The Barbarians
The stories’ from Brazilian’s comic books being reinvented by authors and characters all over the country.
The stories’ from Brazilian’s comic books being reinvented by authors and characters all over the country.
‘The Barbarians’* is the result of an experience that we had almost 2 years ago with artistic interventions in a Rio de Janeiro slum during an important literature event called FLUPP. The event itself is devoted to poor neighborhoods and sets out to encourage the literature and artistic production of people living in these areas. Every year it happens in a different slum and is attended by people from all over the world, like the journalist Glen Greenwald, the graphic novelists Bouler, Julie Marot and Power Paola, the Swiss plastic artists Raphael Borer and Carl Rudolf Meins, the British poet Hannah Walker, the French author Caryl Férey and the Israeli poet Ronny Someck and the Dutch poet Daan Doesborg, just to name a few.
In 2015, we invited 5 illustrators and graphic novelists to interview 5 characters whose families were some of the first inhabitants of the favela where the event happened. Based on the information gathered they developed a 5-page graphic story for each character that was plastered in big format on the walls of the slum and nearby neighborhoods. It was a bold move since we didn’t know how the families would react to their portrayal and how the community itself would feel as well. Fortunately, we were blessed by everybody and the artwork can still be found in the community. This project was later exposed in Canada.
This experience gave us the idea to replicate the same thing all over Brazil, connecting painters, photographers, designers and all kinds of graphic related artists to portray people and communities from different backgrounds. The series would follow the whole process, from the very first contact between artist and community until the impressions of the end result. It’ll also focus a lot on the artistic process and cover how the artwork’s displayed in some visible venue of the community. Based on our own experience we can definitely say that it is a transforming process that touches all the ones involved.
We are about to begin the project development and if you are interested it would be a perfect time to join efforts and build something together.
* the name The Barbarians makes sense in our context, but probably not abroad. We can change it to a more proper name.
For futher information email daniele@fatocinema.com.br
A journey through the history of the Brazilian people, through their recipes, in search of the real, traditional Brazilian food.
It’s difficult to define Brazilian cuisine. The plurality of external influences, the lack of unity, and the country’s huge territory extension all contribute to a complex concept of the Brazilian cuisine. The project intends to rescue Brazil’s original flavor through extensive historical research, astonishing landscapes, and Brazilian people. In the first season, we will retrace the route of the ‘Bandeirantes’ and find out how ingredients were discovered and recipes created through the hands of the Indigenous, the Africans, and the Europeans. Our guide in this adventure is André Nogal, a Brazilian Chef and researcher of recipes with gastronomic identity. The research is underway and the scripts are being written.
In the first season, we will retrace the route of the ‘Bandeirantes’ and find out how ingredients were discovered and recipes created through the hands of the Indigenous, the Africans and the Europeans.
We are about to begin the project development and if you are interested it would be a perfect time to join efforts and build something together.
For futher information email daniele@fatocinema.com.br
À Brasileira – Promo from FATO. on Vimeo.
Not your typical series, Geléia Geral presents a creative and unique look at the lesser-known artists that were part of the cultural movement recognized as Tropicalism.
Not your typical series, Geléia Geral presents a creative and unique look at the lesser-known artists that were part of the cultural movement recognized as Tropicalism. The 13-episode series delves into the history of Tropicalism, from the end of the 1960s until the early 1970s, and not only aims to highlight its roots but also to present them in a modern setting including the influence of Tropicalism in music, theatre, poetry, cinema, and visual arts.
The objective of the series is to the tell the story of some amazing characters and references that, despite their impact on the Tropicalism Movement, were not directly associated with it. Artists such as Regina Boni, Waly Salomão, and Rogério Duarte are just a few stars of the series. A majority of the characters presented in the show are still highly active – creating, producing, and influencing in their own artistic ways. Some are quite unknown to the general public while some have already passed away and have left standing legacies. Furthermore, the goal of Geléia Geral is to present the complete history of Tropicalism and how some things, such as the cultural ambiance under the military dictatorship, greatly effected the insurgence of the movement. All of this comes into relevance due to the 50th anniversary of the Tropicalism Movement in 2017/2018.
We are about to begin the project development and if you are interested it would be a perfect time to join efforts and build something together.
For futher information email daniele@fatocinema.com.br
The Immigrants look shows the story of 6 foreigners who for different reasons left their original country.
The Immigrants look shows thw story of 6 foreigners who for different reasons left their original country and strated living in Rio de Janeiro. We`ll go insideVamos entrar na história de cada personagem e entender a razão que os trouxe até o Rio.
Vamos descobrir um Rio de Janeiro inusitado que só se deixa capturar pela soma de múltiplos olhares. Em uma via de mão dupla, entenderemos como esses imigrantes veem a cidade e como a cidade acolhe e percebe esses novos personagens em seu tecido social.
We were hired by ActionAid Italy in partnership with the Italian Olympic Committee to produce short videos and raw footage for an advertisement that was later edited in Italy about their actions in Brazilian communities. The production involved access to Rocinha and Cidade de Deus communities, location research, 360 photography, making of, scripts, direction, shooting equipment and editing and post production.
We produced to Canal Futura the 3 episodes’ series ‘Empregos Verdes’ (‘Green Jobs’). Our production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The episodes were delivered ready to be aired.
We produced to Canal Futura the 3 episodes’ series ‘Educação Integral’ (‘Full-time Education’). Our production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The episodes were delivered ready to be aired.
We produced to Canal Futura the 3 episodes’ series ‘Fragmentos de memória Vargas’ (‘Vargas’ Memory Fragments’). Our production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The episodes were delivered ready to be aired.
We produced to the Brazilian designer Fabio Lopez the launching video of his authorial project ‘Mini Rio’. The production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The video was delivered ready for publishing.
We produced to Canal Futura the 3 episodes’ series ‘Empregos Verdes’ (‘Green Jobs’). Our production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The episodes were delivered ready to be aired.
We produced to Canal Futura the 3 episodes’ series ‘Educação Integral’ (‘Full-time Education’). Our production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The episodes were delivered ready to be aired.
We produced to Canal Futura the 3 episodes’ series ‘Fragmentos de memória Vargas’ (‘Vargas’ Memory Fragments’). Our production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The episodes were delivered ready to be aired.
We produced to the Brazilian designer Fabio Lopez the launching video of his authorial project ‘Mini Rio’. The production included producer, photography director, camera assistant, sound operator, editor and post production. The video was delivered ready for publishing.
About 17 years experience working in the TV and publicity market. She is an editor and a co-screenwriter of the series, Nosotros – é hora de olhar para dentro, which is currently being shown on the Brazilian TV channel, +Globosat. Before opening her own company, Pimentel worked for 7 years at the Brazilian TV channel, Futura, as an artistic editor. She was editor of the episode “Verdade Soterrada” from a series of documentaries entitled, Vozes da América, and post-produced the entire series, which has been shown in more than 40 festivals around the world (in addition to TV channels in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay). Pimentel has also worked as an editor and freelancer in a number of productions in Rio de Janeiro. Furthermore, she is the executive producer of the animated series, Copacabana Hell, winner of the Brazilian Cinema Agency Fund PRODAV and other FATO.’s series such as Os Bárbaros and O Rio dos Imigrantes which is now being produced on the Brazilian TV channel CineBrasilTV.
Glauco started his career in 1995 as a film editor and graduated university with a degree in cinema in 2007. He originally directed advertisements although since 2002 he has worked mainly on his own projects, shooting 4 short films (2 fiction and 2 documentaries). In 2011, The University of Salamanca published his paper about character development in a well-known Brazilian documentary. Nowadays, he is dedicated to developing and directing projects from his own production company.
