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Kleber Mendonça Filho

“Being a trained sculptor I was used to dealing with big rocks - I found it rather difficult to express myself musically. So I built that bridge between hammering on rocks and playing piano and guitar by being a painter also. I used to work on big canvas formats and had several exhibitions even during my time being a student at art school. But finally the music became a stronger focus point in my life. Even today I still try to express myself by painting a lot and working on computer graphics.”

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    NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS

    KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO Brazil, 2012

    The acclaimed Neighboring Sounds is critic-turned-filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s feature debut. Subtly commenting on class relations in Brazil through the city of Recife’s ominous sounds, it is a sensorial and unique piece of filmmaking, evoking a state of torpor hanging in the hot, heavy air.

    GREEN VINYL

    KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO Brazil, 2005

    Innocent sounds of birdsong signal a fresh chance for rule-breaking in this early, playfully spooky Kleber Mendonça Filho short. Spinning a fairytale of risky curiosity into a photo-roman of mischievous girlhood, the Brazilian filmmaker delights in tearing the dreariness of obedience limb from limb.

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