Mario Abbade

Mario Abbade

Mario ABBADE is a Brazilian filmmaker, writer, film critic and curator. As a journalist he was active for the newspaper O Globo and he has been the president of the Association of Film Critics of Rio de Janeiro (ACCRJ). Abbade also wrote and edited several books on film, as well as music, and is the founder and curator of the The Rio de Janeiro International Fantastic Film Festival, as well as curator of exhibitions and retrospectives on filmmakers such as David Lynch, Dario Argento and John Carpenter. He makes his debut as a director and screenwriter with the documentary Neville D'Almeida – Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos, which will have its world premiere at IFFR 2018.

Filmography

Neville D'Almeida – Cronista da beleza e do caos/Neville D'Almeida – Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2018, doc)