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Davi Pretto

Birthplace:
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Biography from TheMovieDB

Davi Pretto is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. At the age of 25, he premiered his feature debut "Castanha" at the Forum section of the 64th Berlin Film Festival in 2014. The film won the Best Film at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival in the New Trends section and also competed in festivals such as Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Bafici and Havana. In 2017, his second feature, the neo-western "Rifle", was presented at the Forum section of the 67th Berlin Film Festival. The film won the Grand Prize at Jeonju Film Festival and the Critics Prize and Best Screenplay Award at the 49th Brasília Film Festival. In 2018, he was an award fellow at the DAAD Berlin Artists-in-Residence. His third feature, the horror drama "Continent", was made in co-production between Brazil, France and Argentina, with the support of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund and San Sebastián Film Festival - WIP Latam section. In 2024, the film was screened in the main competition of the 57th Sitges Film Festival and won the Best Director Award at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival in the New Trends section. In the same year, Davi shot his fourth feature film, the lo-fi sci-fi "Future Future".

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Film Production

Art Direction:
2010  Drawer

Assistant Camera:
2010  Drawer
2012  Garry

Assistant Director:
2009  Red Fish
2010  Drawer
2012  Garry

Director:
2009  Red Fish
2009  Waiting Room
2010  Drawer
2010  Metro
2012  Garry
2013  Bagagem
2014  Castanha
2014  Como se Vive Como se Torce
2015  Half Man, Half Ghost
2017  Rifle
2020  Foreign Desert
2024  Continent
????  Future Future

Director of Photography:
2009  Red Fish
2009  Waiting Room
2010  Drawer
2010  Metro
2012  Garry
2013  Bagagem
2014  Castanha
2014  Como se Vive Como se Torce
2015  Half Man, Half Ghost
2017  Rifle
2020  Foreign Desert
2024  Continent
????  Future Future

Editor:
2009  Red Fish
2009  Waiting Room
2010  Drawer
2010  Metro
2012  Garry
2013  Bagagem
2014  Castanha
2014  Como se Vive Como se Torce
2015  Half Man, Half Ghost
2017  Rifle
2020  Foreign Desert
2024  Continent
????  Future Future

Music:
2009  Red Fish
2009  Waiting Room
2010  Drawer
2010  Metro
2012  Garry
2013  Bagagem
2014  Castanha
2014  Como se Vive Como se Torce
2015  Half Man, Half Ghost
2017  Rifle
2020  Foreign Desert
2024  Continent
????  Future Future

Producer:
2009  Red Fish
2009  Waiting Room
2010  Drawer
2010  Metro
2012  Garry
2013  Bagagem
2014  Castanha
2014  Como se Vive Como se Torce
2015  Half Man, Half Ghost
2015  The Roof Above Us
2017  Rifle
2020  Foreign Desert
2024  Continent
????  Future Future

Screenplay:
2009  Red Fish
2009  Waiting Room
2010  Drawer
2010  Metro
2012  Garry
2013  Bagagem
2014  Castanha
2014  Como se Vive Como se Torce
2015  Half Man, Half Ghost
2015  The Roof Above Us
2017  Rifle
2020  Foreign Desert
2024  Continent
????  Future Future

Writer:
2009  Red Fish
2009  Waiting Room
2010  Drawer
2010  Metro
2012  Garry
2013  Bagagem
2014  Castanha
2014  Como se Vive Como se Torce
2015  Half Man, Half Ghost
2015  The Roof Above Us
2017  Rifle
2020  Foreign Desert
2024  Continent
????  Future Future

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