Flávia Castro

61, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Biography

Flávia Castro (15 of August of 1965, Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian filmmaker.

At the age of five, she had to leave the country with his parents, exiled by the military regime. She lived in Chile, Argentina, Belgium and France, returning to Brazil in 1979 with Amnesty. Still in France worked as scriptwriter and assistant of direction. She made his directorial debut with the short film Each with His Every Qual (2006). Her first feature, Diário de una Busca, received the award for best documentary at the 2010 Rio Festival. She also directed one of the episodes of A Aula Vazia, a project coordinated by Gael García Bernal. Her fictional debut 'Deslembro' premiered at Venice Film Festival.

Timeline

2026Aged 61

  • Poster for As Vitrines

    Editor

2025Aged 60

  • Poster for Cyclone

    Director

2021Aged 56

  • Poster for Jaguar Man

    Co-Writer

2019Aged 54

  • Poster for Unremember

    Producer

2016Aged 51

  • Poster for Images of the Estado Novo 1937-45

    Writer

  • Poster for Nise: The Heart of Madness

    Screenplay

2015Aged 50

  • Poster for The Empty Classroom

    Director

2011Aged 46

  • Poster for Diário de Uma Busca

    Director

2006Aged 41

1990Aged 25

  • Poster for The Fifth Monkey

    Costume Design