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Gilles Diniz

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17 titles

Gilles Diniz is a journalist at the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA). He is the author of the book Nas Águas do Tempo (2021) and the illustrated books Nia in the Killer Fleas (2021), The Little Caterpillar (2021) and Nia's Little Book of the Dead (2021). He composed the soundtracks for the films As pedras que falam (2022), Do Outro Lado da Linha (2023), Tudo Tem Seu Tempo (2023) and the podcast Kisses for Johnathann (2023). Since 2021, he has collaborated with Intermitências – Brazilian journal of Proustian studies, in which he publishes illustrations and the translation of an essay by Marcel Proust unpublished in Brazil. In 2018, he wrote and produced the film As pedras que falam (2022),…

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Film credits

Behind the camera

cinema? poster
10.0

Scenes from real life come together as a piece of cinematographic sonata. We see people in moments of joy, pray, contemplation and work. An reunion of life fragments to compose a film about human feelings and actions.

cinema?

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cinema? poster
10.0

Scenes from real life come together as a piece of cinematographic sonata. We see people in moments of joy, pray, contemplation and work. An reunion of life fragments to compose a film about human feelings and actions.

cinema?

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They can dance poster
10.0

Fátima, Lô and Helena are three friends that love to dance forró. They live in the Alto da Penha, in Crato. As Fátima and Helena work hard taking care of the cemetery flowers, Lô recall the ladies for a forró party in the neighborhood.

They can dance

2024

Memory poster
10.0

Video-poem of the city as a place of memory in which four friends remember an afternoon full of simple and poetic moments. An affectionate walk through the center of Juazeiro do Norte accompanied by the poetry of Ana Martins Marques

Memory

2023

Memory poster
10.0

Video-poem of the city as a place of memory in which four friends remember an afternoon full of simple and poetic moments. An affectionate walk through the center of Juazeiro do Norte accompanied by the poetry of Ana Martins Marques

Memory

2023

DAY poster
NR

The poetic dance of the animals in their daily labour. Ants, bees, chickens, lizards, butterflies, spiders, grasshoppers and a turtle set an idillic sequence of wild life as musical movements.

DAY

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DAY poster
NR

The poetic dance of the animals in their daily labour. Ants, bees, chickens, lizards, butterflies, spiders, grasshoppers and a turtle set an idillic sequence of wild life as musical movements.

DAY

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Sanctuary poster
10.0

Considerations about the room and the world.

Sanctuary

2023

Sanctuary poster
10.0

Considerations about the room and the world.

Sanctuary

2023

The stones that speak poster
10.0

In the curious city of Crato, near the Chapada do Araripe, a young geologist goes up the river to unravel the mysteries behind the stories told by his grandmother. Then begins a journey in search of answers from which the adventurer will not return the same.

The stones that speak

2019

And my plants? poster
10.0

Letter film made by a grandson to his grandmother showing he is taking care of her plants.

And my plants?

2023

The other side of the line poster
10.0

John is a young Journalism student, he worked for years in a telemarketing service untill the burnout crisis. Now he wants to suit the enterprise for harassment at work, back and mental problems.

The other side of the line

2023

The other side of the line poster
10.0

John is a young Journalism student, he worked for years in a telemarketing service untill the burnout crisis. Now he wants to suit the enterprise for harassment at work, back and mental problems.

The other side of the line

2023