REJEITO

(in post-production)

Portuguese / Documentary / 120min / 2K / Color

Enquadramento Produções | Otherwise Films (USA)

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DIRECTOR Pedro de Filippis

PRODUCERS Leonardo Mecchi, Bronte Stahl and Tarsila Nakamura

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SELECTIONS AND AWARDS

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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

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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.

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DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

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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.