MADRE
Selected for Docs For Sale 2024 - IDFA
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Madre
Brazil, 2024, 20 min, Documentary
Directed and produced by Talita Carvalho & Carol Matias
Selected for Docs For Sale 2024 - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
(Not yet premiered - Full film with English subtitles available on IDFA's Vimeo)
LOGLINE
Ambar misses the sea and her homeland. As a refugee in Brazil, the Venezuelan woman embarks on a journey
steeped in nostalgia for the place she fled.
SYNOPSIS
“Madre” brings a poetic and powerful record about the story of a Venezuelan mother refugee in Brasília, capital of Brazil. Stories converge in a journey of sadness and achievements, homelessness and refuge. The film delves into the nostalgia of the Venezuela that inhabits Ambar's memories, but which is not the same Venezuela that Brazil knows.
MAIN CHARACTERS
Ambar
& Brenyer González
A Venezuelan mother and son from the city of Lechería, refugees in Brazil since 2018
THE CREW
Emilia Silberstein
Associated Producer and Director of Photography
Woman / Brazilian
Emília worked as director of photography and camera operator for
several films that gained national and international recognition, such as “O Véu de Amani”,
which received an honorable mention for Best Cinematography at a festival in Panamá.
Olivia Hernández
Direct Sound and Sound Design
Woman / Cuban
Olívia studied Film and Sound at the EICTV (International Film and TV School of Cuba).
She has worked on direct sound recording and sound design for over ten
Brazilian feature films. She was awarded Best Sound Editing at the Brasília
Festival of Brazilian Cinema.
Rafael Lobo
Editor
Man / Brazilian
Rafael Lobo is a filmmaker and editor from Brasília, with a degree and master's in
Social Communication from the University of Brasília (UnB). Since 2008, he has
directed award-winning short films like Confinado (2010) and Bartleby (2016).
He is currently in post-production for the feature "Mapas", he is the director and editor of the film.
Gustavo Fontele
Executive Producer
Man / Brazilian
Gustavo Fontele Dourado is a filmmaker and producer from Brasília, with a degree in
Film and Digital Media from and Game Production from SAGA/Axis. Founder of Fontele Studios,
he directed the award-winning animation "Hacker Leonilia" and executive produced
" Antena da Raça" (2020), showcased at Cannes.
Erica Oliveira
Assistant Cinematographer
Woman / Brazilian
Erica have extensive experience as a photography assistant,.
She worked on the film "Miçangas" by Rafaela Camelo and Emanuel Lavor,
which premiered at the Berlinale.
THE DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS
Talita Carvalho
Woman / Brazilian
Journalist, documentarian, director and producer, born and raised in the countryside of Brazil. She is a master's student in Visual Anthropology. Talita works on impact communication for nonprofit organizations including UN Women Brazil. She directed a documentary series across all 27 Brazilian states, focus on public health within Quilombola and riverside communities. Her work focuses on gender, migration, and public health in Brazil and its borders.
She is currently in the final stage of script development for her first feature-length docufiction about the femicide of her own grandmother in the 1990s in Brazil; "Iolanda was murdered". The project has participated in various markets and labs, including DOCSP, and was awarded as the Best Documentary Project from Brazil's Midwest region.
Carol Matias
Woman / Brazilian
Master in Anropology, director, producer, and cinematographer with experience in award-winning independent and institutional documentaries. Produced “No Rastro das Cargueiras”, a feature documentary about recyclable waste collectors and cyclists in Brasília, among other works. She was the director of photography for the feature film “Chão” by Camila Freitas, which premiered at the Berlinale.
She was the director of photography for Afronte (2017), exploring the experience of a young Black gay man in the outskirts of Brasília, and directed Rumo (2022), documenting 15 years of racial quotas in Brazil.
FUNDING
PROMO MATERIAL
IMPACT CAMPAIGN PROJECT
The communication campaign linked to the film aims to spotlight independent
female artists from Venezuela who, while not featured in the film, are connected to it in
meaningful ways. This includes contributions to the soundtrack and illustrated posters created
by Venezuelan artists who watched the film and drew inspiration from it.
Their artwork reflects themes of childhood or motherhood in Venezuela, adding
a personal and cultural dimension to the campaign.
MAFER BANDOLA
MAFER BANDOLA
Is a Venezuelan bandola llanera player, self-thought composer, producer and community organizer . With a grounded understanding of the bandola llanera (male-dominated) traditions, she focuses on bringing the instrument to a new artistic path through composition, performance, and improvisation. As co-founder and current member of Ladama, a collective of female musicians from four different countries, Mafer combines her oral traditions and musical approaches to create collectively original music in Spanish, English, and Portugues. . Currently, is the creator and hoster of Pipiris Nights, the first and only gathering event with a community focus where to play and dance Venezuelan Joropos in New York. maferbandola.com/
Click on the image and listen to Mafer Bandola "Pajarillo", a song from the closing credits of the film Madre
VALENTINA FRAIZ
VALENTINA FRAIZ
Is a Venezuelan illustrator and graphic designer based in Brazil for over twenty years. Born in Caracas and the daughter of a watercolor artist, she began drawing at an early age. She studied Biology at the University of São Paulo (USP), which brought her closer to nature illustration. In 2006, she graduated in Editorial Illustration from the Tomie Ohtake Institute, and since then, she has devoted herself entirely to illustration, collaborating with newspapers, magazines, publishers, and social projects, especially those linked to feminist, Black, and motherhood activism.
Valentina watched the film Madre and was inspired by it to create this illustrated poster for the Film Impact Campaign - It’s not a scene from the film but rather a “scene” from Valentina’s childhood in Venezuela.
This scene brings me closer to my mother (who has passed away). Every day, as I prepare an arepa and brew a cup of coffee, I summon her presence and the memory of Venezuela. Arepas and coffee with milk are a bundle of shared longing, a common thread that ties all immigrants together"
Valentina Fraiz
Contacts
Talita Carvalho
Email: talita.mmcarvalho@gmail.com
Whatsapp: +55 61 981096572
Carol Matias
Email: acarolmatias@gmail.com
Whatsapp: +55 61 9141-7007
Este projeto foi realizado com recursos do Fundo de Apoio à Cultura do Distrito Federal
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