Kleber Mendonça Filho: About museum

Kleber Mendonça Filho: About museum
You may remember the Brazilian film Bacurau, which we presented in last year’s official selection. This year, the champion of the Pernambuco region will present you with four short films, in a section whose title refers a bit to Bacurau. The protagonists of this film offer two antagonists a look at their village museum. The antagonists arrogantly reject the offer (in their mind there is nothing of interest in such museum) and pay the price. If they had visited the museum, they would find that the protagonists are far from being as defenceless and peaceful as they seem to the outside world. And so we likened Kleber’s program to a museum such that the audience can gain insight into his cinematography in a slightly different way then through his celebrated feature films, in the way that the audience can see the range this director can offer.

Vinil Verde (Vinil Verde)
Cinematography by: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil | 2004 | 14 min
A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured, little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one, as listening to it will bring tragic consequences. The horror story is an adaptation of a Russian folk tale and is told in the form of a montage of photographic shots and a dramatic voiceover.

Eletrodoméstica
Cinematography by: Roberto Santos Filho | Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil | 2005 | 23 min
Brazilian middle class. 90’s. One washing machine and 220 volts.

Recife Frio
Cinematography by: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil | 2009 | 24 min
A mockumentary from the tropical port city of Brazil, which critically examines the local and dramatically-declining temperatures and climate change that the local population must get used to.

The World Cup in Recife
Cinematography by: Ernesto Carvalho | Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brasil | 2015 | 14 min
Fascination with football in contrast to social problems and poverty. A behind-the-scenes look at the most famous game taking place in Recife.