translations & synopsis by Kyna Morgan
@HerFilmProject @kynamorgan
Original article: "Amor, Plástico, Barulho" inicia ano forte para mulheres no cinema nacional
(Mariane Zendron / Do UOL, em São Paulo / 26/01/2015)
@HerFilmProject @kynamorgan
Original article: "Amor, Plástico, Barulho" inicia ano forte para mulheres no cinema nacional
(Mariane Zendron / Do UOL, em São Paulo / 26/01/2015)
Brazilian women filmmakers find themselves in a prime position in 2015 as 10 female-directed pictures hit cinemas. In fact, director Julia Rezende stands to see three of her films released this year into Brazilian cinemas: Ponte Aérea (released on March 26), Meu Passado Me Condena 2 (release date June 26 -- see poster above), and Um Namorado para Minha Mulher (release date October 29). Director Renata Pinheiro's latest film, Amor, Plástico, Barulho, will be released across 12 screens. The film tackles the issue of a woman who forsakes raising her child to focus on her career as a singer of "brega" music. Speaking about working in a male-dominated field, the art director turned film director says that her film "helps us to understand the role of women in society, but without labels. Women are not this or that. Women are everything."
Filmmaker Renata Pinheiro
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“Every filmmaker plays a role in making films that contribute to our life, our culture, that break down prejudices. " |
While there are a few big names that stand out this year such as those already mentioned, there are a number of other women filmmakers whose productions will be screening for Brazilian audiences. See below for a list of filmmakers:
Susanna Lira - Damas do Samba
About the film: Damas do Samba focuses on the importance of women in the history of Carnaval through their labor, innovation and leadership.
The director of more than 10 documentaries says this about working in the film industry: "The way I found to overcome these issues [of prejudice against women] was to open my own production company[...] The movie universe is still very masculine. We need to change many practices, but I am optimistic."
Film clip with English subtitles:
Susanna Lira - Damas do Samba
About the film: Damas do Samba focuses on the importance of women in the history of Carnaval through their labor, innovation and leadership.
The director of more than 10 documentaries says this about working in the film industry: "The way I found to overcome these issues [of prejudice against women] was to open my own production company[...] The movie universe is still very masculine. We need to change many practices, but I am optimistic."
Film clip with English subtitles:
Damas do Samba from Anderson Coutinho on Vimeo.
Júlia Rezende - Um Namorado para Minha Mulher; Meu Passado Me Condena 2; and Ponte Aérea
A woman who has a blockbuster on her hands with Meu Passado Me Condena 2, part one of which attracted more than three million people to the movie in 2013.
On her work: "I want to tell stories that stimulate me in some way. I don’t want to make blockbuster films at all, [just films that] communicate with a great and broad audience."
Trailer in Portuguese:
A woman who has a blockbuster on her hands with Meu Passado Me Condena 2, part one of which attracted more than three million people to the movie in 2013.
On her work: "I want to tell stories that stimulate me in some way. I don’t want to make blockbuster films at all, [just films that] communicate with a great and broad audience."
Trailer in Portuguese:
Juliana Rojas - Sinfonia da Necrópole
About the film: An undertaker and new cemetery employee must care for abandoned tombs, but how far can they go without stirring up trouble?
On her work: “My films highlight female characters because I think it’s important to discuss the role of women in society, the pressures of being a woman, a mother.”
Teaser trailer in Portuguese:
About the film: An undertaker and new cemetery employee must care for abandoned tombs, but how far can they go without stirring up trouble?
On her work: “My films highlight female characters because I think it’s important to discuss the role of women in society, the pressures of being a woman, a mother.”
Teaser trailer in Portuguese:
Sinfonia da Necrópole | Teaser from maxeluard on Vimeo.
Marina Person - Califórnia
About the film: A teenage girl moves through adolescence against a backdrop of Sao Paulo and the early 1980s AIDS crisis.
On her feature debut production, Person found herself surrounded by a mostly female crew. On women in authority positions, she says, "…I believe the world is changing. We already have a female president. Maybe it's a matter of the world adapting to this ‘new woman."
About the film: A teenage girl moves through adolescence against a backdrop of Sao Paulo and the early 1980s AIDS crisis.
On her feature debut production, Person found herself surrounded by a mostly female crew. On women in authority positions, she says, "…I believe the world is changing. We already have a female president. Maybe it's a matter of the world adapting to this ‘new woman."
Films by Cris D’Amato (Linda de Morrer) and Cláudia Jouvin (Um Homem Só) will also be released in 2015.
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