PORTFOLIO
FEATURE FILM
O NINHO DO BEM-TE-VI (BIRD'S NEST )
Status: production
An intimate journey in time through personal archive materials by director Anahí Borges. “River water flows, now it’s another when we look… What passed doesn’t come back, some marks remain than we look at” … (lyrics by Humberto Borges)
FEATURE FILM
“É tempo de amoras” (Blackberry Season)
Director and Producer: Anahí Borges
in development
Pasqualina is 81 years old, she is an elegant, delicate and mischievous lady with a witty sense of humor which helps ease her situation. Since she has been living in an elder care home for the past few years. She has no living relatives. Then there is Petrolina, best known as Pety. She is 10 years old and is determined, a dreamer and has an array of playful activities that make her an active and creative participant in the world. At school she is assigned an activity with the theme “Grandparents”. Pety resents being the only girl in class that doesn’t have a grandmother. Pasqualina flees from the elderly care facility to go on an adventure. and meets Pety. This chance meeting creates a mutual desire in both to form a family.
FEATURE FILM
“O Amor que ninguém viu” (“Invisible Love”)
Status: In Development
The film is based on the book with the same name written by Jarred Amarante and tells the true story of the love between Miguel e Aaron, two evangelical boys that met at the church that they attend. Miguel is the son of a pastor and suffers from the intolerance of his religion at home. Aaron manages to deal better with his sexuality and does everything to help Miguel see the Bible and God as symbols of love.
DOCUMENTARY
“Tremembé, meu amor” (“Tremembé, My Love”)
Director: Humberto Borges
Producer: Anahí Borges
25 min, 2013
A lyric documentary about the Tremembé neighborhood in São Paulo. It is the heart of the Cantareira Sierra which is the largest urban forest in the world. It has been declared a heritage site UNESCO.
FEATURE FILM
“A felicidade não é alegre” (“Happiness is not Joyful”)
Director: Pasquale Marino
Producers: Anahí Borges, Elena Fedeli, Pasquale Marino, Andrea Gori
Drama, 75 min, 2014
Manlio works at a ballroom. He is sad and melancholic. Maria lives in quasi servitude to her selfish brothers. On a given day, a very charismatic priest entrusts them to take the sacred host for the communion of elderly and sick homebound individuals. When Maria and Manlio’s paths cross they embark on a love story that has unexpected consequences. This all takes place in the desolate landscape of Messina in Sicily, Italy.
MUSIC VIDEO
“Sem hora pra voltar”
Script & Director: Anahí Borges
Producers: Camila Biau e Juliana Lemes
Co-Production: Brodagem Filmes
Artist: République du Salém
Album: O Fim da Linha Não é o Bastante (The End of the Line Isn’t Enough)
Record Label: Genesis
Latin Grammy 2013 – pre-nomination: “Best New Artist” and “Best Brazilian Rock Album”
SHORT FILM
“Além das 7 cores” (“Beyond the 7 Colors”)
Director: Camila Biau
Producers: Anahí Borges, Camila Biau, Juliana Lemes
Co-Production: Brodagem Filmes
19 min, 2012
Glamour Garcia guides us in this queer chronicle that is immersed in the bustling night life of the Rua Augusta section in the heart of São Paulo. We experience the conflicts lived by those that decide to live the margin of what the majority consider “normal”. Do the norms, limits, class and categories that are imposed on us have the capacity to make us feel habitable within ourselves?