Marina Weis
filmmaker❘DOP camera❘editor
DOCUMENTARIES REPORTAGES WORKS
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The Wind Blows the Border
Doc, 77'. Brazil, 2022
Scrip, Direction and Edition: Laura Faermann and Marina Weis
Adicional Camera: Marina Weis
In the heart of Brazilian agribusiness, the indigenous teacher Alenir Aquino fights for her community's right to ancestral lands. On the opposite side of this dispute is the heiress of those lands, Luana Ruiz, a lawyer with strong relations with the Jair Bolsonaro federal power.
FILM AWARDS:
Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize, 2022
Durban International Film Festival, South Africa - Best International Documentary, 2022
Terra di Tutti Film Festival, Italy - Award Benedetto Senne, 2022
Filmambiente, Brazil - Best Direction Award 2022
TENEMOS QUE VER - Festival Internacional de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Uruguay - Best Film 2022
Release Date in Brazil: April 2023\
The Dangerous Memory
Doc Series - 6 Episodes 30' each ep.
Brazil, 2020
Direction and Edition: Laura Faerman and Marina Weis
DOP: Marina Weis
The Dangerous Memory is a documentary series that investigates the extermination policy of the Brazilian State against indigenous populations during the civil-military dictatorship, as well as the heroic indigenous resistance, that seriously impacts hundreds of peoples, as well as the fate of the planet.
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We Others
Doc. Experimental, 70'. Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Cuba,2013
Script, Direction, DOP:
Marina Weis
We Others is an inner and outer journey through the Latin American landscapes and its human conflicts.
The Figueiredo Report
Short Doc, Brazil, 2013
Script Direction and Edition: Laura Faerman and Marina Weis
DOP: Marina Weis
A reportage about the Figueiredo Report, disclosed for the first time ever the gross human rights violations continuously committed by officers of the Indigenous Protection Service against indigenous communities in several regions of Brazil.
Vlado and Birri: encounters
Short Doc. Brazil, 2012
Script Direction and Edition: Marina Weis and Laura Faerman
A tribute to journalist and documentary filmmaker Vladimir Herzog - killed by the military dictatorship - and his passion for cinema. With special guest filmmaker and multi-artist Fernando Birri.
KLIMA MARCH
Activist Video. Berlin, 2019
Direction, DOP and Edition: Marina Weis
The visit of two indigenous leaders from Amazon in the march for climate justice in Berlin in 2019.
Embottled
Documentary. Brazil, 2009
Co-Production and Edit: Marina Weis.
Direction: Luiza Fagá
A taxi driver travels around Sao Paulo guided for six passengers coming from different and distant neighborhoods. Along the way, they talk about family, love and life in the metropolis.
Koerllreutter Information
Documentary. Brazil, 2003
Edit: Marina Weis.
Direction: Rogério Sganzerla
Rogério Saganzerla revisits old interviews and recordings of the renowned maestro and composer J.H. Koellreutter, offering a creative and original look at the innovative thinking of this genius.