FILM/VIDEO
Nos cortaron las piernas (2024)
(EN) The Mourning
(DE) Die Trauer
doc. exp. 8’ | Germany
Concept / Editing / Image and SoundBruno Christofoletti Barrenha
Made with the support of Der Senator für Kultur Bremen
through its project funding Junge Szene / Subkultur.
Sinopsis: The paradoxical range of emotions of ‘hinchas’ (football fans) on the day of the death of Argentine icon Diego Maradona in November 2020. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, millions of people gathered around the world to pay their last respects and mourn, as if in a collective catharsis, the passing of such an emblematic figure.
World premiere at the 9. Filmfest Bremen (10. – 14.04.2024)
within the block Greetings from Absurdistan – Kurzfilme Bremen und umzu.
Selected for “Emerging Artists Vol. 6 – Contemporary Experimental Film and Video Art from Germany” (2023). Curated by AG Kurzfilm and German Films.
“Emerging Artists” Screenings:
- 52. Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist (Oct 2023, Ukraine);
- 46. Drama International Short Film Festival (Sep 2023, Greece);
- 36. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media (Jan 2023, Germany);
- 24. Izmir International Short Film Festival (Nov 2023, Turkey);
- 11. Golden Ger International Film Festival (Jun 2023, Mongolia);
- 10. Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival (Nov 2023, Portugal).
Special Screenings:
- Life after fire – How to rescue (film) histories in Brazil? Filmvorführungen und Gesprächsveranstaltung zum UNESCO Welttag des audiovisuellen Erbes, Filmmuseum Potsdam (Germany) / 27.10.2022
Exhibitions (presented as installation):
- J22 – Jahresausstellung der Digitale Medien und des Integrierten Design der Hochschule für Künste Bremen (Germany) / 11. – 16.11.2022
Awards:
- Special Mention, International Competition; 4:3 int’l short film festival (Ukraine).
Research / Editing / Image and Sound
Bruno Christofoletti Barrenha
Produced as part of the master’s thesis
A Bricolage of Found Digital Files: On Conservation and Copy as Creative Gestures.
Sinopsis: A site which once served as a slaughterhouse has become an environment to preserve the life of Brazilian cinema. Until the first fire arrived. And then another, and another. Hundreds of negatives lost due to a policy that negates preservation actions. The distant relationship between the Cinematheque of São Paulo, public neglect, and the fire are rescued in a film whose very function is to preserve the memory of this Cinematheque. (Carol Almeida)
Film Festivals (in order of screening):
- 11. Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival (Brazil);
- 11. Acampadoc – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental (Panama);
- 2. Atemporal – Festival Itinerante de Cine Latinoamericano (Peru);
- 17. CineOP – Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Brazil);
- 7. Marienbad Film Festival (Czech Republic);
- 18. ficmonterrey – Monterrey International Film Festival (Mexico);
- 6. MUTA – Festival Internacional de Apropriación Audiovisual (Peru);
- 2. 4:3 int’l short film festival (Ukraine);
- 8. Dobra – Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental (Brazil);
- 24. Equinoxio – Festival Universitario de Cine y Audiovisuales (Colombia);
- 7. Mamut – Festival de Memoria Audiovisual (Colombia);
- 9. Intermediaciones – Muestra Intl’ de Videoarte y Video Experimental (Colombia);
- 5. Eneagrama – Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental (Argentina);
- 18. FestiFreak – La Plata International Independent Film Festival (Argentina);
- 24. FestCurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (Brazil);
- 12. BIDEODROMO Festival Intl’ de Cine y Video Experimental (Spain);
- 8. Arquivo em Cartaz – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Arquivo (Brazil);
- 12. Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces (Mexico);
- 15. CineToro – Experimental Film Festival (Colombia);
- 5. Festival de Cine Latinoamericano RABIA (Argentina);
- 5. Mientras tanto CINE (Uruguay);
- 1. Festival de Cine Contemporáneo Andares (Peru).
- 36. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media (Germany);
- 35. Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival (Germany);
- 23. Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine (Uruguay);
- 12. UNDER_the_RADAR – Festival and Conference for Artistic Film, Animation and Experimental Sequential Media (Austria);
- 8. NEOSFEST Encuentro Internacional de Experimentación (Mexico).
Bruno Christofoletti Barrenha
Produced as part of the master’s thesis
A Bricolage of Found Digital Files: On Conservation and Copy as Creative Gestures.
Sinopsis: A site which once served as a slaughterhouse has become an environment to preserve the life of Brazilian cinema. Until the first fire arrived. And then another, and another. Hundreds of negatives lost due to a policy that negates preservation actions. The distant relationship between the Cinematheque of São Paulo, public neglect, and the fire are rescued in a film whose very function is to preserve the memory of this Cinematheque. (Carol Almeida)
Film Festivals (in order of screening):
- 11. Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival (Brazil);
- 11. Acampadoc – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental (Panama);
- 2. Atemporal – Festival Itinerante de Cine Latinoamericano (Peru);
- 17. CineOP – Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Brazil);
- 7. Marienbad Film Festival (Czech Republic);
- 18. ficmonterrey – Monterrey International Film Festival (Mexico);
- 6. MUTA – Festival Internacional de Apropriación Audiovisual (Peru);
- 2. 4:3 int’l short film festival (Ukraine);
- 8. Dobra – Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental (Brazil);
- 24. Equinoxio – Festival Universitario de Cine y Audiovisuales (Colombia);
- 7. Mamut – Festival de Memoria Audiovisual (Colombia);
- 9. Intermediaciones – Muestra Intl’ de Videoarte y Video Experimental (Colombia);
- 5. Eneagrama – Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental (Argentina);
- 18. FestiFreak – La Plata International Independent Film Festival (Argentina);
- 24. FestCurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (Brazil);
- 12. BIDEODROMO Festival Intl’ de Cine y Video Experimental (Spain);
- 8. Arquivo em Cartaz – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Arquivo (Brazil);
- 12. Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces (Mexico);
- 15. CineToro – Experimental Film Festival (Colombia);
- 5. Festival de Cine Latinoamericano RABIA (Argentina);
- 5. Mientras tanto CINE (Uruguay);
- 1. Festival de Cine Contemporáneo Andares (Peru).
- 36. Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media (Germany);
- 35. Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival (Germany);
- 23. Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine (Uruguay);
- 12. UNDER_the_RADAR – Festival and Conference for Artistic Film, Animation and Experimental Sequential Media (Austria);
- 8. NEOSFEST Encuentro Internacional de Experimentación (Mexico).
More than that, Corinthians has established the idea that it is a “people’s team”, something that not all the numbers and crowded stadiums will be able to express. In the representative mosaic of the filmmaker, we find the nostalgic aura of the productions that rescue football as a cultural manifestation of great impact, but also finds room to dwell on the reasons that took the club from São Paulo to this level. Presented in a year when audiovisual preservation gained even more relevance, in an unprecedented crisis at the Brazilian Cinematheque, “GO!” also serves to register here the news that part of the collection of Canal 100, fundamental for the making of the short film, may have been totally destroyed in the last months.
For those who love exemption and still resist the idea of politicisation of culture, sport seems to be the great example of togetherness of individuals independent of ideology. However, know that football’s past only exists because audiovisual production was there – and preservation of these works has been carried out. Garrincha’s dribbles and Sócrates’ gesture with his right arm raised, with his fist sawed, have remained alive beyond the memories of those who witnessed them because we have preserved the creations and the looks of filmmakers of the period. Outside, headlines about the Board of Directors’ resistance to accept the Corinthians Democracy movement and Gaviões da Fiel’s participation in the 2020 anti-fascist protests also make up the work.
On the nostalgic wing, the film reminds one of a good reunion with the Football Museum, located in the same São Paulo as Corinthians. Classic narrations and sound recordings of the fans, of a club that – after a long dry spell – has come to question the sanity of those who insist on rooting for it. “Bunch of crazy people”, “I am not wrong, my heart belongs to Corinthians”, among other words and representations contained in “GO!” and that show that it will always be much more than football.
Originally written in Portuguese by Jorge Cruz Jr. (25/06/2021)
In: https://apostiladecinema.com.br/sessao-cine-praca-16a-cine-op/
Research / Editing / Image and Sound
Bruno Christofoletti Barrenha
Produced by Futebol Subterrâneo.
With the support of the University of the Arts Bremen.
Sinopsis: Corinthians has spent 23 years without winning a title. Its fanbase, however, only grew and became more and more present: both in the life of the team and in the political life of the country.
Film Festivals (in order of screening):
- 5. Festival de Cine de Fútbol Minuto 90 (Peru);
- 11. CINEfoot – Festival de Cinema de Futebol (Brazil);
- 6. Arquivo em Cartaz – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Arquivo (Brazil);
- 6. MADRIFF – Madrid Indie Film Festival (Spain);
- 6. FICMARC – Festival Internacional de Cine del Mar Caribe (Venezuela);
- 1. Atemporal – Festival Itinerante de Cine Latinoamericano (Peru);
- 16. CineOP – Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Brazil);
- 5. Festival ECRÃ de Experimentações Audiovisuais (Brazil);
- 21. FICICA – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine a la Calle (Colombia);
- 20. International Kansk Video Festival (Russia);
- 17. Festival Brésil en Mouvements (France);
- 6. TERCER TIEMPO – Festival Mundial de Cine Futbolero (Colombia);
- 7. Festival de Cortometrajes Rodando en Bicicleta (Colombia);
- 3. SAFF – St. Andrews Film Festival (Scotland);
- 3. JED – Jornada de Estudos do Documentário (Brazil);
- 14. MOSCA – Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira (Brazil);
- 8. Filmstrip International Film Festival (Romania);
- 7. Filmfest Bremen (Germany).
Awards:
- Best Short Film; 5. Festival de Cine de Fútbol Minuto 90 (Peru).
- Best Editing; 3. JED – Jornada de Estudos do Documentário (Brazil).
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“GO!” is not only a love letter to the fans of Corinthians, but a cut that discusses the importance of understanding football through a materialistic perspective. One of the interviewees at one point says “I may skip work, but I came to watch Corinthians playing.” That is what football is about. It is not about the alienation that part of the intellectuals of the dominant class try to accuse. It is not the technicist fantasy that the Europeans try to impose. It is worth remembering that “várzea” refers to the rivers Pinheiros, Tamanduateí and Tietê [all located in São Paulo]. Bruno manages to stitch this matter together through time and brings us to contemporary times where Corinthians’ fans demonstrated in favor of democracy, again, but now in a pandemic scenario. The short film manages to trace part of the movement through these demonstrations and Brazilian history. Not just improvisation, more than life or death, Brazilian football is a materialistic synthesis.
Originally written in Portuguese by Vitor Velloso (28/06/2021)
In: https://vertentesdocinema.com/vai/
* Both texts were translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator and contain some minor changes.
Bruno Christofoletti Barrenha
Produced by Futebol Subterrâneo.
With the support of the University of the Arts Bremen.
Sinopsis: Corinthians has spent 23 years without winning a title. Its fanbase, however, only grew and became more and more present: both in the life of the team and in the political life of the country.
Film Festivals (in order of screening):
- 5. Festival de Cine de Fútbol Minuto 90 (Peru);
- 11. CINEfoot – Festival de Cinema de Futebol (Brazil);
- 6. Arquivo em Cartaz – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Arquivo (Brazil);
- 6. MADRIFF – Madrid Indie Film Festival (Spain);
- 6. FICMARC – Festival Internacional de Cine del Mar Caribe (Venezuela);
- 1. Atemporal – Festival Itinerante de Cine Latinoamericano (Peru);
- 16. CineOP – Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Brazil);
- 5. Festival ECRÃ de Experimentações Audiovisuais (Brazil);
- 21. FICICA – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine a la Calle (Colombia);
- 20. International Kansk Video Festival (Russia);
- 17. Festival Brésil en Mouvements (France);
- 6. TERCER TIEMPO – Festival Mundial de Cine Futbolero (Colombia);
- 7. Festival de Cortometrajes Rodando en Bicicleta (Colombia);
- 3. SAFF – St. Andrews Film Festival (Scotland);
- 3. JED – Jornada de Estudos do Documentário (Brazil);
- 14. MOSCA – Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira (Brazil);
- 8. Filmstrip International Film Festival (Romania);
- 7. Filmfest Bremen (Germany).
Awards:
- Best Short Film; 5. Festival de Cine de Fútbol Minuto 90 (Peru).
- Best Editing; 3. JED – Jornada de Estudos do Documentário (Brazil).
“GO!” is not only a love letter to the fans of Corinthians, but a cut that discusses the importance of understanding football through a materialistic perspective. One of the interviewees at one point says “I may skip work, but I came to watch Corinthians playing.” That is what football is about. It is not about the alienation that part of the intellectuals of the dominant class try to accuse. It is not the technicist fantasy that the Europeans try to impose. It is worth remembering that “várzea” refers to the rivers Pinheiros, Tamanduateí and Tietê [all located in São Paulo]. Bruno manages to stitch this matter together through time and brings us to contemporary times where Corinthians’ fans demonstrated in favor of democracy, again, but now in a pandemic scenario. The short film manages to trace part of the movement through these demonstrations and Brazilian history. Not just improvisation, more than life or death, Brazilian football is a materialistic synthesis.
Originally written in Portuguese by Vitor Velloso (28/06/2021)
In: https://vertentesdocinema.com/vai/
* Both texts were translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator and contain some minor changes.
Dummies (2017)
exp. 10’ | Brazil
Research / Editing / Image and Sound
Bruno Christofoletti Barrenha
Sinopsis: All dummies live in great suffering.
Film Festivals:
- 19. FestCurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (Brazil);
- 16. NOIA – Festival de Cinema Universitário (Brazil);
- 3. Cine Bodó– Mostra Itinerante de Audiovisual (Brazil);
- 1. Hyper Hybrid (Munich, Germany).