Bruno Stepheson

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Bruno Stepheson

Born April 7, 1994 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 32)

Bruno Stepheson (Rio de Janeiro, April 7, 1994) is a Brazilian director from a family of musicians and artisans from Ceará. He uniquely blends the culture of Northeastern Brazilian migrants and his family upbringing with his experience in Rio de Janeiro society and the global cinematic influences he was exposed to from a young age by his mother, a great cinephile. His films comprise a continuous i…

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My Mother’s FatherMy Mother’s Father
My Mother’s Father
MovieDramaFamily
Davi, a ten-year-old boy, shares a deeply affectionate relationship with his mother, Rosa. When Rosa experiences a schizophrenic episode, the dynamic between them is reversed: Davi assumes a caregiving role that no child should have to occupy. Set against the backdrop of a house move in Nilópolis, in Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense, the film follows the small gestures of survival, tenderness, and exhaustion that shape their bond after his mother’s episode. My Mother’s Father is an intimate drama about love, premature maturity, and everyday resilience, approaching mental health not through the lens of diagnosis, but through the territory of affection. A quiet portrait of a childhood marked by pain, but also by the possibility of carrying on.
ASSOCIATES - in the eyes of the invisibleASSOCIATES - in the eyes of the invisible · 2025
ASSOCIATES - in the eyes of the invisible
10.02025
MovieScience FictionThriller
Two university cleaning staff members make a documentary to prove that nobody can see them... except for Cleiton, the security camera. The experiment soon spirals out of control, revealing much more than they initially imagined...
Things That Don't Make SenseThings That Don't Make Sense · 2025
Things That Don't Make Sense
10.02025
MovieComedy
An essay film about... things that don't make sense. Or maybe they do, I don't know. You tell me.
The Heron GirlThe Heron Girl · 2025
The Heron Girl
10.02025
MovieComedy
A film-letter that tells the tale of an unlikely and recurring discussion about the perception of herons in the urban environment. (Un)intentionally, it raises questions about how we see ourselves as residents of "less affluent" areas of Rio de Janeiro.
CLOSET - a 150BPM odysseyCLOSET - a 150BPM odyssey · 2025
CLOSET - a 150BPM odyssey
10.02025
MovieAnimationRomance
One closet, two friends, three destinies at stake. Setting the rhythm, the sound of 150 BPM Brazilian funk.

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My Mother’s FatherMy Mother’s Father
My Mother’s Father
MovieDramaFamily
Davi, a ten-year-old boy, shares a deeply affectionate relationship with his mother, Rosa. When Rosa experiences a schizophrenic episode, the dynamic between them is reversed: Davi assumes a caregiving role that no child should have to occupy. Set against the backdrop of a house move in Nilópolis, in Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense, the film follows the small gestures of survival, tenderness, and exhaustion that shape their bond after his mother’s episode. My Mother’s Father is an intimate drama about love, premature maturity, and everyday resilience, approaching mental health not through the lens of diagnosis, but through the territory of affection. A quiet portrait of a childhood marked by pain, but also by the possibility of carrying on.

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