CINE SAO PAULO (2017), 78 minutes
Directed and Written by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Produced by: Trilha Mídia
Edited by: Ricardo Martensen, Felipe Tomazelli, and Yuri Amaral
Director of Photography: Ricardo Martensen
Sound Recording: Felipe Tomazelli
Original Score: Pedro Santiago
AWARDS AND FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
• Best Documentary – Biarritz Film Festival 2017
• It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival 2017 (Official Selection)
• AFI Docs 2017 (Official Selection)
• Brasília Film Festival 2017 (Official Selection)
• FIDBA – Buenos Aires International Documentary Festival 2017 (Official Selection)
Synopsis:
Chico dedicated his entire life to Cine São Paulo, a building he inherited from his father — badly damaged and in need of care. Restoring it, so that the old movie theater could return to life, became his greatest obsession.
CONFISCO (2021), 90 minutes – HBO Max
Directed and Written by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Produced by: Boutique Filmes
Co-produced by: Trilha Mídia
Edited by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Director of Photography: Ricardo Martensen
Sound Recording: Felipe Tomazelli
Notes:
Co-produced with HBO. Not submitted to film festivals.
Synopsis:
The story of those affected by Brazil’s 1990 asset freeze — the largest ever carried out by a democratic government against its own citizens.
THE TAKE BACK (2024), 72 minutes – Canal Brasil
Directed and Written by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Produced by: Olé Produções
Co-produced by: Trilha Mídia
Edited by: Felipe Tomazelli and Ricardo Martensen
Director of Photography: Ricardo Martensen
Sound Recording: Felipe Tomazelli
AWARDS AND FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
• It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival 2024 (Official Selection)
• Guarnicê Film Festival 2024 (Official Selection)
Synopsis:
Between the Tapajós and Amazon rivers, in the state of Pará, lies a region known as Baixo Tapajós — one of the most conflict-ridden areas of the Brazilian Amazon. Despite this, the many traditional communities that have lived there for centuries have organized and now fight for their land and forest. More than that, they fight for their identity.
THE FATHER AND THE SHAMAN (2025), 84 minutes
Directed, Written and Edited by: Iawarete Kaiabi, Felipe Tomazelli e Luís Villaça
Produced by: Trilha Mídia
Co-produced by: Paralelepípedo
AWARDS AND FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
• Festival do Rio – Rio de Janeiro Int’l Film Festival 2025 (Official Selection)
• Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo 2025 (Official Selection)
Synopsis: My name is Iawarete Kaiabi. This film is my quest — a journey to understand why my people are choosing Christianity and abandoning our traditions. More than that, it’s a deep dive into this process through the lens of my own family, now divided between Christians and non-Christians. The Father and the Shaman explores, through my personal story, the exploitation my people are subjected to. Evangelical missionaries have occupied the Xingu Indigenous Territory, tearing apart the social fabric of the many ethnic groups who inhabit this land.
IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS (2018), 30 minutes
Directed and written by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Produced by: Trilha Mídia
Edited by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Director of Photography: Dado Carlin
Sound Recording: Miqueias Mota and Luís Rovai
AWARDS AND FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
• It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival 2018 (Official Selection)
Synopsis: In the Alto Vale do Ribeira, an isolated community developed practices to remain autonomous. Clay is a fundamental element of expression for this people, whose life is based on farming and faith. A perspective on the human life cycle with ceramic production as its guide.
MATIAS (2014), 26 minutes
Directed and written by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Produced by: Trilha Mídia
Edited by: Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli
Cinematography: Dado Carlin
Sound Recording: Miqueias Mota
Original Score: Duofel
AWARDS AND FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
• Krakow Film Festival 2014 (official selection)
• FICA – International Environmental Film Festival 2014 (official selection)
• Camerimage 2014 (official selection)
• BOGOCINE – Bogotá Film Festival 2014 (official selection)
• Atlantidoc – Uruguay International Documentary Film Festival 2014 (official selection)
• São Paulo Short Film Week
Synopsis: Just 165 kilometers from the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere, São Paulo, Matias lives in a small cabin. Surrounded by what remains of a lush forest, he spends his life with his dogs and chickens — a man who embodies an entire culture on the verge of extinction.
THE HISTORY OF PACKAGING IN BRAZIL (2015), 52 minutos – Canal Curta e Canal Futura
Directed and written by: Felipe Tomazelli e Ricardo Martensen
Produced by: Trilha Mídia
Synopsis: A journey through the history of humanity and through Brazil. A look at the structural function that packaging exerted and still exert in our society. This symbol alone summarizes the nation’s material culture, the technological solutions which transformed the human reality and the new ways in which we seek to communicate.