Marcelo Gomes
Marcelo GOMES’ films include: Portrait of a Certain Orient (2024), which premiered at the Big Screen Competition at IFFR. Paloma (2022), winner of the Best Film Prize at the Rio Film Festival; Waiting for Carnival (2019) and Joaquim (2017), both selected for the Berlin Film Festival competition. He co-directed The Man of the Crowd (2013) with Cao Guimarães. He also directed I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You in collaboration with Karim Aïnouz, which was selected for the Orizzonti section at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. His first feature Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005) was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
Maracatu, maracatus (1995, short), Expresso Brazil (1997, TV doc), Clandestina felicidades (1999, short), Os Brasileiros (2000, TV), Cinema, aspirina e urubus/Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures (2004), Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque te Amo/I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009), Once Upon a Time Was I, Veronica (2013), The Man of the Crowd (2014), Joaquim (2017), Estou Me Guardando Para Quando O Carnaval Chegar/Waiting for the Carnival (2019, doc), Paloma (2022), Portrait of a Certain Orient (2023), Dolores (2025), Cape of Pleasures (2026)
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Marcelo Gomes at IFFR
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Portrait of a Certain Orient
Marcelo Gomes | 92' | Brazil | World premiere
A potent parable of religious intolerance and cultural difference, about Lebanese migrants living in Brazil. -
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
Marcelo Gomes | 99' | Brazil | None
Atmospheric and bleached road movie about a paradoxical friendship during the Second World War. Johann is a German travelling salesman in aspirin who -
Happy Desert
Paulo Caldas | 90' | Brazil | None
Jéssica (14) flees her groping stepfather and looks for love in Recife. The blonde Mark seems to be charmed by her, but is that the… -
From the Window of My Room
5' | Brazil | International premiere
Beautiful observation of a playful and loving fight between two children. -
Clandestina Felicidade
Marcelo Gomes, Beto Normal | 15' | Brazil | -
Fiction film shows the world through the curious, surprised and penetrating eyes of the child writer Clarice. -
Alice’s House
Chico Teixeira | 90' | Brazil | None
In this feature début by documentary maker Teixeira, a drama unfolds that matches up to his earlier work in terms of intensity and social themes.…
