Filipe Matzembacher
Filipe Matzembacher graduated in film from PUCRS in Brazil, specialising in directing and writing. In 2010 he founded Avante Filmes. He has directed several shorts and TV content, and is a programmer for two festivals and an acting teacher. His feature debut SEASHORE, co-directed with Marcio Reolon, premiered at Berlinale Forum in 2015 and won Best Film in the Rio International Film Festival’s New Trends section. HARD PAINT, his second feature co-directed with Reolon, is premiering at this year’s Berlinale Panorama.