Marcelo Gomes is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and visual artist.
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| Born | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1995-present |
Early life
Gomes was born in Recife, Brazil.[1]
Before going on to create films, he worked as a programmer of films at a film club.[1]
Career
Gomes first directed several short films, a video, and a telemovie, between 1995 and 2000.[2]
His debut feature film, Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[3][1]
His 2013 film The Man of the Crowd was screened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[4]
The historical drama Joaquim, released in 2017,[1] was nominated for many awards, including the Golden Bear at Berlinale, and won several, including Best Film at CinEuphoria in Portugal and at the Havana Film Festival New York.[5]
His 2022 film Paloma, based on a true story, tells of a transgender woman in rural Brazil who wishes to have a traditional Catholic wedding.[1] It had its world premiere at the Munich Film Festival in June–July 2022,[6] and was screened at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2022.[1]
Filmography
Gomes has directed both short and feature films, including:
- O Brasil em Curtas 06 - Curtas Pernambucanos (1999; video)
- Clandestina Felicidade (1999; short)
- Os Brasileiros (2000; TV film)
- Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005; Cinema Aspirinas® e Urubus)
- I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009; Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque te Amo), with Karim Aïnouz
- Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica (2012)
- The Man of the Crowd (2013)
- Joaquim (2017)
- Waiting for the Carnival (2019; Estou Me Guardando Para Quando O Carnaval Chegar)
- Paloma (2022)
Recognition and awards
In 2005, Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures won the French National Education Prize.[1] Many of his other films have won or been nominated for film awards, including:
- 2009: I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You, winner, FIPRESCI prize, Havana Film Festival
- 2019: Waiting for the Carnival, selected for the masters program of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam[1]
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