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Tamires Souza

Languages:
Portuguese
Issues:
Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Economic Injustice, Labor issues, Women and Girls
Expertise:
Impact Producing, Alternative Distribution
Cultural/racial identity:
Parda
Self identification:
woman

Bio

Actress, producer, and researcher, graduated in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Federal University for Latin American Integration (UNILA), with experience in theater, curation, and distribution at Cineclube Cinelatino. General coordinator of the Audiovisual Sector of Foz do Iguaçu and a member of the Ñanduti Cine production company, she is dedicated to the production and organization of events such as the VI Latin American Meeting of Community Architecture (ELAC), the Palestinian Women’s Film Festival, the Três Margens Film Festival, and ARDER en la Fronteira - Muestra de Cine CUIR Latinoamericano. She was a jury member at the University Film Festival of ESPM Rio and was part of the local committee for the Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Cinema and Audiovisual Studies (SOCINE). She has worked in festival logistics and production and produced the documentary Latidos Inmigrantes (2024), in addition to conducting research on border cinema. As a teaching assistant for the Audiovisual Production course, she also leads workshops in performing arts and acts in theater productions. Her work seeks to transform seemingly simple narratives into profound and transformative cinematic experiences. She believes in cinema as a tool for change, voice amplification, and social impact.