Fran Rebelatto
Directing
Biography
Brazilian photographer, filmmaker and professor in the Film and Audiovisual studies program at the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), in Foz do Iguaçu, state of Paraná, Brazil. Graduated in Social Communication/Journalism from UFSM (2008), having furthered her studies in Photography and Documentary. Master's degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM (2011). PhD in Film and Audiovisual Studies at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF). Recently worked as documentary director and screenwriter on Pasajeras (2021).
Known For
This film was made during the Author Workshop: Filming in Cuba with Abbas Kiarostami, in January 2016. It was also completed during the Master's program in Essay Cinema at the International School of Film and Television of Cuba, EICTV.
3 Portraits
Stemming from the triple border territory between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, Fran Rebelatto’s first feature film follows the women known as Pasajeras (Passengers) and their daily passages across these frontiers. Grounded on equally borderline procedures between documentary, the domain of fiction, and indigenous mythologies, the film records the everyday fluctuations of these lives traversed by a landscape constantly in motion, building female narratives of sacrifice and resistance.