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Laura

– by Fellipe Barbosa

    1. Nonfiction

    2. Date Awarded: Winter 2010

    3. Directors(s): Fellipe Barbosa

    1. Producer(s): Fernanda De Capua

    2. Location: USA/Brazil

    1. Film Status: Completed

About the Film:

Imagine if Grey Gardens’ Little Edie had actually realized her dream of  moving into a studio apartment on 10th Avenue: her life might have resembled that of Laura’s, a Brazilian expat in New York City who lives  two contradictory lives. (synopsis by the Hamptons Intl. Film Festival)

About the Filmmakers:

Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa (Director) was born in Rio de Janeiro and completed his MFA in film at Columbia University. Two of his short films – La Muerte Es Pequeña and Salt Kiss – screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Salt Kiss was also an official selection of the New York Film Festival and Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival, and won over 10 international awards, including Aspen, Austin, Guadalajara and Rio de Janeiro Film Festivals. In 2007, Fellipe was included among the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in Filmmaker Magazine’s survey of new talent. His screenplay Casa Grande (co-written with Karen Sztajnberg) went to the 2008 Sundance Screenwriter’s and Director’s Lab; it then won the Annenberg Foundation Grant and was a finalist of the Sundance/NHK Award. He recently completed his documentary Laura, which was the Brazilian winner of the Doctv Latin America program.

Festival & Award Highlights:

Hamptons 2011 – World Premiere, Best Documentary
HotDocs 2012