Kapel Furman

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Kapel Furman

Born January 11, 1977 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (age 49)

Kapel Furman is a filmmaker, screenwriter and special effects artist. Specialized in the fantastic genre, his stories, creatures, and effects have appeared in over 85 feature films. His work has been featured in media such as The Guardian, Moviemaker, Variety, Gizmodo and Sight and Sound, and presented in markets including Ventana Sur, Marché du Film, and the Brussels International Film Market.

Known For

Skull: The MaskSkull: The Mask · 2020
Skull: The Mask
★ 5.32020
MovieHorrorFantasy
The story of an ancient mask that possesses the human form to commit visceral sacrifices of vengeance for the incarnation of its God.
The Smoke MasterThe Smoke Master · 2023
The Smoke Master
★ 7.32023
MovieActionComedy
The journey of Gabriel and Daniel, two brothers cursed by the Chinese mafia with its feared Three Generations Revenge, who have already reaped the life of their grandfather and their father. To survive, one of the brothers must learn the Smoke Style secrets, a little known Cannabis martial art, taught by a single master, high up in the mountains.
Remanente: VoltagemRemanente: Voltagem · 2026
Remanente: Voltagem
2026
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Bellini and the SphinxBellini and the Sphinx · 2001
Bellini and the Sphinx
★ 5.52001
MovieCrimeThriller
Doctor Rafidjian turns to Dora Lobo's investigation agency to locate prostitute Ana Cintia. The case is in charge of Bellini and Beatriz, his new assistant. But the doctor is brutally murdered and the detectives infiltrate the night underworld of São Paulo in search of an answer, where they meet Fatima, a mysterious prostitute who gets involved with Bellini.
O Quintal dos GuerrilheirosO Quintal dos Guerrilheiros · 2005
O Quintal dos Guerrilheiros
★ 7.02005
MovieDrama
The CurseThe Curse · 2021
The Curse
★ 3.32021
MovieHorror
While out for a walk in the countryside, Marina and Juvenal stop to take some pictures in front of an old woman’s house. Annoyed, the old woman turns out to be a witch and casts a curse on the young couple in the form of a wound that feeds on raw flesh.
LaioLaio · 2014
Laio
2014
MovieDrama
While out with his friends for fun one night in São Paulo, Leandro is confronted with glimpses of his own violence. The film is loosely inspired by the homophobic attack that occurred in the Paulista Avenue area, in which teenagers used fluorescent lamps as a weapon.
BodyBody · 2007
Body
★ 4.32007
MovieDramaThriller
São Paulo, today. Bones are found in an anonymous grave and sent to the morgue. The coroner Artur deals with actresses and extremists. A body gets preserved for more than thirty years. An identity is searched...

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Uptake FearUptake Fear · 2015
Uptake Fear
★ 4.22015
MovieHorrorDrama
Marcus is not having a good day. He never seems to have a good day. He has to smash in his rear window just to get out of his Volkswagen Beetle, having parked it too close between two other cars. He has to do all the dirty work in the office, while his spoiled rich kid colleague cooks the books for profit and shamelessly flirts with all his female co-workers. He’s attracted to his next-door neighbor who gets beaten and cheated upon by her boyfriend, but she doesn’t want to leave him. And he gets robbed at knife-point right outside his apartment building. Marcus manages to take the knife and chase away his attacker, but not before he gets stabbed in the shoulder. The incident awakens something dark in Marcus. He becomes a man with a mission, determined to set right all the injustice done to him. But ones the blood starts flowing, there’s no going back.

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