Bruno Jorge
Directing
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
Behind the camera9
- 2026Amazon Opera Director, Writer
- 2024Useless Utensils Director
- 2022The Invention of the Other Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
- 2019The Edge of Democracy Editor
- 2018Piripkura Director, Director of Photography, Additional Editor
- 2015O que eu poderia ser se eu fosse Director
- 2013Contratempo Director
- 2005Justiça ao Insulto Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 2004Contratempo Writer, Editor