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MIRIAM CHNAIDERMAN A psychoanalyst, Chnaiderman is linked to the Psychoanalysis Department of Sedes Sapientiae, with a PhD in Art from the School of Communication and Arts of USP. A documentary filmmaker, she directed the shorts “Dizem que sou louco” (1994) and “Passeios no Recanto Silvestre” (2006) about the writer, playwright and filmmaker José Agrippino de Paula, author of the book “Panamérica.” She just released the documentary feature “Sobreviventes”, co-directed by Reinaldo Pinheiro.

RODRIGO SIQUEIRA Siqueira is a documentary filmmaker from Minas Gerais and based in São Paulo. In 2003 he produced and co-directed the feature “Aqui Favela, o Rap Representa.” He is director and producer of the documentary “Terra Deu, Terra Come”, winner of It’s All True Festival 2010 and also awarded in several other festivals like Dok Leipzig, Forumdoc BH and Gramado, among others. Currently, he is involved as producer and director of two other documentary features.

ZELITO VIANA Viana is a producer and filmmaker from Ceará based in Rio de Janeiro. A trained engineer, he chose cinema when he founded the production company Mapa Filmes with Glauber Rocha. He produced several of Glauber’s films, like “Terra em Transe” and “O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro.” He also directed ficcion films like “Os Condenados”and “Avaeté – Sementes da Vingança” and also documentaries as “Terra de Índio”.