Gabriel Mascaro

Through dialogues with the owners of penthouses in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Recife, High-Rise explores the social and cultural mindset of the elite, and the phenomenon of the 'verticalization' of the Brazilian cityscape. This is a film about height, status and power.

Defiant Brasilia provides a sensorial insight into the contemporary reality of a neighbourhood that was tranformed following the removal of families to make way for the construction of a coastal highway. This is about film of encounters, memories and desires.

Rodrigo is a young deaf man from Recife, northeast Brazil who works installing car stereos in a small dealership on the outskirts of town. Despite his deafness, sound penetrates his day to day life and he harnesses its vibrations, allowing it to pulse through his veins.

Seven adolescents take on the mission of filming their family housemaids for one week and hand over the footage to the director to make a film. (imdb)

The August winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues. (imdb)

In 1965 a VW Beetle is sold in São Paulo (Brazil). Forty years later the car ends up in a Recife scrapyard in the northeast, with the license plate KFZ-1348. The documentary "The Beetle KFZ-1348" presents the stories of this car through its eight owners, whose lives show a unique portrait of Brazil. (vimeo.com)

Vaquejadas in Brazil. Dreams. Hopes.

Brasil, 2027. A deeply religious woman uses her position in a notary's office to try to prevent couples from divorcing. Whilst waiting for a divine sign in recognition of her efforts, she's confronted with a crisis that ultimately brings her closer to God. Written by Divine Love Team