Who makes the festival

General Direction · Contestado & Santa Catarina Curation Joaçaba/SC

Founder and general director of Pupilo TV; a filmmaker from Joaçaba and a curator. He runs a weekly film club and audiovisual education projects.

Curation · Childhood On Screen & Student

Actress, writer, producer and content creator on the de-romanticization of motherhood, with a degree in Performing Arts (FAP). She premiered the monologue Não Me Chame de Mãe (2024) and the children's show Peixe Vivo (2025).

Curation · Migrations (Feature)

PhD in Geography (PPGG/UNIR), with a visiting doctorate at Eduardo Mondlane University. Leader of the Association of Haitians in Porto Velho (ASSHAPO).

Curation · Childhood On Screen & Student

Journalist (UEL) specialized in Cinema; for over 15 years an executive producer, director, screenwriter and editor. Owner of MetaFixa Produções.

Curation · Childhood On Screen & Student Joaçaba/SC

Lilian Reis — educator (FAETERJ) with a postgraduate degree in Neuropsychopedagogy. Actress and member of Coletivo Cria; educator at Ablujhe.

Curation · Migrations (Short)

Venezuelan migrant in Brazil for eight years; industrial engineer, entrepreneur, artist and craftswoman.

Curation Coordination Chapecó/SC

Creative and executive producer with experience in Brazil, Spain and Cuba; partner at Filmes de Pedra and Zimmermann Filmes. She produced award-winning shorts and features (El Hacedor de Muebles, Carcereiras). She studied production at the EICTV.

Curation · Migrations (Short)

Journalist and documentary filmmaker focused on migration and human rights; director of "Eu Sou de Lá" and "Abrigo". She coordinates communications at Círculos de Hospitalidade.

Curation · Migrations (Feature)

PhD candidate in Territorial Planning and Management (UFABC); researcher at the Migration Observatory and host of the podcast "O Haiti é também aqui".

Jury · Student Rio das Antas/SC

History teacher; he develops the "Curtas Contestados" project with students. Master's candidate in History (Udesc).

Jury · Migrations (Short)

Filmmaker and producer, partner at Novelo Filmes; member of the Higher Council of Cinema and vice-president at Santacine.

Jury · Childhood On Screen

Director, screenwriter and audiovisual producer; part of Filmerama Produções.

Jury · Santa Catarina

Teacher, filmmaker and researcher; post-doctorate in Communication and PhD in Education (UnB). She organized the "Negritude, Cinema e Educação" collection.

Jury · Santa Catarina

Curator, editor and director; co-artistic director of Olhar de Cinema (Curitiba) and board member of APAN.

Jury · Childhood On Screen Florianópolis/SC

She created the first Children's Film Festival of Florianópolis and served as president of the Santa Catarina Cinematheque.

Jury · Contestado

Documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and director; the feature "Lua em Sagitário" (2016) and documentaries such as Terra Cabocla.

Jury · Student Curitiba/PR

Cultural manager, journalist and cinema specialist; she coordinates Janela Periférica, a cinema-and-education project.

Jury · Migrations (Feature)

Graduate in Cinematographic Arts (Central University of Venezuela); general coordinator of the Caracas Doc festival.

Jury · Contestado

PhD in History (UFPR); post-doctorate (CNPq/FAPESC) on the Contestado War; member of the Contestado Movement Research Group.

Jury · Migrations (Short)

Journalist, producer and executive producer; member of APAN and Ceavi.

Jury · Migrations (Feature)

Image and Sound Designer (University of Buenos Aires); films shown at the Berlinale and BFI London. He founded the production company Cinema do Futuro.

Production Assistant Minas Gerais

Audiovisual producer from Minas Gerais, with a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from Belas Artes; experience in cultural production, location and project coordination (Pupilo TV, Iloc Produções, Studio Touch).

Executive Production · Production Coordination Joaçaba/SC

Degree in Nutrition (UFPR); she developed management and planning at the family business Móveis Willy. Since 2022, she has worked as controller and executive producer in cinema — the short O que é de César, the Chica Pelega Circuit, film clubs and workshops.

Local Production

Teacher, artist, actress and dancer.

Local Production Caçador/SC

Cultural producer working in the Santa Catarina backlands.

Production Assistant · Photography

She works with photography and cultural and educational projects, creating visual narratives that engage with ancestry, territory and real stories — from shooting to editing, valuing memories and collective processes.

Outreach Coordination Joaçaba/SC

Actor, cultural producer and art educator; manager of Tejo Espaço Cultural.

Production Assistant Joaçaba/SC

Coordination support, spreadsheets and content organization for the Quilombola edition.

General Production · VMS Joaçaba/SC

Since 2013 he has filmed agricultural and industrial fairs in Santa Catarina (notably Expo Videira); in 2015 he set up an internal live-TV circuit and, during the pandemic, produced 56 livestreams. He co-produces the Chica Pelega Festival, with award-winning editions.

Local Production · Coast Circuit Toca de Santa Cruz

Local Production · Coast Circuit Caldas do Cubatão

Leader of the quilombola community of Caldas do Cubatão (Santo Amaro da Imperatriz); local production for the Coast Circuit.

Local Production · Coast Circuit Ilhotinha

Local Production · Coast Circuit Maria Rosalina

Local Production · Coast Circuit Morro do Fortunato

Press & Communications

Journalist with a master's in Agroecosystems (UFSC); since 1996 she has worked as press officer, photographer, producer and audiovisual filmmaker on independent cultural projects. Also director of the film Vãnh gõ tõ Laklãnõ.

Communications Director

Bachelor in Cinema and Audiovisual (UNESPAR), costume technician (CenaHum) and postgraduate in Art Direction (PUC-PR). She worked in art direction for shorts and costume design for features such as Estômago 2.

Communications & Social Media

Journalist at Fronte — Jornalismo das Gentes; Pastoral da Juventude do Meio Popular.

Communications & Press Joaçaba/SC

Journalist and researcher of the work of Rogério Sganzerla; over 20 years advising culture and education projects.

Content Production Recife/PE

Born in Goiás and raised in Tocantins; she makes a living from writing, handmade collage and audiovisual work.

Communications & Art · Videira Videira/SC

Letícia Oliveira Adada — art direction and communications for the Videira 2024 edition.

Communications Assistant

Communications assistant for the 4th edition.

Design

Visual artist, collagist and graphic designer; he works with layered collage (cutouts, images and textures), applying this language to design, costume and personal projects.

Photography · "Cinema Mulher" Exhibition Joaçaba/SC

From Ombu Produção; photography for the circuits and editions. In the 4th, she hosted and produced the exhibition Cinema Mulher — correntes e confluências do cinema catarinense (cinema made by women in Santa Catarina).

Art Direction

Visual artist (Contrary Art, digital collage); author of the key image of the 2nd Festival — the woman with the pine cone.

Photography · Janela Verde

She founded Janela Verde Fotografia (2009); social and journalistic photography.

Design Recife/PE

Myllena Bezerra Galvão Magalhães — a visual artist from Pernambuco with a degree in Sculpture; illustration, painting, 2D/3D, design and animation.

Exhibition · "A casa é um mar cheio de portos"

Photojournalist, cultural producer and managing partner of Enseada Filmes, with a degree in Social Communication (Unochapecó); awarded by Funarte (Marc Ferrez Prize). She created the exhibition A casa é um mar cheio de portos.

Web Development

Front-end developer with a degree in Information Systems, with over 6 years building responsive interfaces for websites, landing pages and e-commerce — bringing together technology, design and user experience.

Curation Committee Fraiburgo/SC

Member of the Quilombola Curation Committee of the edition.

Curation Committee Campos Novos/SC

Elizabete Aparecida de Lima — from the Invernada dos Negros quilombo; member of the Quilombola Curation Committee.

Curation · CECREQ Invernada dos Negros/SC

State coordinator of the Remaining Quilombo Communities of Santa Catarina (CECREQ) and a leader in Invernada dos Negros; he organized the Festival and the Circuit and hosted the livestreams.

MNU · livestreams & local production

From the Unified Black Movement (MNU); she hosted the opening livestream of the Quilombola edition and was local producer for the Aldeia community in the Coast Circuit.

Curation Committee Paulo Lopes/SC

Photo and video documentation and member of the Quilombola Curation Committee.

Curation Committee

Member of the Quilombola Curation Committee of the edition.

Production · West Circuit Joaçaba/SC

Proponent of the West Circuit of the Quilombola edition (Paulo Gustavo Law funding, 2023).

Curation · MNU São José/SC

From the Unified Black Movement (MNU); curation of the Quilombola edition and hosting of the opening.

Workshop Leader · Ethnic-Racial Relations Rio de Janeiro/RJ

Afro-Brazilian educator, sociologist and filmmaker (Social Sciences, UFRJ; master's and doctoral candidate in Education). He researches anti-racist education and produces the Afroliterato profile; presenter on Canal Futura and Africa columnist at Opera Mundi.

Workshop Leader · Programming Director Cuba

Producer, screenwriter and director; co-founder of Filmes de Apartamento and member of APAN. He has directed audiovisual works in Cuba, Bolivia and Brazil (Diáspora Award, 2021). He led the workshop "O minuto que foi" and was programming director of the 4th edition.

Livestreams · NEAB/UDESC

Researcher at NEAB/UDESC; took part in the livestreams.

Debate · 1st edition

Member of the Renascença Cabocla group — which appears in the documentary Terra Cabocla — she took part as a panelist at the 1st Chica Pelega Festival.

Debate · Videira

Journalist, researcher and writer with ten books of regional history; she has researched the Contestado War in Paraná and Santa Catarina since 1976. She hosted the Festival's debates in Videira.

Debate · Chapecó

Teacher; she led the debate at the Chapecó session.

Debate · Videira

Of caboclo descent; actor, speaker and researcher of Contestado history and culture. He is studying for a teaching degree in theater.

Debate · Irani

Panelist at the Irani session.

Debate · West Circuit & Videira Caçador/SC

Afro-Indigenous Kaingang caboclo in the process of reclaiming his heritage; artist and cultural producer (photography, theater and cinema), from Caçador. Panelist for the circuit sessions.

Hosting Florianópolis/SC

Secretary-general of SINJUSC; debate host for the sessions.

Hosting · closing livestream

Escaley Alves — she hosted the closing livestream of the Quilombola edition, "(Re)existences and emancipation of quilombola communities: women".

Director · panelist

Filmmaker and researcher of free media; descended from the caboclo lands of the Contestado; director of Olhar Contestado. She hosted the session debates.

Hosting Joaçaba/SC

From Grupo Reminiscências; debate host for the sessions.

Debate · Videira

Artist and educator; theater teacher (UFSM) and independent cultural producer in the countryside of the state.

Debate · Irani

Panelist at the Irani session.

Director · panelist Chapecó/SC

Documentary filmmaker and journalist, master's in communication; from Margot Filmes. Director of Kiki — O Ritual da Resistência Kaingang.

Hosting Joaçaba/SC

Actress and clown; co-founder of Grupo Reminiscências; vice-president of the Santa Catarina Theater Federation.

Consulting & Hosting Fraiburgo/SC

Caboclo, educator and grassroots communicator (APAFEC). He hosted all the in-person sessions of the 2nd edition.

Livestreams · NEAB/UDESC

Researcher at NEAB/UDESC; took part in the livestreams.

Historian · panelist Florianópolis/SC

Full Professor of History at UFSC; author of Lideranças do Contestado. Debate host for the sessions.

Community Leader · Caldas do Cubatão

Quilombola community leader of Caldas do Cubatão.

Hosting Florianópolis/SC

Historian and anthropologist (UFSC / Museu Nacional–UFRJ); author of Branquitude: dilema racial brasileiro.