BIOGRAPHY
MINIBIO
Ludmila Ferolla is a photographer, documentarian and painter
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth: Rio de Janeiro, 1961
Graduated in Visual Communication from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado FAAP, in São Paulo, Brazil
She lived in Rome for eleven years wheres studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She graduated in Cinematography with Giuseppe Rotunno, considered a great master in the history of cinema. She later worked as his assistant.
She started professionally as freelancer photographer, later created the film production company Mares Produções and started to work as Director, Producer and Cinematographer.
She studied painting at the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, in Rio de Janeiro.
She took place in national and international film and visual arts festivals and exhibitions, such as:
Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil; VideoBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil; ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany; Wharf, France; Artur Fidalgo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Festival di Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy; Documentary International Film Festival HotDocs, Toronto, Canada; Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Italy; Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil; Gramado International Film Festival, Gramado, Brazil.
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EDUCATION
1981/1982 - Rome, Italy
Photography course at the Istituto Europeo di Design
1986 - São Paulo
Degree in Visual Communication at the Faculty of Visual Arts at FAAP
- Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation
1988/1990 - Rome, Italy
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Cinematography Course with Giuseppe Rotunno
School Director: Lina Wertmüller
Currently: Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
2009/2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parque Lage School of Visual Arts -
Painting with João Magalhães
Theory and Portfolio with Marcelo Campos, Efraim Almeida and Brígida Baltar
WORKS, EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2020 - Reconnecting Immensity - Collective artistic action
Promoted by Coletivo Kókir, together with artists Gustavo Caboco, Mônica Nador,
Collective Mahku and the NGOs Thydewá and the Associação Indigenista ASSINDI
http://aei.art.br/reconectar-a-imensidao/
2014 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Collective art exhibition: À Primeira Vista
Artur Fidalgo Gallery, curated by Marcelo Campos, Efraim Almeida and Brígida Baltar
http://www.canalcontemporaneo.art.br/e-nformes.php?codigo=3591
2009 - Rio de Janeiro
Vídeo installation Cube landscape 14’41’’ - work of the artist Regina de Paula
Cinematography
Cavalariças Gallery, Parque Lage
http://reginadepaula.com.br/pt/obra/video-cubo-paisagem/
2008 - São Paulo
Galeria Vermelho - Screening of the documentary video Paredes Pinturas (Wall Paintings)
https://www.galeria Vermelho.com.br/pt/exposicao/5309/m%C3%B4nica-nador-e-brodagem/texto
2007 - Weimar, Germany
ACC Galerie Weimar - Screening of the documentary video Paredes Pinturas (Wall Paintings)
Exposure The big easy: Relocating the Myth of the “West”
https://acc-weimar.de/ausstellungen/a164/
2007 - São Paulo, Brazil
16th Videobrasil Electronic Art Festival / Sesc Limite - Screening of the Videoart Conflict
http://www.videobrasil.org.br/ffnews/ffnews_selecao16.htm
2006 - Rome, Italy
Festival di Palazzo Venezia - Screening of the documentary Paredes Pinturas
http://www.docfest.it/palazzovenezia_sito/2006/programmazioni/pgr_16sett.html
2005 - France
Festival Rencontres Parallèles at the Center d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie -
Launch of the documentary Paredes Pinturas (Wall Paintings)
http://www.rencontresparalleles.info/menu.htm
2004 / 2005 - Toulouse, France and São Paulo, Brazil
Cinematography and Production of the documentary video Paredes Pinturas (Wall Paintings)
64 minutes. Production: Mares Produções
2001- Participation in Festivals
Documentary International Film Festival Hot Docs, Canada;
29th Gramado International Film Festival, Brazil; Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil; International Documentary Festival It's All True, São Paulo, Brazil; Brasília International Film Festival, Brazil
1997 - São Paulo, Brazil
Creation of the Producing Company Mares Produções Ltda
1997 / 2000 - São Paulo, Brazil
Direction, Production, Script and Cinematography of the feature-length documentary film, 35mm Anesia - Um voo no tempo (Anesia - A flight through time) .
Production: Mares Produções. Distribution: Riofilme, in 2001 and 2002
1991 - Rome, Italy
Cinematography of 8 short films by 7 young Italian directors, 16 mm.
Il Mantello, La giustizia trionfa, Metamorfosi, A domani, L'ospite, Cronaca fedele di un amore, La vasca, Pane e farina
Production: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
1990 - Florence, Italy
Ethnic-Anthropological Award at the Festival dei Popoli, for the film Itaúnas
http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/31-festival-dei-popoli/
1989 - Rome, Italy and Espírito Santo, Brazil
Cinematography of the documentary Itaúnas , 16 mm, 11 minutes;
Production: Axelotil Film - Rome
!985/1986 - São Paulo, Brazil
Photographer of the architecture magazine Projeto
1984 - Rome, Italy
Photography Exhibition Circo Massimo Baiano
Cândido Portinari Gallery, Embassy of Brazil
1984 - São Paulo, Brazil
Acquisition Award for the Panela installation
FAAP's XVI Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts -
Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, Brazilian Art Museum
1982/1983 - Rome, Italy
Freelancer photographer, collaborated with correspondents for the Brazilian magazines Veja and Isto é.