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Back to Ukraine
2023 / 4K / 15 min
After a months-long tour through Europe and North America that started with the war, the most famous Ukrainian hip-hop star Alyona Alyona is back to her native village.
Commissioned by Human.nl
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São Paulo Open Wound
2022 / 4K / 18 min
In a political moment when the president of Brazil encourages intolerance and the murder of dissident, black and indigenous bodies - underground artists from São Paulo - make of their art their resistance.
A film that shows what is happening in the concrete cracks of a city.Commissioned by Human.nl
World premiere at Clermont-Ferrand 2022 (International Competition) -
Amazon Attack
2019 / 4K / 14 min
Since the new Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro took his office, the Amazon rainforest is under attack with potentionaly catastrophic consequences.
A portrait of Elaíze Farias, an indigenous woman who is fighting for the protection of the Amazon rainforest.Commissioned by Human.nl
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The Bananality of Evil
2019 / HDV / 12 min
This January, when the newly elected extreme-right president Bolsonaro came to power in Brazil, Leonardo, a political cartoonist of a popular newspaper Extra had to go into hiding.
Commissioned by Human.nl
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Constructing Putin
2018 / HDV / 23 min
A mind trip into all the countless forms Putin appears in for everyday Russians.
Commissioned by De Correspondent
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River of Death
2016 / trans-media
On November 5th, a dam full of residual mud from iron ore mine burst and 62 million cubic meters of contaminated mud and mine waste started its deadly 800 kilometers descent towards the Atlantic Ocean.
Commissioned by De Correspondent
Developed by burajaZero -
Czech Castration
2015 / HDV / 16 min
It was a shock to learn that in Europe, in the core of humanism, they still castrate people. A mosaic of questions, of encounters, of answers and even more questions.
Commissioned by De Correspondent
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À beira de um colapso
On The Verge of Collapse2015 / HDV / 12 min
There is not enough of drinking water in the largest Brazilian city. Politicians put money into prestigeous projects, forgetting about people's basic necessities.
Commissioned by De Correspondent
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Novelas do capeta
Devil's Soaps2014 / HDV / 11 min
The world watches Brazil. But what do Brazilians watch all year around? The answer is: soap operas. 87 percent of Brazilians watch daily the so-called telenovelas. The telenovelas that do not imitate daily life, but shape it!
Commissioned by De Correspondent
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#naovaitercopa
#therewillbenowldcup2014 / HDV / 13 min
Brazilians are violently chased from their houses or forced to close their shops and billions of tax money spent on megalomaniac stadiums.
Commissioned by De Correspondent
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O parto
The Birth2013 / HDV / 13 min
While brazilian streets roar in protests, a child is about to be born.
Commissioned by De Correspondent
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7 visões do paisagismo
7 Visions of Landscape2012 / HDV / 15 min
Seven Brazilian landscape architects reflect over their projects on the art of shaping the landscape in Brazil.
Commissioned by AUE Software
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Ido
Gone2011 / HDV / 10 min
A "guerrilla" style film trying to mix documentary and fictional elements. Inspired by real life of the main protagonist - Nenê - it tells about the unluckiest day of his life; something he really experienced.
Production: Dibutuca Filmes
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She Lives Inside Me
2010 / HDV / 22 min
Transformation of Gianni Menichetti into an art piece of his ethernal lover, the Australian artist Vali Myers.
Production: ERS Film & Video
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Deuren naar de Ziel
Doors to the Soul2008 / DIGIBETA / 49 min
A blind man, a music composer, a cook, an astronomer and a homicide investigator. The film gets into their minds and explores their creativity and passions through their senses.
Production: Appel&Honigmann
World premiere at IDFA 2008 -
Alledaags
Trivial2007 / 16mm / 10 min
An ode to our everyday routine. The characters in Trivial are all part of the routine of the cold and automated world.
Production: Armadillo Films
Premiere on Nederlandse Film Festival -
Zo is dat
The Way It Is2006 / 35mm / 30 min
A year in life of a Dutch bachelor farmer, Jan. ‘Zo is dat’ reveals all his life, with its triumphs and disappointments.
Production: Dutch Film & TV Academy of Amsterdam
World premiere at IDFA 2006
Awards
TEDx
Elizabeth was inspired by the theme of TEDx Maastricht 2015 "Be the cure, small steps matter" because it is in line with the example she tries to set: “I take all that life has (or doesn’t have) to offer for me and try to create something out of it. Do things with what I have. Transform.”
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Rocha Salgado is a Brazilian film director. Her films were awarded at several film festivals. She studied Social Communication at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, documentary filmmaking at Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam and obtained a Master degree in Contemporary Cinema and Audiovisual Arts at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.
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