Helvécio Marins Jr.
Helvécio MARINS JR. (1973, Brazil) has made several short films, which together collected more than 30 awards. He was also one of the curators of the International Short Film Festival of São Paulo. Since 2002, he has worked together with Clarissa Campolina, with whom he made several short films and documentaries. Swirl is their feature debut. Marins co-directed the documentary Lutar, lutar, lutar (2021) with Sérgio Borges.
Filmography
2 Homens/2 Men (2001, short), Busílis (2002, short, co-dir), Alma nua/Naked Soul (2004, instal), Nascente/Nascent (2005, short), Trecho/Passage (2006, short doc, co-dir), Nem marcha nem chouta/Nor a Trot or a Canter (2009, short), Desassossego (filme das maravilhas)/Neverquiet (Film of Wonders) (2010, segment), Girimunho/Swirl (2011, co-dir), Fernando que ganhou um pássaro do mar/ Fernando Who Received a Bird from the Sea (2013, short), Querência/Homing (2019), Lutar, lutar, lutar/Strive, Strive, Strive (2021, co-dir)
Helvécio Marins Jr. at IFFR
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Lutar, lutar, lutar
Passionate documentary by two renowned filmmakers about their love of Belo Horizonte’s Clube Atlético Mineiro: the team of Reinaldo and R
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Nascente
Poetic short film in which the camera takes the road to the sea. Nominated for the Tiger Awards for Short Film.
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2 homens
Short film about two men sitting eating in a restaurant, but in the end they are put out with the rubbish.
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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
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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
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The Sky Above
A transsexual academic, a Hare Krishna football supporter and an indolent would-be writer (working on nine books at once). Docu-fiction follows three
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Like Water Through Stone
In a remote mountain area in the beautiful Minas Gerais, Brazil’s best documentary maker right now follows four friends at the end of their adolescenc
