
Directing
Estevão Ciavatta Pantoja
Born
1968-08-09 (58)
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for
Directing
Credits
21 titles
Estevão Ciavatta Pantoja (Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 1968) is a Brazilian director, screenwriter, and producer. He holds a degree in Film from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and believes in the power of storytelling to mobilize people and transform realities. He is a founding partner of Pindorama Filmes, an audiovisual production company and the first carbon-neutral company in Brazil’s audiovisual industry, recognized for its work addressing social and environmental issues. Ciavatta has directed dozens of films and television programs, including the Árvore Refugiada (Refugee Tree) campaign, recipient of a Gold Lion at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity; the …
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A Bola
2014
NRThe Serpent Pace is an autobiographical documentary that follows filmmaker Estêvão Ciavatta Pantoja’s journey of regeneration after a fall from a horse left him tetraplegic. The film uses his personal experience as a starting point to explore how one can transform suffering into a virtuous process of reconnecting with life.
The Serpent Pace
2026
10.0Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.
Nelson Sargento
1997
NRThe history of radio and its connection with Brazilian popular music through Adhemar Casé
Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe
2010
NRUsing the camera as a weapon to defend their ancestral land in Brazil, three women of the Daje Kapap Eypi audiovisual collective lovingly record their Munduruku traditions and their mythology of humans transforming into forest plants and animals.
Mundurukuyü – The Forest of the Fish Women
2026
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Línguas da Nossa Língua
2023
Film credits
2010s · 1 titles
Behind the camera
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A Bola
2014
NRThe Serpent Pace is an autobiographical documentary that follows filmmaker Estêvão Ciavatta Pantoja’s journey of regeneration after a fall from a horse left him tetraplegic. The film uses his personal experience as a starting point to explore how one can transform suffering into a virtuous process of reconnecting with life.
The Serpent Pace
2026
NRThe Serpent Pace is an autobiographical documentary that follows filmmaker Estêvão Ciavatta Pantoja’s journey of regeneration after a fall from a horse left him tetraplegic. The film uses his personal experience as a starting point to explore how one can transform suffering into a virtuous process of reconnecting with life.
The Serpent Pace
2026
NRThe Serpent Pace is an autobiographical documentary that follows filmmaker Estêvão Ciavatta Pantoja’s journey of regeneration after a fall from a horse left him tetraplegic. The film uses his personal experience as a starting point to explore how one can transform suffering into a virtuous process of reconnecting with life.
The Serpent Pace
2026
10.0Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.
Nelson Sargento
1997
NRThe history of radio and its connection with Brazilian popular music through Adhemar Casé
Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe
2010
NRThe history of radio and its connection with Brazilian popular music through Adhemar Casé
Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe
2010
NRThe history of radio and its connection with Brazilian popular music through Adhemar Casé
Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe
2010
NRUsing the camera as a weapon to defend their ancestral land in Brazil, three women of the Daje Kapap Eypi audiovisual collective lovingly record their Munduruku traditions and their mythology of humans transforming into forest plants and animals.
Mundurukuyü – The Forest of the Fish Women
2026
NRUsing the camera as a weapon to defend their ancestral land in Brazil, three women of the Daje Kapap Eypi audiovisual collective lovingly record their Munduruku traditions and their mythology of humans transforming into forest plants and animals.
Mundurukuyü – The Forest of the Fish Women
2026
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Línguas da Nossa Língua
2023
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Línguas da Nossa Língua
2023
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Línguas da Nossa Língua
2023
7.5The future of the largest rainforest in the world will be decided in the region of the highway BR-163 where land grabbers are stealing immense areas of public forests. In response to the failure of the Brazilian government to defend these forests, the traditional populations are on the front line against land grabbers to save the Amazon.
Amazônia Sociedade Anônima
2019
NRObesity is a global epidemic, and to better understand this phenomenon, participate in the dialogue between the different sectors that work on the topic. Biodiversity, and better eating habits, can be the path to longevity.
Fonte da Juventude
2017
NRObesity is a global epidemic, and to better understand this phenomenon, participate in the dialogue between the different sectors that work on the topic. Biodiversity, and better eating habits, can be the path to longevity.
Fonte da Juventude
2017
5.2The arrival of the Chinese merchants to Saara - the largest commercial center in Rio de Janeiro - before dominated by the Arabs and Jews. The film revolves around Francis, a saleswomen for the Casa São Jorge, a knickknack store that belongs to the Arab, Mr. Nazir. She does everything to help her boss not to loose his clients to the competition, Casa do Dragão, that belongs to the Chinese Chao. With her coworker Andressa and her rascal boyfriend Carlos Eduardo, Francis tries to find out why the Chinese merchandise is so much cheaper then Mr. Nazir's
Made in China
2014
5.2The arrival of the Chinese merchants to Saara - the largest commercial center in Rio de Janeiro - before dominated by the Arabs and Jews. The film revolves around Francis, a saleswomen for the Casa São Jorge, a knickknack store that belongs to the Arab, Mr. Nazir. She does everything to help her boss not to loose his clients to the competition, Casa do Dragão, that belongs to the Chinese Chao. With her coworker Andressa and her rascal boyfriend Carlos Eduardo, Francis tries to find out why the Chinese merchandise is so much cheaper then Mr. Nazir's
Made in China
2014
5.2The arrival of the Chinese merchants to Saara - the largest commercial center in Rio de Janeiro - before dominated by the Arabs and Jews. The film revolves around Francis, a saleswomen for the Casa São Jorge, a knickknack store that belongs to the Arab, Mr. Nazir. She does everything to help her boss not to loose his clients to the competition, Casa do Dragão, that belongs to the Chinese Chao. With her coworker Andressa and her rascal boyfriend Carlos Eduardo, Francis tries to find out why the Chinese merchandise is so much cheaper then Mr. Nazir's
Made in China
2014
