dry poor Northeast of Brazil. She is forced to think ho

    • Cinema of the Future: Sturm und Drang

  • Claun (Part 1: Ayana’s Week of Adventures)

    Dream and reality mingle in this fable for young and old. An adventurous quest for the killers’ identities starts when Ayana’s father disappears, just

    • Signals: Changing Channels

  • Bring Me the Head of Carmen M.

    In turbulent contemporary Brazil, an actress dives into the myth of Carmen Miranda, the woman who gave the country a new identity.

    • Bright Future Mid-length

  • A Yellow Animal

    Melancholy, tragicomic fable about a bankrupt Brazilian filmmaker links a personal history to the shadows of Portuguese colonialism.

    • Big Screen Competition

  • Girimunho

    Deep in the hinterland of Brazil, in the sleepy town of São Romão, magic and everyday events are juxtaposed in this beautiful debut to c

    • Bright Future

  • The Joy

    Luiza (16) has had enough of stories about the end of the world. On Christmas Eve, her cousin is shot; a few weeks later she bumps into him as a ghost

    • Bright Future

  • Neverquiet (Film of Wonders)

    A collective film, coordinated by Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande (see also The Joy). They sent a letter of ‘unease’ to filmmakers in which they a

    • Bright Future

  • Sultry

    Rio de Janeiro, 2016: the city simmers in anticipation of the Olympic Games. Lawyer Ana (32) defends the interests of residents of homes to be re

    • Hivos Tiger Competition