Person
Bruno Jorge
Directing
Biography
Since 2003, filmmaker Bruno Jorge has made very independently over 20 films of different genres, including short/medium/feature-length, influenced by visual arts, experimental cinema and etnography. Among the various shortfilms we could mention "Setback" (best film at Festival do Rio, Lab Competition Clermont-Ferrand), Justiça ao Insulto (Cannes, Rotterdam), "November, December" (IDFA) , "Catuçaba", "Moins que demain" and "Barões" (all 3 premiered in Visions du Réel). In 2013 the French Cinematheque honored Bruno with a retrospective of his shortfilm work. Some feature-length documentaries are "What I could be if I were" (best film at ABD, Semana dos Realizadores), "Piripkura" (Human Rights prize at IDFA, best film at Festival do Rio/Docville/Cartagena among others) and the newest movie "The invention of the Other", premiered at Festival de Cinema de Brasília 2022 (best film by official jury).
Known for

Useless Utensils
Director

Piripkura
Director
Contratempo
Editor
Justiça ao Insulto
Director

The Edge of Democracy
Editor
O que eu poderia ser se eu fosse
Director
Contratempo
Director

The Invention of the Other
Director
Amazon Opera
Director
Filmography
- 2026Amazon OperaDirector
- 2024Useless UtensilsDirector
- 2022The Invention of the OtherDirector
- 2019The Edge of DemocracyEditor
- 2018PiripkuraDirector
- 2015O que eu poderia ser se eu fosseDirector
- 2013ContratempoDirector
- 2005Justiça ao InsultoDirector
- 2004ContratempoEditor
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