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Rejeito

by Pedro de Filippis

REJEITO

2023 / Portuguese / Documentary / 75 min / 2K / Color

Enquadramento Produções | Here and Elsewhere (USA)

DIRECTOR Pedro de Filippis

PRODUCERS Leonardo Mecchi, Bronte Stahl, and Tarsila Nakamura

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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.

Enquadramento Produções

contato@enquadramen.to

São Paulo

Brazil

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