Beatriz Seigner is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter.[1]
Seigner was born in São Paulo. Her first films were shorts Uma Menina Como Outras Mil (2001), Roda Real (2004), and Índias (2005).[2]
Her debut feature Bollywood Dream (2010) became the first ever Indian-Brazilian film co-production. It was screened at numerous international film festivals and well received at the São Paulo Film Festival.[3][4][5]
Her second feature, Los silencios, premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival[6] and received favourable reviews.[1] The film won the Stockholm Film Festival's Impact Award, the Audience Award at FESCAAL 2019, etc.[7][3] At the 20th Havana Film Festival New York, protagonist Marleyda Soto was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actress for her role in the film.[8]
Her next project was a documentary titled Between Us, A Secret (2020) about the Djelis of Mali.[9][7]
She co-wrote the screenplay for Walter Salles's new film La contadora de películas[10] and was the jury member of the FESCAAL 2021.[11]
At the Series Mania 2023 her upcoming project Amigas won the third prize and a development grant of the Seriesmakers section.[1]
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