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Pablo Villaça

Birth : 1974-09-18, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

History

Crítico de cinema desde 1994, colaborou com publicações nacionais como MovieStar, Sci-Fi News, Sci-Fi Cinema, Replicante e a SET. Em 2002, tornou-se o único membro latino-americano a fazer parte da prestigiada Online Film Critics Society. Publicou colunas em inglês no site Hollywood Elsewhere e atualmente colabora com o renomado Movie City News, além de ser o único brasileiro a ser citado pelo Rotten Tomatoes, o mais famoso portal de críticas da Internet. Em 2005, lançou seu primeiro livro, "O Cinema além das Montanhas", biografia do cineasta Helvécio Ratton. Em 2001, venceu o prêmio teatral SESC-SATED de Melhor Texto Adaptado. Também foi apresentador e roteirista do programa Cinema em Cena, que foi ao ar durante dois anos pela TV Horizonte. Atualmente, além de editor do Cinema em Cena (o qual criou em 1997), é também professor de Linguagem e Crítica Cinematográficas em curso ministrado em mais de dez cidades ao longo de 22 edições. Em 2007, foi o único profissional estrangeiro, entre 15 convidados, a participar em Nova York de um seminário sobre Crítica promovido pelo jornal The New York Times e pelo Museum of the Moving Image. Em 2008, dirigiu seu primeiro filme, o curta-metragem A_Ética, que marcou o lançamento da Cinema em Cena Produções. Em 2009, atuou temporariamente em Los Angeles, atendendo a convite especial, como diretor do International Film Institute.

Movies

Writer

With script and direction by Pablo Villaça and starring the comedian Geraldo Magela, Morte Cega has as main character a failed filmmaker named Francis (Maurício Canguçu, producer and one of the main actors of the theatrical success "Believe, a Spirit Downloaded Me"). One night, Francis has a frightening dream about Magela, known throughout the country for playing the character O Ceguinho. Determined to make a short film based on this dream, Francis uses his producer friend, Martinho (Carlos Magno Ribeiro, who acted in Villaça's first short, A_ética), to get to the comedian. From then on, the meeting brings unexpected results for everyone involved.

Script

With script and direction by Pablo Villaça and starring the comedian Geraldo Magela, Morte Cega has as main character a failed filmmaker named Francis (Maurício Canguçu, producer and one of the main actors of the theatrical success "Believe, a Spirit Downloaded Me"). One night, Francis has a frightening dream about Magela, known throughout the country for playing the character O Ceguinho. Determined to make a short film based on this dream, Francis uses his producer friend, Martinho (Carlos Magno Ribeiro, who acted in Villaça's first short, A_ética), to get to the comedian. From then on, the meeting brings unexpected results for everyone involved.

Director

With script and direction by Pablo Villaça and starring the comedian Geraldo Magela, Morte Cega has as main character a failed filmmaker named Francis (Maurício Canguçu, producer and one of the main actors of the theatrical success "Believe, a Spirit Downloaded Me"). One night, Francis has a frightening dream about Magela, known throughout the country for playing the character O Ceguinho. Determined to make a short film based on this dream, Francis uses his producer friend, Martinho (Carlos Magno Ribeiro, who acted in Villaça's first short, A_ética), to get to the comedian. From then on, the meeting brings unexpected results for everyone involved.

Script

A man awakes in an abandoned shed.Confused, he finds itself tied to a chair. Standing in front of him is an unknown man, who begins a weird speech about his unique professional ethics, until the conversation rovers to a new and tense situation.

Director

A man awakes in an abandoned shed.Confused, he finds itself tied to a chair. Standing in front of him is an unknown man, who begins a weird speech about his unique professional ethics, until the conversation rovers to a new and tense situation.