M A R C O S S E R A F I M ( B r a z i l , 1 9 8 8 )

Filmmaker | Video artist | Producer | Director | Editor

mjsn.marcos@gmail.com

OS POVOS SAMBAQUIS / THE SAMBAQUIS PEOPLES - Short Documentary Video, FullHD DSLR and Animation, 20mns, 2016 - Funded by the City of Joinville Grant for The Arts (SIMDEC 2015) - in production

Rothoscopy animation, observational images and interviews are combined to create a didactic narrative on pre-historic inhabitants of southern Brazil. The Sambaquis peoples are known for creating big monuments, using organic and calcareous materials, around 4000 BCE.

Grant Writer / Producer / Writer / Director of Photography / Editor

PRETEXTO PERFORMANCE 2015 - Video and Performance Art, FullHD DSLR and other for-mats, 4x 75mns, 300mns, 2015

https://vimeo.com/channels/pretexto

A series of experimental videos documenting the PRETEXTO performance exhibit, a juried show held at the SESC Art Gallery in Joinville, Brazil. The works combine my personal footage with cellphone videos collected from the public. Exhibited at the SESC Art Gallery.

Performer / Video Director / Camera Operator / Editor

ALUNO CINEASTA 2015 - Filmmaking workshops for students from public schools, funded by the Elisabete Anderle 2014 Grant.

Student works: https://vimeo.com/channels/alunocineasta

The workshops were offered in the cities of Joinville, Florianopolis and Palhoca, in Brazil. The project prepared 48 students from public schools, and provided the necessary equipment, to conceive and produce short videos. Their finished works were exhibited in public screenings, and the best works from each school were awarded cash prizes.

Grant Writer / Producer / Filmmaking Instructor

EXPOSIÇÃO IMPRESSA - VIDEOGRAVURA - Print / Video Art, 4x 1mns 30secs, 6mns, 2015

https://vimeo.com/channels/videogravura

Series of videos combining prints and animation. The prints were exhibited at the AAPLAJ Art Gallery in Joinville, Brazil, in 2015, as part of the juried exhibition EXPOSIÇÃO IMPRESSA, accompanied by a QR code link to the videos on Vimeo.com.

MÔA - Short Documentary Video, FullHD DSLR and video archive footage, 22mns, 2015 - Funded by a National Brazilian Grant for the Arts

https://vimeo.com/119862334

Documentary video about the work of the painter MÔA. It consists on a mix of images from his most important works, captured during his 40 years retrospective exhibition, with archive footage and inter-views. Produced in collaboration with the Luiz Henrique Schwanke Institute (Schwanke Museum of Con-temporary Art). Screened at the 33 Art Gallery in Joinville, Brazil, and at the São Pedro Theater in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Producer / Director / Director of Photography / Editor

PROJEÇÕES SCHWANKE / SCHWANKE PROJECTIONS - Video Art, 4mns, 2015

https://vimeo.com/124589428

Animation short presentend in a loop at the Orbitato Art Gallery, in Pomerode, Brazil. A collage of images of works by Brazilian artist Luiz Henrique Schwanke and images from the internet.

O ARTISTA TÁ NAS RUAS / THE ARTIST’S ON THE STREETS - a series of Short Documentary Videos, FullHD DSLR, 4x aprox. 20mns, aprox. 80mns, 2014 - Funded by the City of Joinville Grant for The Arts (SIMDEC 2013)

SERIES TRAILER - https://vimeo.com/120197542 EPISODE 03 - https://vimeo.com/142522082

Videos about street art in southern Brazil, with observational images of the artists at work, and their testimonies. Screened at various venues and galleries, including the BADESC Foundation Theater in Florianópolis, Brazil.

Grant Writer / Producer / Writer / Director / Camera Operator / Editor

AMAÚ - Video Art, FullHD DSLR, 10mns, 2014

Amaú, according to the indigenous Tupi-guarani creation myth, was the first woman to inhabit the world. This work shows the moment when she emerges from a river and starts interacting with nature. Exhibited at the Oscar Niemeyer Museum (MON) in Curitiba, Brazil, as part of the juried exhibition Tupi or not Tupi.

Producer / Camera Operator

NO MAR SE PLANTA / WE PLANT ON THE SEA - Short Documentary Video, FullHD DSLR, 22mns, 2014

https://vimeo.com/106143640

Documentary about mariculture in Santo Antônio de Lisboa, a historic neighborhood of Florianópolis, Brazil. The work combines observational images with interviews from sea farmers facing political issues. Screened at the BADESC Foundation Theater in Florianópolis, Brazil.

Producer / Editor

A MORADA TRANSITÓRIA / THE TRANSIENT HOUSE - Short Documentary Video, FullHD DSLR, 21mns, 2013

https://vimeo.com/97786658

Documentary on Laysa Carolina Machado, the first transexual woman to become school principal in a Brazilian public school. The video mixes interviews, animation and observational images of Laysa`s every-day life, at work and at home. Bought by Canal Brasil, a Brazilian TV network. Screened at: the SESI The-ater in Sao José dos Pinhais, Brazil; at the Cinematheque of Curitiba, Brazil; and at the Inventando Gêner-os Seminar in Joinville, Brazil.

Producer / Camera Operator / Editor

GNRLZND - TV Show and Web Series, FullHD DSLR, 20x 24mns, 480mns, 2012 - 2013

https://vimeo.com/channels/gnrlznd

A TV show which combines music videos, excerpts from film History and documentation of artistic events. The show has become a regional reference for independent art and LGBT culture. The show aired for 2 years at Brazilian TV Channel TV Babitonga, and is also available online.

Producer / Writer / Director / Camera Operator / Editor

VIDEO-COLAGEM 1 E 2 / VIDEO-COLLAGE 1 AND 2 - Video Art, 2x aprox. 10mns, aprox 20mns, 2012

1 - https://vimeo.com/52503637 2 - https://vimeo.com/52503636

Video-collage works made with random excerpts from film History, presentend in a loop. The collages don`t mask the original texture of the video sources, which passed through uncountable processes of encoding and compression over the internet. Screened at different venues in Brazil.

EU NUNCA DEVERIA TER VOLTADO / I SHOULD NEVER HAVE RETURNED - Short Fiction Film, 35mm, 16mns, 2011

MAKING OF - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkrdjOoJrxc

Dirceu remembers details of his past in the Brazilian countryside, such as the photograph of a family dinner, and meeting his great love. Awarded for Best Directon, Best Actor, Best Original Soundtrack and Best Sound Design in the category Short Film, at the 45o Brasília Film Festival. Bought by brazilian TV channel Canal Brasil. Screened at more than 10 juried film festivals.

Editor

DECISÃO REAL / REAL DECISION - Short Fiction Video, FullHD DSLR and archive footage, 10mns, 2010

https://vimeo.com/42641130

The story of a young woman facing a possible pregnancy while struggling with financial issues, a horrible job, and a lack of perspective for her artistic interests. The work privileges a realistic aesthetic approach. Awarded as best short with the Cineclube Cachaça Award, and as Best Portrait of Brazilian Society at FBCU Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Screened at more than 10 juried film festivals in Brazil.

Editor

O ACORDE ERRANTE / THE WANDERING CHORD - Short Fiction Video, FullHD DSLR and archive footage, 12mns, 2010

The short combines original footage with images from the director`s personal archives. The filmmaker Helena Ignez, the muse of Brazilian marginal cinema, makes a guest appearance on the film. Based on the idea that the lover builds an image of the loved object that is never real, the short narrates the delusions of a young man and his efforts to deal with a lover`s discourse. When the character`s real memories are totally mixed with fictional images, he finds himself guided by nostalgia and despair. Wagner`s Tristan and Isolde`s wandering chords are the leitmotiv of his personal tragedy.

Producer / Writer / Director / Editor

O FIM DOS CIÚMES / THE END OF THE JEALOUSY - Short Fiction Video, HDV, 7mns, 2009

Available with english subtitles - https://vimeo.com/62341783

A young man remembers a past relationship with an older man while listening to a Rachmaninoff`s piano concert. Questions of photography, filmmaking, aging, jealousy and Proust emerge from the narrative that illustrates those memories. Screened at the Cinematheque of Curitiba, Brazil; and in Belo Horizon-te, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, as part of the official selection of Mostra do Filme Livre 2014.

Producer / Writer / Director / Camera Operator / Editor

HOLLYWOOD - Short Documentary Video, HDV e Mini-DV, 8mns, 2009

Available with english subtitles - https://vimeo.com/60330885

Documentary about a short film by Brazilian filmmaker Ozualdo Candeias, shot in the early seventies in Curitiba, Brazil. The video is made of images from an exclusive telecine of rare 16mm archive material in order to resurrect important aesthetics and political questions of identity, financial problems and censorship in Brazil. Awarded as the public`s choice best short at Cine Esquema Novo 2009 (Porto Alegre Film Festival) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Screened at more than 10 juried film festivals in Brazil.

Producer / Writer / Director / Director of Photography / Editor