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Juliana Vicente

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Female

Birthday
September 13, 1981 (44 years old)

Place of Birth
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Juliana Vicente

Biography

Juliana Vicente de Freitas, also known as Juliana Vicente, is a Brazilian director and filmmaker. She is the founder of Preta Portê Filmes, a company founded in 2009 in São Paulo with the aim of developing audiovisual projects that combine art and communication for a diverse market. The filmmaker aims to make content of social and artistic relevance, creating new Afro-indigenous and LGBTQIA+ narratives. In 2015, she was invited as a director to participate in the Berlinale Talents and received the Camera D’Or award with the co-production A Terra e a Sombra, at the Cannes Festival. In the same year she was nominated for the Claudia Award in the Culture category, for her contribution to Brazilian cinema. He directed the Netflix series Afronta! and a year later he directed the 13th season of the series Espelho, by Lázaro Ramos. Later he also directed the documentary Cidade Correria – Um Bando de Artistas (2020) and Viva Nossa Voz. His other works are: Colors and Boots, a short film; the documentaries Leva and Mauá: Luz ao Redor and the music video Marighella, by Racionais MCs.

He also produced, making more than 40 films including shorts, medium-length films and feature films. In 2022, the director competed at the Rio Festival with her documentary Diálogos com Ruth de Souza and is preparing to release the documentary Racionais MC's - Das Ruas de São Paulo pro Mundo. Juliana was part of the Berlinale Talents group (2015), at the Berlin International Film Festival, the same year she was awarded the co-production A Terra e a Sombra, at the Cannes Festival. He directed the video Marighella, by Racionais MCs, best Video of the Year at VMB (MTV, 2012). He directed the 13th season of the series "Espelho", by Lázaro Ramos, (Canal Brasil, 2018). In 2020, at the invitation of Instagram, he was the general director of the pro-diversity campaign for the platform with the documentary "Viva Nossa Voz", produced by Preta Portê Filmes. In 2022, he will release two feature films: the documentary Diálogos com Ruth de Souza, which will be shown at the Rio Festival and the São Paulo International Film Festival, and the documentary "Racionais: Das Ruas de São Paulo pro o Mundo", which will also be shown by Mostra de São Paulo before debuting on Netflix.

Known For

Directing

2023Land of Desire...Director
2022Racionais MC's: From the Streets of São Paulo...Director
2022Conversations with Ruth de Souza...Director
2021Viva Nossa Voz...Director
2020Cidade Correria...Director
2017Afronta! Facing It!...Director
2015As Minas do Rap...Director
2014Escola das águas: o desafio pantaneiro...Director
2013The Cross-Eyed...Director
2011Leva...Director
2010Colors & Boots...Director

Writing

2022Racionais MC's: From the Streets of São Paulo...Writer
2022Conversations with Ruth de Souza...Writer
2015As Minas do Rap...Screenplay
2011Leva...Screenplay
2010Colors & Boots...Writer

Production

2022Conversations with Ruth de Souza...Producer
2022Conversations with Ruth de Souza...Executive Producer
2017Profane Cow...Producer
2017Farol Invisível...Producer
2014Anna K....Producer
2014Anna K....Executive Producer
2012Film for Blind Poet...Executive Producer

Art

2022Conversations with Ruth de Souza...Art Direction

Creator

2017Afronta! Facing It!...Creator

Acting

2022Conversations with Ruth de Souzaas