Estevão Ciavatta Pantoja

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 …

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

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A Bola

2014

The Serpent Pace poster
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The 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

The Serpent Pace poster
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The 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

The Serpent Pace poster
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The 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

Nelson Sargento poster
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Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.

Nelson Sargento

1997

Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe poster
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The history of radio and its connection with Brazilian popular music through Adhemar Casé

Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe

2010

Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe poster
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The history of radio and its connection with Brazilian popular music through Adhemar Casé

Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe

2010

Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe poster
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The history of radio and its connection with Brazilian popular music through Adhemar Casé

Programa Casé – O Que a Gente Não Inventa, Não Existe

2010

Mundurukuyü – The Forest of the Fish Women poster
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Using 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

Mundurukuyü – The Forest of the Fish Women poster
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Using 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

Línguas da Nossa Língua poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Línguas da Nossa Língua

2023

Línguas da Nossa Língua poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Línguas da Nossa Língua

2023

Línguas da Nossa Língua poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Línguas da Nossa Língua

2023

Amazônia Sociedade Anônima poster
7.5

The 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

Fonte da Juventude poster
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Obesity 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

Fonte da Juventude poster
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Obesity 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

Made in China poster
5.2

The 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

Made in China poster
5.2

The 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

Made in China poster
5.2

The 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