(Português) Birri, Fernando

Santa Fé (Argentina), 1925 By Afrânio Mendes Catani An important figure in the new Latin American cinema, he was a founder of film schools, including the pioneering one at the Universidad del Litoral in Santa Fé, his hometown, and the one in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. A documentary…

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(Português) Bernardet, Jean-Claude

Charleroi (Belgium), 1936 By Afrânio Mendes Catani Film critic, essayist, professor, screenwriter, writer, and director. From a French family, he lived in Paris until 1948. He arrived in Brazil in 1949, settling in São Paulo. He attended the Brazilian Cinematheque and, in the 1950s, began writing for the "Suplemento Literário"…

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(Português) Barreto, Bruno

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1955 By Luiz Felipe Alves de Miranda A member of a family linked to cinema: his parents, Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto, are producers, and his brother Fábio is a director. He adapted several literary works, starting with the small production Tati, a garota (1973), based…

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(Português) Amaral, Tata

São Paulo (Brazil), 1960 By Luiz Felipe Alves de Miranda Márcia Lelis de Souza (Tata) Amaral, a filmmaker and talented representative of her generation, debuted in 1986 with two short films produced in collaboration with Francisco César Filho: Poema: Cidade, based on the poetry of Augusto de Campos, and Queremos…

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