Directing

Nara Normande

Born January 1, 1986 (age 40)

Born in Guaxuma, a beach in North-East Brazil, Nara is now living in Recife. She started to study journalism due to a lack of film schools where she grew up. She directed 3 short films, two animated, the other one in live action images. The first one Dia Estrelado (2011), her graduation film, is a stop motion animated movie, about a family that is trying to survive in a inhospitable area. Her insp…

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Praça Walt Disney

Praça Walt Disney · 2011

Praça Walt Disney

MovieDocumentary

A quasi-musical approach on contemporary urban life that reflects Brazilian society and many others throughout the world, this documentary describes at the same time a place, a city and a country. The real place, a neighborhood in Recife, encompasses all of the Brazilian way of life, highlighting a reality that is before us but often goes unnoticed

The Girl and The Pot

The Girl and The Pot · 2024

The Girl and The Pot

In a dystopian world, a girl breaks her ceramic pot, which holds a secret within. The breaking of the pot opens portals to a parallel universe and the girl enters a time of transformation in which the creation of a new world is finally possible.

Heartless

Heartless · 2024

Summer 1996, north-east coast of Brazil. Tamara is enjoying her last weeks at the fishing village she lives in before departing to Brasilia for her studies. One day, she hears about a teenager nicknamed Heartless after a scar she has on her chest. Over the course of the summer, Tamara feels a growing attraction for this mysterious girl.

Heartless

Heartless · 2014

Léo goes on vacation at his cousin's, in a fishing village. There, he meets a girl who goes by the nickname Heartless.

Guaxuma

Guaxuma · 2019

MovieAnimationDrama

Tayra and I grew up on a beach in the north east of Brazil. We were inseparable. The sea breeze brings me back happy memories.

Dia Estrelado

Dia Estrelado · 2011

MovieAnimationDrama

In an inhospitable place, a boy and his family struggle for survival.

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Praça Walt Disney

Praça Walt Disney · 2011

Praça Walt Disney

MovieDocumentary

A quasi-musical approach on contemporary urban life that reflects Brazilian society and many others throughout the world, this documentary describes at the same time a place, a city and a country. The real place, a neighborhood in Recife, encompasses all of the Brazilian way of life, highlighting a reality that is before us but often goes unnoticed

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The Girl and The Pot

The Girl and The Pot · 2024

The Girl and The Pot

In a dystopian world, a girl breaks her ceramic pot, which holds a secret within. The breaking of the pot opens portals to a parallel universe and the girl enters a time of transformation in which the creation of a new world is finally possible.

Writer

Heartless

Heartless · 2024

Summer 1996, north-east coast of Brazil. Tamara is enjoying her last weeks at the fishing village she lives in before departing to Brasilia for her studies. One day, she hears about a teenager nicknamed Heartless after a scar she has on her chest. Over the course of the summer, Tamara feels a growing attraction for this mysterious girl.

Director

Heartless

Heartless · 2014

Léo goes on vacation at his cousin's, in a fishing village. There, he meets a girl who goes by the nickname Heartless.

Director

Guaxuma

Guaxuma · 2019

MovieAnimationDrama

Tayra and I grew up on a beach in the north east of Brazil. We were inseparable. The sea breeze brings me back happy memories.

Director

Dia Estrelado

Dia Estrelado · 2011

MovieAnimationDrama

In an inhospitable place, a boy and his family struggle for survival.

Director