Fabrício Estevam Mira
Directing
Biography
Fabricio Estevam Mira is an independent filmmaker, screenwriter, director, and producer based in Brazil. Coming from a guerrilla and low-budget cinema background, he develops projects with strong creative autonomy, often assuming multiple roles such as writer, director, cinematographer, editor, and art director. His work explores themes of power, violence, moral collapse, and human contradiction, favoring raw narratives and uncompromising perspectives over conventional industry formulas. Fabricio is known for rejecting institutional funding models in favor of independent production structures, prioritizing creative freedom and aesthetic rigor. Working primarily with minimal crews and unconventional production methods, including mobile cinematography, his films seek a distinctive visual language and emotional intensity, aligned with experimental and radical strands of contemporary cinema.
Known For
On an Ash Wednesday, a group of revelers decides to enter an abandoned house, but they encounter the unexpected.
Casa do Capeta
A documentary about the invisible workers who sustain cinema, revealing their lives through direct testimonies and bringing them together to form the crew of the director's next feature film.
In the Land of the Righteous Men
While shaving his head in a dark and shabby bathroom, Jesus, thin, filthy, and in torn clothes, nurtures doubts about everything.
No More
The final hours of Mary Magdalene before the rupture. What always was breaks, and the one above all becomes fury. A martyr for the hypocrites. A lesson for the son who raises doubts. A companion piece to "No More!", born from personal loss and transformed into art.
Through the Eyes of the Wolf
In an intimate testimony filmed inside his own home, an artist reflects on art, detachment, and the need to keep creation free from ownership. As he prepares to give away a series of paintings to strangers, he questions value, ego, and permanence, searching for the rare sense of freedom that only art seems capable of offering.
Independent Art
A man openly expresses homophobic views in a direct and confrontational manner. As his speech unfolds, the film builds tension around his convictions, leading to an unexpected moment that challenges both his stance and the audience’s perception.
Homofobia Sim!
Living in São Paulo was like throwing myself into a meat grinder with my consciousness exposed. Every pleasure available within a few kilometers. So many people. But so many people will always be exactly what I don't need.