Diego HOEFEL is a filmmaker, screenwriter and professor in the Film and Audiovisual department at Universidade Federal do Cear&aacute;. He has directed short films and screenplays for films including Perman&ecirc;ncias (2011), Tremor (2013) and Body of Crime (2016), which premiered at IFFR 2016. His feature-length directorial debut film Represa (2023) also has its world premiere at IFFR.

Diego Hoefel

Ricardo Alves Jr

With compelling intensity, this debut film follows protagonist Elon as he searches for his missing wife in a huge Brazilian city. Viewers are inescapably pulled into a disquieting, claustrophobic world. Wherever Elon goes and whatever he asks, understanding for his concerns is hard to find.

IFFR 2017

Bright Future

Elon Doesn't Believe in Death, 

Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

Gianfranco Rolando

Absurdism about two elderly sisters waiting for a guest.

IFFR 2008

Invitation to Dine with the Comrade Stalin, 

Short: As Long As It Takes

Invitation to Dine with the Comrade Stalin

A delicate, metaphorical exploration of the fraught links between land rights and the patriarchal family.

Following the death of his mother, Lucas drives to a distant region to sell a stretch of land that belonged to her. To do this, however, he has to get the consent of a brother he never knew he had.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Diego Hoefel

Filmography

Diego Hoefel at IFFR

Invitation to Dine with the Comrade Stalin

Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

Represa