Adriana Barbosa

Written By Mike Ambs

(Chica) is a Mexican/Brazilian filmmaker based in São Paulo, Brazil.

She's part of the Film Collective "Cinefusão" since 2009 where she has worked in films such 'Wax' and 'String Quintet' and developed a video lab called "Laboratorio Cinefusão".  

In 2016 she produced the feature documentary "Mud Trail" about environmental tragedy in Minas Gerais and produced the feature "Young and Miserable" and "A film about Cinema", both directed by Thiago Mendonça.

In 2018 she co-directed the short film “La Flaca" about a transgender woman and leader of the Santa Muerte cult in Queens, NY. Her first feature "Madrigal for a Living Poet" premiered at the 21a Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes.

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Ferroada
Ferroada

A filmic reverie in homage to the writer-gravedigger Tico, who in a marginal life, searches for an aesthetic and political inspiration. A film by Adriana Barbosa & Bruno Mello Castanho.

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Mike Ambs

I love to film things, tell stories, and read on the subway. I'm pretty sure blue whales are my power animal. 

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