Kleber Mendonça Filho
Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO (1968, Brazil) is a film journalist (for CinemaScópio) and a prolific filmmaker. In his work, he focuses on love and fear. At IFFR 2007, five of his short films were presented in a ‘Short Profile’. Neighbouring Sounds (2012) was his long-awaited first feature. In 2016, his second, Aquarius, premiered in Cannes. His latest feature Bacurau, co-directed with Juliano Dornelles, won the Jury Prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
(selection) Enjaulado/Caged In (1997, short), A menina do algodao/The Little Cotton Girl (2003, short), Vinil verde/Green Vinyl (2004, short), Eletrodoméstica (2005, short), Noite de sexta manhã de sábado/Friday Night Saturday Morning (2006, short), Critico (2008, doc), Luz industrial magica (2009, short), Recife frio/Cold Tropics (2010, short), O som ao redor/Neighbouring Sounds (2012), A Copa do Mundo no Recife/The World Cup in Recife (2015, short), Aquarius (2016), Bacurau (2019, co-dir)
More info: Wikipedia, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Kleber Mendonça Filho at IFFR
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Neighbouring Sounds
This self-assured debut by Kleber Mendonça Filho shows there are two sides to the Brazilian Dream.
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Green Vinyl
A mother gives her daughter a box of old gramophone records. She’s not allowed to listen to the green record. If she does it will have disastrous c
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Friday Night Saturday Morning
Small-scale romantic story about two lovers who are at opposite ends of the world.
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Eletrodoméstica
If the housekeeping of this Brazilian family remains punctual, everyone will come into their own.
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The Little Cotton Girl
Meta-docu thriller in photo stills about a dead girl who appeared in the 1970s in the public toilets of Recife.
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Eletrodoméstica
If the housekeeping of this Brazilian family remains punctual, everyone will come into their own.
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A Copa do Mundo no Recife
The football World Cup disrupted public life in Recife in June 2014. An astonished yet perceptive look at this sporting event by Tiger winner Mendo
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Neighbouring Sounds
Meandering past the residents of a wealthy street in Recife, where private security guards ply their trade, this self-assured debut portrays the tw
