COUNTRY
Brazil
PRODUCTION
Lira Cinematográfica , Nebulosa
YEAR2024
DURATION20 min
WRITING Camila Freitas
CINEMATOGRAPHY Camila Freitas
MUSIC
Alessandra Leão
EDITION Alexandre Leco Wahrhaftig
CAST Walda Oliveira, Helena Oliveira, Camila Freitas, Ava Freitas, Shaira Ribeiro
CONTACT camilasfreitas@gmail.com
SYNOPSIS The story of my grandmother's first encounter with a
caboclo, a spirit rooted in Afro-Brazilian traditions, is passed down from one generation to the next. Like an invocation, it becomes the narrative matrix for other visions and stories, especially among the women of the family. Beyond the visible spectrum,
Aparição reflects on vision as a collective sense.
Camila Freitas
Camila Freitas is a Brazilian filmmaker and cinematographer based in France. She holds a master's in visual arts from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and is currently a PhD student at La Fémis (Paris). She has directed several shorts, and her first feature,
Chão (Landless, 2019), premiered at the 69th Berlinale and was shown at several festivals worldwide, winning awards at the Festival do Rio, Olhar de Cinema, Jean Rouch, and Innsbruck IFFs. She was one of the exhibiting artists at the 22nd Sesc-Videobrasil contemporary art biennial in São Paulo. She has received significant recognition for her work as a DoP in recent films, including
The Intrusion (2023, Best Cinematography at Olhar de Cinema IFF) and
Canuto's Transformation (2023, Best Cinematography at the Festival de Brasília and Festival de Gramado).
FILMOGRAPHY
Chão/ Landless (feature film, 2019),
De asfalto e terra vermelha / Asphalt and red earth (short film, 2010),
Ararat (short film, 2014),
Passarim (short film, 2003)