Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho born 1968 is a film director screenwriter producer and critic born in Recife Pernambuco Brazil With a degree in Journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as a film critic and journalist As a director he experimented with fiction documentary and video clips in the 1990s He migrated from video to digital and 35 mm film in the 2000s Over the course of that decade he made several short films O Som ao Redor Neighbouring Sounds 2013 was Mendonças first featurelength drama winning numerous awards Mendonças films have received more than 120 awards in Brazil and abroad with selections in festivals such as New York Copenhagen and Cannes Quinzaine des réalisateurs Film festivals in Rotterdam Toulouse and Santa Maria da Feira have presented retrospectives of his films He has served as programmer of cinema for the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation