About
Ana Vaz
Overview
Ana Vaz (b. 1986, Brasília) is an artist and filmmaker whose films and other expanded works speculate upon the relationships between self and other, myth and history through a cosmology of signs, references and perspectives. Assemblages of found and shot materials, her films combine ethnography and speculation in exploring the frictions and fictions imprinted upon both cultivated and savage environments and their multiple inhabitants. A graduate from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Ana was also a member of SPEAP (SciencesPo School of Political Arts), a project conceived and directed by Bruno Latour. Recent screenings of her work include the New York Film Festival – Projections, TIFF Wavelenghts, CPH:DOX, Videobrasil, Courtisane, Cinéma du Réel and Lux Salon. In 2015, she was the recipient of the Kazuko Trust Award presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in recognition of artistic excellence and innovation in her moving-image work.
Ana is also a founding member of the collective "Coyote" along with Tristan Bera, Nuno da Luz, Elida Hoëg and Clémence Seurat, a cross-disciplinary group working in the fields of ecology, anthropology, ethnology and political science through an array of crosscutting platforms.
Her films are distributed by Light Cone
& the Canadian Filmmaker Distribution Centre.
Known for
Acting |
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2021 | Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
2019 | Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2012 | Entre Temps | Actor | (voice) | N/A N/A |
2008 | Sacris Pulso | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2024 | It Is Night in America | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2023 | El Espejo | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Meteoro | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | The Tree | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | PSEUDOSPHYNX | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Apiyemiyekî? | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2018 | Amazing Fantasy | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Look Closely at the Mountains | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Atomic Garden | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Dreaming In The Dark | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | Amérika: Bahia de las Flechas | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2016 | There Is Land! | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | Occidente | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | A Film, Reclaimed | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | The Age of Stone | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2013 | A Idade da Pedra | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Les Mains, Négatives | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Entre Temps | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Sacris Pulso | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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2020 | Apiyemiyekî? | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2015 | A Film, Reclaimed | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2013 | The Age of Stone | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2012 | Entre Temps | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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2021 | Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird | Production | Co-Producer | N/A N/A |
Sound |
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2024 | It Is Night in America | Sound | Sound | 59 Average |
2023 | Meteoro | Sound | Sound Editor | N/A N/A |
2021 | Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird | Sound | Sound Designer | N/A N/A |
2020 | Apiyemiyekî? | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
2018 | Look Closely at the Mountains | Sound | Sound | N/A N/A |
2016 | There Is Land! | Sound | Sound | 59 Average |
Camera |
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2023 | Meteoro | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2020 | Apiyemiyekî? | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2015 | Occidente | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2013 | The Age of Stone | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
Crew |
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2021 | Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2018 | Look Closely at the Mountains | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2016 | There Is Land! | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
Editing |
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2024 | It Is Night in America | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2023 | Meteoro | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2021 | Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2020 | Apiyemiyekî? | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2018 | Look Closely at the Mountains | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2016 | There Is Land! | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2015 | Occidente | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2013 | The Age of Stone | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2012 | Entre Temps | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |