Rodrigo RIBEYRO

Rodrigo Ribeyro is a filmmaker from São Paulo, Brazil. A graduate of the Academia Internacional de Cinema and of the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, he wrote and directed several short films and experimental music videos. Cantareira, his first fiction short, received an award from La Cinef Selection at the 74th Festival de Cannes and at the main Brazilian festivals including Brasília Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro ISFF and São Paulo ISFF. The Nature, his most recent short, recently premiered at Festival do Rio. Raised in an environmental reserve located on the fringe of the big city, the Serra da Cantareira, his artistic practice is in connection with the frictions between society, nature and labor. At La Résidence, Rodrigo will be developing his first feature film project.