Rejeito
by Pedro de Filippis
REJEITO
(in 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)
SYNOPSIS
After the largest mining dam breaks in history, further dam collapses threaten millions in Brazil. A state counsellor confronts the modus operandi of the government, while dam refugees resist the abuses of the mining companies in their threatened communities. In the nearby woods, biologists witness the deforestation for the advancement of mining in this post-colonial wasteland.
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.
