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Tarsila Nakamura
- Location:
- Brazil, France
- Languages:
- English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Issues:
- Racial Injustice, Economic Injustice, Women and Girls, Gender violence
- Expertise:
- Impact Producing
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Light skinned latina
- Self identification:
- Woman
Bio
Tarsila Nakamura is a Brazilian independent producer and filmmaker. She is the co-founder of Elefante Factory, a collective audiovisual agency dedicated to enhancing the potential of audiovisual projects by supporting them with the best creative and practical developments. Tarsila is part of the documentary filmmakers network DocNomads Joint European Masters, which brought her to live, study, produce and direct documentary films in Belgium, Portugal, Hungary and Brazil. Based in Paris, she has been accumulating experiences in several Latin American and European countries working on projects with different cultural intersections, teams and urgent topics. Among the projects she has worked on are Rejeito (by Pedro de Filippis, world premiere at Cinema du Réel 2023, NA premiere at HotDocs 2023; co-production Brazil/USA), Blue Box (by Michal Weits, 2021; world premiere at HotDocs 2021; co-production Belgium/Canada/ Israel), T(w)o work (documentary series 5x52min by Annabel Verbeke and other 6 international directors, broadcasted at the Belgian broadcasters VRT and RTBF in 2023).
