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Muiraquitã Filmes

Muiraquitã Filmes is a Brazilian production company based in São Paulo that, since 2020, has also been operating in Portugal. Founded by producer Eliane Ferreira, it is dedicated to producing films, documentaries and series, with unique and authentic perspectives, in collaboration with talented filmmakers and partners around the world. She stood out as a producer of award-winning documentaries such as “Cine Morocco” by Ricardo Calil, “Fico te Devendo uma Carta sobre o Brasil” by Carol Benjamin, “Os Repenpendidos” by Armando Antenore and Ricardo Calil and, more recently, “Eneida” by Heloisa Passos. His films have already been selected for major international festivals, such as Berlinale, IDFA, Dok Leipzig, Jeonju (Korea), among others. He released the fiction feature film “Mar de Dentro”, selected for the 2020 São Paulo International Film Festival, and is working to launch two other feature films in 2022: “Sol” by Lô Politi, and “Bala em nome” by Felipe Cagno, co-produced by Star. In post-production there is the documentary co-produced with Kenya: “Testament”, by Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu, selected for the IDFA Forum 2020 and which received support from several international funds and the film “Two Sisters” by Ana Flavia Cavalcanti and Fellipe Barbosa. Of the upcoming projects to be produced, we can highlight: the documentary “Sobre Memória e Esquecimento”, by Ricardo Martensen, winner of development funds from the Sundance Documentary Fund and the IDFA Bertha Foundation, and the film “Cyclone” by Flavia Castro.