SHE LIVES CLOSE ENOUGH
Rafael Rogante and Fabiano Tertuliano de Barros
2022 - Brazil - 16’ - Fiction
A humble street vendor of fried bananas, from a city in the Amazon rainforest region, has her routine changed when she meets a young reader on the bus on her way back home. From that moment on, she begins a new journey of discoveries, dreams and the challenge of finding her child’s favorite book.
RAFAEL ROGANTE
Rafael Rogante was born in Santo André - SP, is a theater producer, actor and filmmaker. Bachelor's degree in "Cinema and Screenwriting" from Anhembi Morumbi University (2009), acted in the series "Axogun" - ep.2 (2018) dir. Eduardo Kishimoto and Manuel Maruzzi, shown on TV Brasil, in short films such as "Só com Minhas Roupas e Livros" (2016) by Michele Saraiva, "Reexist" by Gabriela Lima (2017), editor and co-director of the short doc. "Festinaçu 10 anos" by the Oi Futuro project, he is also the screenwriter and actor of the short film "Vaga" (2021) directed by Talita Rebizzi, winner of the best actor and best screenplay award at the International KZ Film Festival (2021) ,screenwriter and Director in the short film "Ela Mora Logo Ali" (2022), winner of more than 30 awards, including 3 Kikitos at the 52nd Gramado Film Festival. Screenwriter of the short film "O Tempo Não-Para" (in completion), Co-writer of the pilot project of the series "Amor de Mãe" (in production).
FABIANO TERTULIANO DE BARROS
Fabiano Barros has a degree in Portuguese Literature and Literature, is a playwright and screenwriter, as well as a theater and art director, educator, and has worked in several curatorships in film festivals, such as the SESC FILM FESTIVAL, where he was coordinator of culture for fifteen years. He has written several adult and children's texts such as: The Dragon of Macaparana, The Secret of the Boss, Já Passa das Oito, Memory of the Flesh, Memory of the Soul, Biu, The Opera of Beradeiro, The Nine Moons, where the Birds Die and Bird of Arrival, having part of these texts mounted in theater formats in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Acre, Manaus, Paraíba, Recife and Rondônia, Currently the author locates his literary research in the most varied legends and myths from all over Brazil as a result of the documentary video "THE NINE MOONS" where he makes a parallel between the legend of the dolphin and abuses suffered by girls from riverside communities of the Madeira River.
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