PACIFIED

Born of a seven year creative collaboration between the community of ‘Morro dos Prazeres’ and writer/director, Paxton Winters, PACIFIED offers a bracingly intimate portrait of a family trying to find peace in the ever-shifting urban battlefield they call home.

  • San Sebastian Film Festival: Golden Shell, Best Actor, Best Cinematography
  • EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival: Best Director’s Debut, Best Cinematographer’s Debut
  • São Paulo Int’l Film Festival: Audience Award Best Film

BIO

American writer, director and photojournalist, Winters is known for Crude (2003). He also directed the TV series Alacakaranlik (2003). Pacified was produced with members of Morro dos Prazeres community, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lived for eight years.

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Best Director and Best Cinematographer prizes at Camerimage Festival

Best Director and Best Cinematographer prizes at Camerimage Festival

Ten films were selected in our section, they were screened at Cinema City, which is a multiplex located next to the Festival Hall, but which is unfortunately outfitted with silver screens. This problem should be solved in time for next year’s festival. We gave the...

Audience Award for Best Film in São Paulo

Audience Award for Best Film in São Paulo

“Pacificado”, que tem entre seus produtores o festejado Darren “Cisne Negro” Aronofsky, integra safra do que vem sendo chamado de “filme com DNA brasileiro”. Nesta abrangente e gelatinosa categoria, têm sido colocadas, também, produções norte-americanas do produtor...