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Estás vendo coisas

You are seeing things | Du siehst Dinge
Berlinale Shorts 2017
© Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca
“It is all a dream”, she sings, “a hallucination. You are seeing things… estás vendo coisas!” In Estás vendo coisas, two protagonists of the Tecno brega scene stage a musical in which they appear as the stars.
Tecno brega is the name of a music style from the north of Brazil: The music is produced and distributed at low cost and without any regard for copyright law. Music consumers assert themselves as producers, passive is transformed into active. The region characterised by poverty and restructuring has acquired a new and sexy self-confidence. Parties are a part of the distribution process, music videos are another. The pictorial world of the videos, which are largely shot in immediate living environments, is characterised by kitsch texts and depict unattainable dream worlds.
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by Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
with MC Porck, Dayana Paixão, Leydson Dedesso, Neguinho Do Charme, Alan Cassio, Italo Monteiro, Jurema Fox Brazil 2017 Portuguese 18’ Colour Documentary form

With

  • MC Porck
  • Dayana Paixão
  • Leydson Dedesso
  • Neguinho Do Charme
  • Alan Cassio
  • Italo Monteiro
  • Jurema Fox

Crew

Director Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
Screenplay Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca, Pedro Sotero
Cinematography Pedro Sotero
Music Dany Bala, Tiquinho Lira, Carlinhos Sá
Sound Design Daniel Turini, Fernando Henna
Art Director Benjamin de Burca
Producer Carol Vergolino

World Sales

Alumia Produção e Conteúdo

Produced by

Alumia Produção e Conteúdo

Photos

Bárbara Wagner

© Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca

The artist was born in Brasília, Brazil in 1980 and graduated from the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem, the Netherlands in 2012. Her photographic work focuses on how ordinary people present their bodies to a supposedly interested public. It has been exhibited around the world, is held in international collections and has been published in monographs. Since 2011, she has been collaborating with Benjamin de Burca. Their work has been selected for various festivals and exhibitions including Videobrasil, the Locarno Film Festival, the Berlinale and the 2019 Venice Biennale.

Filmography (short films, co-director: B. de Burca)

2013 Cinema Casino 2014 Desenho Canteiro (Plan Plat) 2015 Faz que vai (Set to go) 2017 Estás vendo coisas (You are seeing things) · Bye Bye Deutschland! Eine Lebensmelodie (Bye Bye Germany! A Life Melody) · Terremoto Santo (Holy Tremor) 2018 Rise 2019 Swinguerra 2021 One Hundered Steps

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021

Benjamin de Burca

© Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca

Born in Munich, Germany in 1975, the artist and filmmaker grew up in Ireland. He studied fine art at the Glasgow School of Art and at the University of Ulster in Belfast and worked as an artist in outreach projects with young people involved in gangs in Glasgow and Belfast. Between 2006 and 2008, he was co-director of the Catalyst Arts Centre. His artistic practice extends from painting, collage and photography to film, video and installation. Since 2011, he has collaborated with Bárbara Wagner. Their work has frequently been presented internationally, including a number of times in Berlinale Shorts, most recently in 2019 with Rise.

Filmography (short films, co-director: B. Wagner)

2013 Cinema Casino 2014 Desenho Canteiro (Plan Plat) 2015 Faz que vai (Set to go) 2017 Estás vendo coisas (You are seeing things) · Bye Bye Deutschland! Eine Lebensmelodie (Bye Bye Germany! A Life Melody) · Terremoto Santo (Holy Tremor) 2018 Rise 2019 Swinguerra 2021 One Hundred Steps

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021