Tatiana Leite

Tatiana LEITE graduated in Law and Communication from PUC-RJ University, did her postgraduate studies in Film at UNESA and in History of Art at Sorbonne. She was a film programmer at the Rio Film Festival from 2000 until 2009. In 2010, she became the International Adviser for the Rio Secretariat of Culture. She curated and produced several film seasons in Brazil and abroad, such as Guy Maddin’s Complete Retrospective, Yasujiro Ozu’s Complete Retrospective, a Malaysian film festival, among others.

In 2012, Tatiana created the production company Bubbles Project, based in Rio. The company is involved in coproduction and discovering new talents in Brazil and abroad. As a producer, she participates in Labs and Coproduction Markets with projects, as well as serving as an expert.

As a participant, she attended the workshop PUENTES by EAVE in 2013; Cinemart (2014, 2017 and 2020); La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes in 2013; the Locarno programme Match Me (2016 and 2018); the Boost NL in 2016; Focus Asia, at the Far East Film Festival, in 2017; the Paris Project Village, in 2017; the Berlinale Talents (as both talent and expert) in 2018, AFI 2020, WEME 20121, Miradas Doc 2021 and as an expert, Puentes 2018 and 2021; Full Circle Lab Indonesia in 2019; First Cut Lab at the Balkans edition 2020 and Paris 2021; Manheim Talent Lab 2021, BRLab 2021 and Locarno Open Doors in 2021.

She has already completed six feature films: Loveling by Gustavo Pizzi (opening film at the International Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2018); A Family Submerged by María Alché, (premiered in Locarno Film Festival 2018 and winner of San Sebastian Film Festival Horizontes); Pendular by Julia Murat, (winner of FIPRESCI Award  at the Panorama Section in Berlinale 2017); Hopefuls by Ives Rosenfeld (Locarno’s Carte Blanche winner in 2014, premiered in Karlovy Vary 2015); Nona- If they soak me I’ll burn them by Camila Jose Donoso (Tiger Awards Competition at IFFR 2019) and Cora by Matias Mariani and Gustavo Rosa de Moura.

Currently she has two films in post-production (Rule 34 by Julia Murat and La Estratégia del Mero by Edgar Deluque) and is developing new projects such as Princess by Karine Teles, Porcupine, by Eva Randolph, Amanha Será Outro Dia, by Pedro Pinho and The Inheritance by João Cândido Zacharias.