Filipe Matzembacher (Director)

Pele de Concreto

Porto Alegre, Brazil. While his boyfriend joins the crowd for a big demonstration, Marcio is isolated in his apartment. From the porch, he hears the sound of bombs, cavalry, shouting and singing. On the street, a military policeman makes a call. Marcio's phone rings.

Release Date2015-01-25

Charactersd Filipe

Hard Paint

Pedro earns a living in chat rooms. He transforms himself into NeonBoy in front of the webcam. Slowly, this young man dips his fingers into pots of coloured paint and glides them across his naked body. But things change when Pedro notices that somebody is imitating his performances. He agrees to go on a date with his mysterious rival. This rendezvous will have far-reaching consequences.

Release Date2019-01-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count31

Seashore

A lonely beach on the southernmost coast of Brazil is the scene for two friends, on the brink of adulthood, to explore their understanding of themselves and one another. Martin has been sent by his father to retrieve what appears to be an inheritance-related document from the family of his recently deceased and estranged grandfather. Tomaz accompanies him, seemingly hoping to regain some of their former closeness. The two boys shelter themselves in a glass house, in front of a cold and stormy sea.

Release Date2015-06-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count179

Night Stage

An actor and a politician start a secret affair and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dream of fame, the more they feel the urge to put themselves at risk.

Release Date2026-01-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Nest

A four-episode TV series that tells the story of Bruno, a young military who has just run away from the army, travels to Porto Alegre in search of his brother, who he hasn’t seen in years. He cannot find his brother in the city but meets his friends, learns about what was his life, and even experiments the same things his lost brother lived. He discovers a new space where he is free to be himself and explore his sexuality. Away from home, Bruno finds a new family.

Release Date2016-08-01

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Episode Count4

Vote Count5

The Last Day Before Zanzibar

They heard the drums from the woods. And Arthur knew it was time to leave.

Release Date2016-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Me Destrói

Release Date2019-05-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Nico

Isolated in an old and gloomy house, Tomaz and Martin spend their days in a tedious routine. One morning, Martin finds a young girl dead in the bathroom.

Release Date2011-08-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Empty Room

Pedro's sister is moving out, and the rooms are getting bigger.

Release Date2013-10-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

A Ballet Dialogue

A young man and a senior man wake up. Time passes. And stops.

Release Date2012-08-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Let Me Take You Through the Paths

The short film produced by Fronteiras do Pensamento in partnership with Okna Produções reflects on the connection between people in contemporary times. The film by Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher shows people walking in the streets, lost under the gaze of cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah. We are all together, but we don't always realize it.

Release Date2014-11-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Tomou Café e Esperou

Carlos goes to the kitchen and makes some coffee. The time that sets apart yesterday from now.

Release Date2013-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer's Assistant

Two Girls Descending the Stairs

Adri is a young woman newly formed arts in college who divides her time between the single friend, employment and therapy. One day she meets Mona, a well-connected architect and money. On the stairs of a building in Porto Alegre, a passion born of two very different people.

Release Date2016-09-08

Vote Count2

Paradise Europe

Edu is a 20-something-year-old Brazilian gay man living and working for Amazon in the German capital, while also struggling to fit in with the local culture. He has a serious medical condition, a consequence of his presumably promiscuous lifestyle. The gay scene in Berlin is highly sex-orientated, and Edu works occasionally works at the local sauna. There are ample opportunities for him to meet as many partners as he like. But the consequences of these encounters can be destructive. To make things worse, Amazon has not paid his health insurance, leaving him in a vulnerable and indeed embarrassing situation. What a pain in the arse. Quite literally.

Release Date2023-08-15