Anthony Christian Fernandes

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Biography

Since childhood, the search for expression through images has always been present, finding in audiovisual media the most effective way to externalize emotions. In 2018, this journey gained new momentum with admission to the Federal University of Ouro Preto, where studies in journalism began with a focus on visual communication, delving especially into photography and cinema. Parallel to the academic path, that same year marked the beginning of professional activities in the field, allowing for a practical immersion in the processes involved in audiovisual production. Working independently and on freelance projects, advertising, journalistic, cultural, and cinematic works were carried out in different regions of Minas Gerais. In 2020 came the direction of the first short film, a work that, months later, received an award under the Aldir Blanc Law. The following year, two more projects were developed: A Roda and Ao Redor. In October 2021, work began as an audiovisual media editor at TV UFOP, a role held to this day, combined with the production of original projects

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Ouro Preto, one of Brazil’s most historically significant cities and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was once known as Vila Rica. Its history is filled with stories and characters that have transcended generations through oral tradition, folk tales, and the stories passed down by its people. Through the accounts of several interviewees, the film tells the story of Antônio Francisco Alves, known as Vira-Saia, one of these figures who, even before Tiradentes and the Minas Conspiracy, had already challenged the Portuguese Crown and disrupted its plans for extracting gold and sending it to the capital of the Portuguese Empire.

Vira-Saia: Enemy of the Crown

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By isolating himself and fleeing from social contact, a man is haunted by the consequences of his choices

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On All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, we follow Carlos, a young mining employee who lives in the fictional district of Antônio Borba, in Mariana. Among exhaustive journeys and landscapes scarred by exploitation, he finds in his own camera a form of resistance. Recording daily life, Carlos turns observation into protests, unfolding the environmental and social impacts that go through his territory — now shattered by an atypical event: the privatization of breathable air. As he records, he witnesses the development of a pattern threatening not only the land, but life itself. All That Is Solid Melts Into Air comes up with a critical perspective on the lifestyles in mining cities, the exploitation of natural resources, and the resistance of those who dwell in these areas.

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air

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