Estela Renner (Director)

Aruanas

Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.

Release Date2019-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count11

Amor em Quatro Atos

Release Date2011-01-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

The Beginning of Life: The Series

Using breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, this series examines how environment affects infants - and how infants can affect our future.

Release Date2016-11-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count8

Lino

Lino works as an entertainer at children's parties, but he can't stand the way children treat him, making fun of him because he works in a cat's costume. Determined to change his life, he visits a wizard, but the magic doesn't work in the right way, and he wakes up as a big cat.

Release Date2017-09-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count61

The Beginning of Life 2: Outside

Genuine connections between children and nature can revolutionize our future. But is this discovery still possible in the world's major urban centers? The new chapter of "The Beginning of Life" reveals the transformative power of this concept.

Release Date2020-11-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count4

The Beginning of Life

One of the greatest neuroscience breakthroughs is having discovered that babies are far more than a genetic load. The development of all human beings lies on the combination of genetics, the quality of the relationships and the environment they are set on. The Beginning of Life invites everyone to reflect: are we taking good care of this unique moment, which defines both the present and future of humankind?

Release Date2016-05-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count21

Not Even in a Wildest Dream

The challenges of the present, expectations for the future, and the dreams of those who experience the reality of public high school in Brazil. Through the voices of students, principals, teachers and experts, "Not Even In a Wildest Dream" offers a reflection on the value of education.

Release Date2017-06-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count8

Forget Me Not

As 3-year-old Emilio is ready to start school, his family finds itself cornered in the United States' most segregated education system - New York City public schools. Fighting for their son's right to an inclusive education - where Emilio and other children with disabilities would be taught alongside their classmates without disabilities - film director Olivier and his wife Hilda investigate the personal stories of students and their parents in the US. With children with disabilities worldwide less likely to attend school, these experiences expose just a handful of the widespread injustices currently taking place in the educational system and beyond for kids with disabilities.

Release Date2021-05-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

Way Beyond Weight

Today, one third of Brazilian children are overweight. This is the first generation to introduce diseases previously restricted to adults, such as depression, diabetes and cardiovascular problems. This documentary examines the case of childhood obesity in the country especially, but also in other countries in the world, interviewing parents, school representatives, and government officials responsible for food advertising.

Release Date2012-09-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Piripkura

The last two surviving members of the Piripkura people, a nomadic tribe in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil, struggle to maintain their indigenous way of life amidst the region's massive deforestation. Living deep in the rainforest, Pakyî and Tamandua live off the land relying on a machete, an ax, and a torch lit in 1998.

Release Date2018-03-01

DepartmentProduction

JobAssociate Producer

Vote Count5

Um Crime Entre Nós

Release Date2020-05-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

Criança, a Alma do Negócio

Filmmaker Estela Renner analyzes the effects that mass media and advertising have on children, showing how the industry discovered that they are the best targets for selling products. In addition to listening to them, the film talks to parents who report how influential their children are at home and how this is directly linked to advertisements, and experts debate the negative effects of this exposure.

Release Date2008-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Território do Brincar

A documentary about child gestures.

Release Date2015-05-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

Repense o Elogio

A documentary that proposes a conversation about the way children are praised. While girls are often praised solely for their appearance, boys can receive compliments by highlighting their skills. "Rethink the Praise" reflects on the power of words and culture that has brought an imbalance in the way we commend our boys and girls.

Release Date2017-10-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Quem? Entre Muros e Pontes

Release Date2015-03-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer