Filmed in 2021 on the roads Transamazônica, BR-319 and the real village of Realidade, in the south of Amazonia, Curupira e a máquina do destino is the encounter between the entity Curupira, a queer devil who protects the forests of Brazil, and the incarnated ghost of Iracema, a 14-year-old prostitute.
Curupira and the machine of the destiny
A film by
Janaina Wagner
Biography
Janaina Wagner (São Paulo, Brazil) works across video, drawing and installations. Currently a Phd fellow at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, her work aims to present a critical understanding of the ways in which humans impose systems of order and control upon their surroundings. Wagner participated in several artistic residencies, such as Gasworks (EN), FID Campus – Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille (FR), Bolsa Pampulha (BR), Festival Mondes Possibles – Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers (FR), Casa Tomada (BR), W139 (NL) and NES Skagaströnd (IS).
Filmography
- Curupira E A Máquina Do Destino – 2021 – short film
- Licantropia – 2019 – short film
- Ventura – 2018 – short film
