Gustavo Magraz
Directing
Biography
Gustavo Magraz is an independent screenwriter and director from São Paulo, Brazil. Together with independent filmmaker João Victor Jovs, he co-founded the Ignotum Filmes collective, where he worked as producer and assistant director on the short film Foreshadowing and as writer and director of Papéis Inertes. His fiction focuses on exploring, through alternative culture, spaces shaped by inequality, neglect, and social vulnerability.
Known For
After a classroom speech sparks a turning point, Washington, a young black man from the outskirts, abandons everything to chase his dreams—only to face an unforeseen twist.
Meaningless Roles
A melancholic boy. Heavy images. Brightness and colors. Haunting in the form of sound and cuts. A curtain hides something behind it.
A Cortina
Brenna, whose life depends on a valuable watch, resorts to a risky and obscure method to prevent it from breaking and bringing irreversible consequences.