Post Cordinator, Producer, DOP The Central Australia Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is the largest Indigenous production house in Australia, located in the centre of Alice Springs, with an intimate knowledge of Aboriginal people. Paulo worked as Post Production Coordinator for CAAMA...
MY FATHER, MY MASTER
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WORK IN PROGRESS SYNOPSIS The documentary explores the depths of a father-son, master-disciple relationship within the world of Capoeira. 65 year-old Virgilio is one of the greatest Masters of Capoeira Angola living in the its birth place Brazil. His students are moving overseas or practicing a more performatic Capoeira. Virgilio is losing interest in the traditional ritual that gave his adoptive son Roxinho a purpose to live. Roxinho lives in Australia and together with his students; organizes the first International Conference of Capoeira Angola in Sydney to receive Virgilio as a special guest. Through the organizing of the event and the...
Swapping Lives
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52′ multiplatform documentary (web / Broadcast) 6moons / SBS 2005. SYNOPSIS Set against the backdrop of increased acts of terrorism by Muslim extremists and escalating tension and violence directed at the worldwide Islamic community by Western countries – comes an intimate and...
EVERYTHING MUST COME...
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South Africa/Brazil, 2002, Mini DV PAL – 25 minutes – 4:3 English Subtitles – Copyright: GALA 2002 SYNOPSIS Mpumi Njinge delves into the unique life style of three women who live in Soweto, South Africa, and practice as Sangomas: Jama, Tshidi and Gog Lindi. They are...
PRIDE OF SOME DESCRI...
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Brazil, 2000 – Betacam SP – NTSC – English Duration: 69 minutes – copyright: Vidiola, Franmi 2000 SYNOPSIS Paulo Alberton visits the Gay and Lesbian Pride Parades of New York, Johannesburg and Sydney showing his impressions of what is behind these Parades, Parties and...
DARK & LOVELY, SOFT & FREE
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South Africa/Brazil, 2000, Betacam SP – NTSC – 52 minutes English with Portuguese Subtitles – Copyright: Franmi, Vidiola, GALA 2000 Dark and Lovely, Soft and Free from Frameline on Vimeo. Dark and lovely SYNOPSIS Zakhi gets in a taxi bus in Johannesburg and travels to small towns in SouthAfrica making contacts in hair saloons. He meets different people and goes to different places. This 4000km-road trip shows us a different kind of homosexuality, away from the mainstream scene known to most of us, but nonetheless with much style, especially when it comes to hair. In this documentary, the focus is on the black man in the...
WATER AND I – EU e Á...
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Brazil 1998 – Beta SP NTSC – 12 Min – Port with Eng subtitles Copyright Vidiola 1998 SYNOPSIS In this experimental short film, a naked man is sharing his intimate and human feelings with the nature when he is surprised and seduced by this other man that comes from the ocean....