Director of
HANABI
Ana Vaz is a Brazilian artist and filmmaker whose films are marked by a constant experimental defiance to the poetic forms of contemporary cinema, highlighting the destructive practices of colonial modernity. Her filmography questions cinema as an art of the (in)visible and as an instrument capable of transforming the human perception, expanding its connections with other forms of life, other-than-human and spectral. Consequences or expansions of her cinematography, her activities are also incorporated into writing, critical pedagogy, installations or collective walks. She is the author of films and installations such as É NOITE NA AMÉRICA (2022), APIYEMIYEKÎ? (2019), extensively presented in film festivals and cultural institutions.
Filmography (selection): SACRIS PULSO (2007), ENTRE TEMPS (2012), LES MAINS, NEGATIVES (2012), A IDADE DA PEDRA (2013), OCCIDENTE (2014), A FILM, RECLAIMED (2015), HA TERRA! (2016), AMÉRIKA: BAHÍA DE LAS FLECHAS (2016), OLHE BEM AS MONTANHAS (2018), AMAZING FANTASY (2018), ATOMIC GARDEN (2018), APIYEMIYEKÎ? (2019), 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD (2020), PSEUDOSPHYNX (2020), A ARVORE (2022), É NOITE NA AMÉRICA (2022), HANABI (2026)