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Tiago Tambelli
A researcher of Brazilian social and territorial dynamics, Tiago Tambelli combines aesthetic rigor with ethical commitment to give visibility to collective voices and struggles.
- Region
- São Paulo, SP, Sudeste
Authorial vision
Tiago Tambelli’s directorial vision is characterized by the prominent use of a moving camera and a humanistic perspective focused on the political and cultural transformations of contemporary Brazil. Coming from a background in cinematography, the filmmaker constructs a visually refined documentary language in which lighting and framing interact with the urgency of the themes addressed. His approach prioritizes immersion in local communities, attentive listening to their voices, and the celebration of artistic and popular expressions as forms of resistance and affirmation of identity.
Filmography
- Niède
2019 · Documentary · Director · 135 min
The story of Niède Guidon, the Brazilian archaeologist recognized worldwide for her preservation work in the Serra da Capivara, in Piauí. Drawing on Guidon’s own accounts, the documentary chronicles her personal life and her prolific career.
- Escolas em LutaSchools in fight
2017 · Documentary · Writer & Director · 77 min
The chaotic state of Rio de Janeiro’s public education system is being shaken by student movements protesting the closure of 94 schools and denouncing the perverse conservatism of public authorities, who are relocating students who have been left without support instead of ensuring the maintenance of the spaces they have the right and civic obligation to occupy.
- 20 Centavos
2014 · Documentary · História · Writer & Director · 53 min
In 2013, an increase in public transportation fares sparked an unprecedented uprising in the country’s major cities. This documentary chronicles the protests in São Paulo, the moment when its gray avenues were filled with posters, shouts, demands, and much more than just twenty cents.
- das Almas
2012 · Documentary · Fantasia, História · Writer & Director · 80 min
'das Almas' is a poetic and ethereal documentary about a fishing village in northeastern Brazil, where the fishermen—who use a unique fishing method—divide their time between their work at sea and the legends of Palestina Milaide Tahim, who has achieved popular beatification.
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