Rejeito
by Pedro de Filippis
REJEITO
(in post-production)
Portuguese / Documentary / 120min / 2K / Color
Enquadramento Produções | Otherwise Films (USA)
DIRECTOR Pedro de Filippis
PRODUCERS Leonardo Mecchi, Bronte Stahl and Tarsila Nakamura
SELECTIONS AND AWARDS
Sundance Institute (USA)
DocSociety (USA)
Nia Tero Foundation (USA)
Chicago Media Project (USA)
LEF Foundation (USA)
Logan Nonfiction Program (USA)
Points North Fellowship (USA)
SYNOPSIS
After the largest mining dam breaks in history, further dam collapses threaten millions in Brazil. A state counselor confronts the government's modus operandi, while dam refugees resist the mining companies' abuses in their threatened communities.
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Pedro de Filippis is a filmmaker based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In 2016 he was selected for the European MFA program Doc Nomads, during which he directed eight short documentaries in Portugal, Hungary, and Belgium. In 2021 he was nominated for the Global Emerging Filmmaker prize by Netflix and IDA. Rejeito is his first feature film.