Person

Adirley Queirós

Directing · Born 1970-07-18 · Morro Agudo de Goiás, State of Goiás, Brazil

Adirley Queirós (Morro Agudo de Goiás, July 18, 1970) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Queirós was a professional footballer from the age of 16 to 25. He then studied film at the Universidade de Brasília, from which he graduated in 2005. He became involved in the cultural life of Brazil and directed his first film Rap o canto da Ceilândia (2005), which won thirteen Brazilian awards. With his documentary A cidade é uma só? (2010), Queirós participated in international film festivals such as World Cinema Amsterdam, Brazilian Hollywood Festival and BAFICI in Argentina. White Out, Black In (2014) is his fifth film and fourth documentary, which participated in Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema, Cartagena Film Festival, Hamburg Film Festival, Torino Film Festival and IFFR+.

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  Once There Was Brasília

  Screenplay

• Rap, O Canto da Ceilândia

  Writer

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  Meu Nome é Maninho

  Director

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  Dry Ground Burning

  Writer

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  White Out, Black In

  Writer

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  Dias de Greve

  Writer

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  Hood Movie: Is the City One Only?

  Director

• Fora de Campo

  Director

• The Scent of the Pitanga

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  Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

  Self

• 2023Dry Ground BurningWriter
• 2020Candango: Memoirs from a FestivalSelf
• 2017Once There Was BrasíliaScreenplay
• 2017MSTDirector
• 2014White Out, Black InWriter
• 2014Meu Nome é ManinhoDirector
• 2013Um Homem que Voa: Nelson PrudêncioDirector
• 2013Mobília em Casa – Móveis Coloniais de Acaju e a CidadeSelf
• 2011Hood Movie: Is the City One Only?Director
• 2010Fora de CampoDirector
• 2009Dias de GreveWriter
• 2006A Meeting with Milton Santos
• 2005Rap, O Canto da CeilândiaWriter
• —The Scent of the Pitanga