Filipe Ruffato
Writing
Known For

Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface.
Whirlpool

What child has never dreamed of having a double, someone who would do all of the annoying things in his place? Seeing his reflection get out of the mirror into the real world, this dream comes true for the fearless boy Fernando. Odnanref, his double, presents himself as a solution to all his problems. Adaptation of a successful Brazilian novel written by Fernando Sabino.
The Boy in the Mirror

Author Jonathan Stack, who has been so obsessed with trying to pen his magnum opus that he’s let his marriage to Samantha, who is also his agent and editor, break down to the point where she announces she’s leaving him for her business partner.
There's Always Hope

Sofia is a film where we see unfolding fears, misunderstandings, prejudices, cravings and desires, all these feelings appearing and disappearing between the lines of the unsaid. A beautiful look at our precarious human condition.
Sofia
After surviving a mass shooting, Madame P., an internationally renowned opera singer, retreats into a world where dreams and reality blur freely. Walls come alive, figures dance in fireplace flames, tiny people need rescuing from dumplings, and an armadillo — her unlikely companion since the tragedy — follows her everywhere. A close friend and companion helps her navigate daily life. Her everyday life in a medieval mansion is interrupted by two American outsiders who arrive full of good intentions.
The Odd Enchantment of Madame P.

Two old ladies think they know how to swim without ever trying. But a young girl is about to show them how to do it, in her own living room.
Swimming Class

An actress asks a sex worker to help her create a film in which they share secrets of their professions, and they become both filmmakers and characters.