Directing
Fábio Baldo
Born
1983-11-18 (42)
Place of birth
Monte Azul Paulista
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Fábio Baldo is a Brazilian director and writer. His first feature film Time Was Endless (2016) had its premiere at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama). He has directed the award-winner short films Caos (2010), Da Origem (2011), Geru (2014) and The Fantastic Garden (2020) selected by important international film festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Kiev-Molodist, Moscow, Bilbao-Zinebi, Montreal and Guadalajara. In 2015, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris held a retrospective of his films within the session Cinéma de Poche.
Known for
4.4In search of a new life, Anderson has left his Tikuna community in the Amazon forest for the bustling metropolis of Manaus. There he lives on the outskirts of the city with his sister and her sick child in a barren single room, and supports them through working various jobs. The environment is far from welcoming, but Anderson is driven by a burgeoning awareness of his two-spirited sexuality, which he feels can only be realized in the anonymity of the city. Anderson finds himself in limbo, questioning and rejecting certain tribal rituals, even as he fiercely defends his community and seeks to find peace with his identity.
Time Was Endless
2016
NRTwo men are subject to unexplained forces of nature when they decide to stop the machine.
Caos
2010
NRA Neanderthal has his routine shaken when he realizes that another wild group approaches his territory.
Da Origem
2011
6.0On his 100th birthday, Zé Dias decides to trust his life to a camera.
Geru
2014
NRAn indigenous teacher implements the use of Ayahuasca in her classes in order to connect her students to another reality. During a ritual, one of the children comes upon a weird gear in the forest.
The Fantastic Garden
2020
Behind the camera
4.4In search of a new life, Anderson has left his Tikuna community in the Amazon forest for the bustling metropolis of Manaus. There he lives on the outskirts of the city with his sister and her sick child in a barren single room, and supports them through working various jobs. The environment is far from welcoming, but Anderson is driven by a burgeoning awareness of his two-spirited sexuality, which he feels can only be realized in the anonymity of the city. Anderson finds himself in limbo, questioning and rejecting certain tribal rituals, even as he fiercely defends his community and seeks to find peace with his identity.
Time Was Endless
2016
NRTwo men are subject to unexplained forces of nature when they decide to stop the machine.
Caos
2010
NRA Neanderthal has his routine shaken when he realizes that another wild group approaches his territory.
Da Origem
2011
6.0On his 100th birthday, Zé Dias decides to trust his life to a camera.
Geru
2014
NRAn indigenous teacher implements the use of Ayahuasca in her classes in order to connect her students to another reality. During a ritual, one of the children comes upon a weird gear in the forest.
The Fantastic Garden
2020
NRAn indigenous teacher implements the use of Ayahuasca in her classes in order to connect her students to another reality. During a ritual, one of the children comes upon a weird gear in the forest.
The Fantastic Garden
2020