Quebrante

a film by

Brazil | 23' | 02/2024 | experimental documentary

A spell breaking, Quebrante traverses the caves, ruins and phantasmagorias of the Transamazon BR230 Highway, portraying its stones and its ghosts. Set in tiny Rurópolis, the very first town ever built on the road, Quebrante follows Ms. Erismar, a retired elementary school teacher known in the region as The Cave Woman.

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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
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Crew

Director: Janaina Wagner
Screenplay: Janaina Wagner
Producer: Janaina Wagner
Cinematographer: Lucas Barbi
Sound Design: Ricardo Zollner
Editor: Janaina Wagner , Yuyan Wang
Composer: Carla Boregas

Festivals

  • Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes, Brazil (19 -27 January, 2024)
    Short Film Competition
  • Berlinale, Germany (15 – 25 February, 2024)
    Forum Expanded
  • FICCI – Cartagena De Indias International Film Festival, Colombia (16 – 21 April, 2024)
    Official Selection, Iberoamerican short film section
  • Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil (17 – 24 April, 2024)
    National Competition
  • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Int. Film Festival, Spain (19 – 28 April, 2024)
    Band A Part section
  • DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canada (2 – 12 May, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • Videoex Festival, Switzerland (24 May – June 2,2024)
    International Competition
  • Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia (June 5 –9,2024)
    Video on the Beach Section
  • Festival Ecra – Experimental Film Festival, Brazil (27-30 June, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • Curtas Vila do Conde Int. Film Festival, Portugal (12 – 21 July, 2024)
    Experimental Competition
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico ( 19 – 28 July, 2024)
    Competition Special Mention
  • Festival de Cinema de Vitória, Brazil (20 – 25 July, 2024)
    National Competition
  • NeMaf – Seoul International New Media Festival, South Korea (1 – 7 August, 2024)
    Glocal Section
  • Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia (16-23 August, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil (22 August – 1 September, 2024)
    The Limit Exhibition
  • CUT TO: GENT, Belgium (12 – 15 September, 2024)
    Midnight Shorts
  • Asuncion Film Festival of Contemporary Cinema – ASUFICC, Paraguay (1-6 October, 2024)
    Competition
  • Tramway Film Festival, Poland (3 – 6 October, 2024)
    Competition
  • Cámara Lúcida, Ecuador (15 – 24 October, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, United States (October 18 – 26, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan (18 – 27 October, 2024)
    Official Selection

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