Director's Works
Antrópico Matheo Fernandes
Matheo Fernandes (b.2001), is a film director based in Paris, France.
He once set out to become a chef, but his family’s old camera changed that. It led him toward anthropology, where he explored how different peoples tell their stories through food. In time, he realized he could tell those stories more powerfully through film than anywhere else.
With a strong environmental and humanist approach, he seeks to shift the way we see and imagine the world. He believes in real, handmade, timeless storytelling - rooted in culture and envisioned to endure.
His craft reflects this precision, blended with the insights he has drawn from his sociological research.
We tried to make a testament to the resilience and memory that form the essence of contemporary Brazil. This film, therefore, is not just about Maria; it is a tribute to all Marias out there, to this people and their culture. Because, after all, this is a film about my people, the Brazilian people, whose very essence is Indigenous. It is a film we made with passion and with almost no resources, and that makes me really proud. That is what i consider to be the real cinema: emergent, shaped by resistance, care, and a true commitment to transforming the lives of those involved in and represented by this story.
