Camera Mundo Independent Film Festival, Edition Brasil

After a succesfull 1st edition, the 2nd edition of Camera Mundo, Independent Film Festival will take place from June 26th until June 28th. The festival is fully dedicated to Brazilian independent film productions of all types. Camera Mundo, initiated by Caramundo, was born out of the wish to create an international stage for young and talented Brazilian independent filmmakers, and to give them the opportunity they need to be able to grow in the world of professional cinema.

Camera Mundo shows a selection of over a 100 films of all types. Long features, short fictions, documentaries, animations and experimental films from the dry inlands, the big cities and the Amazone forest.

A unique view on daily life in Brazil...

Many non-profit organizations use video and photography as a tool to conduct workshops in slums. Their goal is to improve the view youths have of themselves through the lenses of the camera. This way they observe themselves and the world they live in from different perspectives and are able to reflect on the role they have in it as an individual. The films or photos they make in those projects, are of very interesting quality and offer the spectator a unique view of daily life in a world where which normally isn’t easy to access for outsiders.

Worldpremière from the favela...

One of the directors present at the festival is Eduardo Dorneles Rosa. Eduardo was born in the favela Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro. In 2007 he got the opportunity of his life when he participated in a workshop of Nós do Cinema and soon after turned into poducer and director. His first documentary “O Campim” (2007) was shown on the first edition of Camera Mundo and awarded on several national festivals in Brazil. His first short fiction, “Por Este Amor”, about a love-pact between a member of the local drug gang and a girl of the neighbourhood, will have it’s world première on Camera Mundo!

Brazilian Anti Heroes in the picture

The anti-heroi is adored in Brazil. He represents the cry of the mayority of the Brazilian population in search for an alternative for the hars reality they live in. Camera Mundo shows unique films of legendary anti heroes. “O Fabuloso Destino de Anísio Piu-Piu” of Bruno de Oliveira Lima is a good example. Anísio became famous when he left a poem for the police officers during his escape from prison. During his eight years of imprisonment, he scaped three times. Bruno will be present for Q&A.