Gabriel Martins
Gabriel MARTINS ALVES (Brazil) graduated in Filmmaking from the Centro Universitário UNA in Belo Horizonte. Besides making short films, he has been writing for the electronic magazine Filmes Polvo since 2007. In 2009 Martins started up the production company Filmes de Plástico, together with André Novais Oliveira and Maurílio Martins. With Maurílio he directed Contagem/The Inside (2010). The short was awarded at several international film festivals. The co-directorship from Maurílio and Gabriel Martins, No coração do mundo/Heart of the World has its world premiere at IFFR 2019.
Filmography
Gabriel Martins at IFFR
Doña Sonia Borrowed a Gun from Her Neighbor Alcides
18'
Brazil
IFFR 2012
Quinze
25'
Brazil
IFFR 2015
She Comes Back on Thursday
108'
Brazil
IFFR 2015
Constelações
25'
Brazil
IFFR 2017
Nada
Bia, 18 years old and about to finish high school, faces other people’s expectations about her future. All Bia wants? Nothing.
27'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
No coração do mundo
Surprising Brazilian mosaic film follows the inhabitants of a poor neighbourhood while they try to make ends meet.
120'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Quintal
An elder married couple whose life is quite ordinary. Until one day a persistent wind in the backyard makes the normal extraordinary.
15'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Temporada
Juliana's inner journey: moving to a new town, starting a new job, making new friends and discovering a new life.
113'
Brazil
IFFR 2019