
Eduardo Valente
Writing
Biography
Filmmaker, critic and curator. He made three short films and one feature film between 2002 and 2009. He was the editor of the magazines Contracampo (98-2005) and Cinética (2006-2011) and international advisor at Ancine (2011-2016). He is currently artistic director of the Brasilia Festival and delegate to Brazil of the Berlin Festival, as well as a member of the programming team of the Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba Film Festival.
Known For

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Critic

O Pastor e o Guerrilheiro is a Brazilian feature film inspired by a true story, which takes place in the 1960s and 1970s and at the turn of the millennium - in the last days of 1999.
The Pastor and the Revolutionary
Through the recovery of found Super-8mm footage captured by his brother during the 70´s dictatorship, André tries to revive the memories of his father, who’s been waiting for his missing son for over 30 years.
People Forward

A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one.
Green Vinyl

The story of a burglary and its tragic aftereffects.
Eye of the Storm

A middle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-set.
Eletrodoméstica

This short follows four days in the life of a father and daughter.
Um Sol Alaranjado

A young Black artist named Jonas lives in the shadow of his authoritarian brother with whom he shares a house. However, when his upstairs neighbor, Lucia, accepts an invitation to dinner, Jonas begins a journey of personal reflection, confronting his own demons and ghosts and doubting himself.
Timidez

In order to invent a region, it is necessary to create its culture, preferably with the help of cinema. Inspired by the book and play “A Invenção do Nordeste”, this is a re-editing of Brazilian films essential to the foundation of the Northeastern imaginary.
The Editing of the Brazilian Northeast
A musical about love and everything we do for it.
Castanho
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Los Hermanos no Cine Íris

Short film release