Beatriz Seigner

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Beatriz Seigner
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Occupationfilm director

Beatriz Seigner is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. [1]

Seigner was born in San Paolo. Her first films were shorts Uma Menina Como Outras Mil (2001), Roda Real (2004), and Índias (2005). [2]

Her debut feature Bollywood Dream (2010) became the first ever Indian-Brazilian film co-production. It was screened at numerous international film festivals and well received at the São Paulo Film Festival. [3] [4] [5]

Her second feature, Los silencios , premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival [6] and received favourable reviews. [1] The film won the Stockholm Film Festival's Impact Award, the Audience Award at FESCAAL 2019, etc. [7] [3] At the 20th Havana Film Festival New York, protagonist Marleyda Soto was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actress for her role in the film. [8]

Her next project was a documentary titled Between Us, A Secret (2020) about the Djelis of Mali. [9] [7]

She co-wrote the screenplay for Walter Salles's new film La contadora de películas [10] and was the jury member of the FESCAAL 2021. [11]

At the Series Mania 2023 her upcoming project Amigas won the third prize and a development grant of the Seriesmakers section. [1]

Filmography

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  2. ↑ "Between Us, A Secret". Associação Brasileira Mostra Internacional de Cinema. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  3. 1 2 3 "Six Female Directors We Are Watching". Cinema Attic. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  4. ↑ Montpelier, Rachel (2018-05-10). "Cannes 2018 Women Directors: Meet Beatriz Seigner — "Los Silencios"". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  5. ↑ Sreeharsha, Vinod (2012-05-21). "India Ink - Notes on the World's Largest Democracy For India and Brazil, a Rare Tie-up in Cinema". The NY Times. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. ↑ Aftab, Kaleem (2018-05-12). "Review: Los silencios". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. 1 2 "Between Us, A Secret". Festival Cinema Africano Asia e America Latina. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  8. ↑ "Estos son los ganadores del Havana Film Festival New York". Cine Casual (in Spanish). 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  9. ↑ Mayorga, Emilio (2018-05-12). "Director Beatriz Seigner on Brazilian Directors' Fortnight Entry 'Los Silencios'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
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  11. ↑ "Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina: 30esima edizione online dal 20 marzo". Anordestdiche. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  12. ↑ "Los silencios". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-03-31.


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