New Perspectives on Authorial Documentaries

Writers Room Awareness Audiovisual Tendências Storytelling Criatividade

Exploring the fertile ground of personal expression and narrative authenticity, this debate delves into the deep waters of contemporary auteur documentary filmmaking, where filmmakers have been challenging boundaries and exploring new ways of storytelling that reflect their own perspectives and experiences. The different stylistic and ethical approaches adopted by documentarians, navigating the balance between subjectivity and objectivity, will be essential topics of this discussion that also encompasses the concepts of truth and representation. Additionally, we will reflect on the impact of these documentaries on contemporary society, their potential to promote empathy, social change, and civic engagement. In this dialogue, we will examine how auteur documentary filmmaking is reinventing itself, making room for new voices, questioning dominant narratives, and challenging audience expectations.

Speakers

Luana Rocha | Moderadora

She is currently studying for a Master's Degree in Documentary Film at EICTV (Cuba). She worked as a non-fiction script coordinator for the production company Fábrica (RJ). She was head of scriptwriting for the series O Ninho: Futebol e Tragédia, which premiered on Netflix in March. She was development coordinator for an HBO true crime series. In 2022 she finished developing the documentary series Pretas Lutas, with funding approved by SPCine. In the same year, Núcleo Criativo approved a project with SPCine for the development of two docfiction projects. He developed the research for the doc Chico Rei Entre Nós, winner of Mostra SP as best documentary.

Daniel Gonçalves | Palestrante

Graduated in journalism from PUC-Rio and post-graduated in Documentary Film from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Daniel Gonçalves has a disability that affects his motor coordination. He worked at TV Globo and is now a partner at the production company SeuFilme. He directed the short films Tem Bala Aí? (Got any Es? - 2008); Luz Guia (Guide Light - 2012); Como Seria? (How would it be? - 2014) and Pela Estrada Afora (Along the Road - 2015). My Name is Daniel, his first feature film, was shown in more than 20 festivals, such as IDFA, Festival do Rio, Mostra de São Paulo, Sydney Film Festival, FICCI and Mostra de Tiradentes. Acsexybility, his second feature, won the best direction award at Festival do Rio 2023.

Eliza Capai | Palestrante

Eliza Capai is an independent documentary filmmaker who focuses on social issues. In a very productive and ascending moment of her career, Eliza premiered her most intimate documentary, "Incompatible with Life", at It's All True International Film Festival (2023). The film was awarded Best Feature and qualified for the Oscar Eliza signs the direction of the first Netflix’s Brazilian true crime series – "Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime" (2020). Her previous feature, the awarded documentary “Your Turn” premiered at Berlinale (2019) and was awarded with the International Amnesty Prize and Peace Prize. Since that, the film was released in 120+ festivals and received 25+ awards.

Guta Ramos | Palestrante

Maria Augusta Ramos É uma diretora de cinema reconhecida e premiada internacionalmente. Seus filmes (O Processo, Justiça, Juizo, Morro dos Prazeres, Futuro Junho e Desi) foram premiados em diversos festivais internacionais, entre eles: Berlin, Amsterdam Doc Festival, Visions du Reel (Suiça), DocumentaMadrid, IndieLisboa, Taiwan Int. Doc. Festival, CPH:DOX Copenhagen, Watch Docs (Polonia) e DOK Leipzig (Alemanha) e Festival de Brasilia. Em 2014, a diretora recebeu a Prêmio Marek Nowicki outorgado pela Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights pela sua obra. É membro da Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, ou AMPAS)