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Q&A: The Upstart Brazilian Filmmakers With a Growing Pile of Awards

By Jack Quinn

AQ spoke to a founder of Filmes de Plástico, whose films tell overlooked stories about everyday life in Brazil.

This article is adapted from AQ's special report on A (Relatively) Bullish Case for Latin America AQ: Where does the name Filmes de Plástico come from TMC: André Novais Oliveira and Gabriel Martins (directors and co-founders of the group) met in a technical school for cinema. One day Gabriel decided to make a short in his parents’ house over a weekend with his closest friends. A plastic whale was used as a prop. After Gabriel finished the film, he and (co-founder) Maurílio Martins named the collective after the toy—it’s still our logo. We started to make some noise on the...

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