Felipe Bragança was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1980 and is one of the central names of the Brazilian new wave of cinema. Graduated at UFF in 2005, He wrote for 5 years at the virtual magazine Contracampo and was one of the founders of Cinética. In 2006, with Marina Meliande and Daniel Caetano, he creates the independent producer DUAS MARIOLA FILMES. From 2003 until 2006, Felipe directed and produced three awarded short films presented in important festivals such as Oberhausen, Cork and Pusan. As a scriptwriter, has signed the script of some new director’s feature‐films as Suely in The Sky (dir. Karim Ainouz – premiere in Venice 2006), Eye of The Storm (dir. Eduardo Valente – premiere in Cannes 2009) and Girimunho (dir. Helvécio Marins and Clarissa Campolina – premiere in Venice 2011).
With Marina Meliande already with the DUAS MARIOLA FILMES structure, he created the

Coração no Fogo Trilogy in 2008, writing, directing and co‐producing two features: A Alegria (Director`s Fortnight Cannes 2010, Rotterdam 2011) and A Fuga da Mulher Gorila (Cineastas Del Presente in Locarno 2009), and coordinating and directing the collective effort Desassossego (Filme das Maravilhas) (Rotterdam 2011).
Felipe Bragança also idealized, organized or produced several showcases and film festivals such as Jovens, Loucos e Rebeldes (CCBB RJ 2009), RIOFAN – Rio Fantastic Festival (Caixa, Cultural‐RJ, Estação Botafogo 1, Cine ODEON BR, Cinemateca do MAM‐RJ, since 2008), Retrospectiva Julio Bressane: Cinema Inocente (SESC SP, Cinemateca do MAM‐RJ, 2003), Semana dos Realizadores (Unibanco Arteple, since 2009)
In 2012, while developing his next films, Felipe Bragança has been invited for a 2 weeks residence in Cal Arts (California Institute of Fine Arts) as a Visiting Artist to present his works and give an exclusive film‐directing workshop.

MAJOR WORKS IN CINEMA

FEATURE FILMS

DESASSOSSEGO (FILME DAS MARAVILHAS) / NEVERQUIET . 2011 . HD . 63’
Dir. Felipe Bragança, Karim Ainouz, Helvécio Marins, Marina Meliande and others

Festivals: Bright Future ‐ Rotterdam Film Festival 2011, Festival Int. Havana 2011
A ALEGRIA / THE JOY . 2010 . 35mm . 100’
Dir. Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande
Festivals: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (Directors’ Fortnight), Best Film at the Fest. Int. de Salvador 2011, Bright Future of Rotterdam Film Festival 2011, New Directors of San Francisco Int. Film Festival 2011
A FUGA DA MULHER GORILA / THE SCAPE OF THE MONKEY WOMAN . 2009 . HD . 82’
Dir. Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande
Festivals: Competition Filmmakers of the Present at Locarno Film Festival 2009,
Best Film (Official Jury) at Mostra de Tiradentes 2009, Best Film (Young Jury) at Mostra de
Tiradentes 2009
EU NÃO SEI DIZER O NOME DELA . 2008 . DV . 6’ Dir: Felipe Bragança
O CÉU DE SUELY / SUELY IN THE SKY . 2006 . 35mm . 88’
(Assitent‐Director and Screenwriter) Dir. Karim Ainouz
Festival: Orizzonti of Veneza Film Festival 2006
JONAS E A BALEIA / JONAH AND THE WHALE . 2006 . 35mm . 20’
Dir. Felipe Bragança
Festivals: Santa Maria da Feira Film Festival 2006 (Critics Award), International Competition at the Oberhausen Film Festival
O NOME DELE (O CLOVIS) / HIS NAME (THE CLOWN) . 2005 . 35mm . 15’
Dir. Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande
Festivals: Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival 2005 (Best Screenplay), International Competition at the Oberhausen Film Festival, International Film Festival of Uruguay (Best Film)
POR DENTRO DE UMA GOTA D’AGUA / WATERBOUND . 2003 . 16mm . 10’
Dir. Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande
Festivals: Brasília Film Festival 2003 (Best 16mm Film), São Paulo International Film Festival
2003 (Best First Film)

SCREENPLAYS

ALICE . 2008
TV series ‐ HBO Latin America
Dir. Karim Ainouz, Sérgio Machado
NO MEU LUGAR / EYE OF THE STORM . 2009 . 35mm . 100’
Dir. Eduardo Valente
Festival: Cannes Film Festival 2009
GIRIMUNHO / SWIRL . 2011. 35 . 80’
Dir. Helvécio Marins, Clarissa Campolina Festival: Orizzonti of Veneza Film Festival HELENO . 2011 . 35mm . 100’
Dir. José Henrique Fonseca
Festival: Toronto Film Festival 2011
PRAIA DO FUTURO / FUTURE BEACH – release date in 2013
Dir. Karim Ainouz
NÓ NA GARGANTA – release date in 2013
Dir. Marcos Prado