Ivan Cardoso
Also Known As: Ivan do Espírito Cardoso Filho
Biography: Ivan do Espírito Cardoso Filho (Born in Rio de Janeiro, October 1st, 1952) is a Brazilian photographer and filmmaker. Cardoso's early career is mainly associated with experimental short films such as 1971's "Nosferatu no Brasil' (Nosfaratu in Brazil), starring poet and songrwriter Torquato Neto, of whom Cardoso was a good friend. Though his work as an experimental filmmaker continued to develop in short films through a career that spans for over four decades, his most famous and recognizable feature-length movies are the ones that mix horror and comedy elements, described by Cardoso as "terrir" ("terror" + "rir", which is a word for "laugh" in Brazilian Portuguese). "As Sete Vampiras" (The Seven Vampire Ladies), "O Segredo da Múmia" (The Secret of the Mummy) and "Um Lobisomem na Amazônia" (A Werewolf in the Amazon Rainforest) are prominent films among Cardoso's terrir works. Documentaries on fellow Brazilian filmmakers, such as Glauber Rocha and José Mojica Marins, and on plastic artists such as avan-garte icon Helio Oiticica also figure among his filmography. He mantains channels in websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, where lots of his short films, from the most well-known to the most underground ones, are avaliable for free.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: October 01, 1952
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Gender: Male
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Chaos and Confusion
Overview: Super Chacrinha and Glauber Rocha, two millionaires from the earthly plane of Varathrum, manipulate the people around them, including Deus and the Devil, so that their artistic industrial conglomerates grow.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-11-19
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Love on Uranus
Overview: A couple in crisis is about the Brazilian middle class.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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40 Years of Fantasporto
Overview: A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Born at a coffee shop table in the "Invicta" - Porto City, with a subsidy of 15 "contos" (75EUR), since 1981 it hasn't stopped bringing us cinema, and given its weight and peculiarity, The project developed and soon became a reality, with the screening of several sessions a day, the realization of retrospectives and, also, in parallel, the promotion of concerts and art exhibitions. It is considered the biggest film festival in Portugal, and internationally recognized as one of the most important worldwide, and is now entering its 40th edition.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-04-29
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Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Overview: 23 years in the making, “Pereio, Eu Te Odeio!” is a documentary on legendary Brazilian actor Paulo Cesar Pereio, an irreverent and controversial artist and public figure, as told by the testimonies of friends, family, and society members who hate him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-09-29
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Horror Palace Hotel
Overview: An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-07-01
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Dunas do Barato
Overview: A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-10-25
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Canibais na HorrorCon
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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The Mandarin
Overview: The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style.
Genres: History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-11-06
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Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
Overview: A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-05-24
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Uma Estrela pra Ioiô
Overview: Antônio wants to give his girlfriend, the prostitute Ioiô, a star. He meets a salesman who claims he can get one for him, with certificate included! After many negotiations, Antônio finds out he has been taken in.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-11-22
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The Agony
Overview: Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the wheel of his car when passing by a woman who walks by the roadside. Strongly painted lips, printed dress with round skirt and red shoes matching the color of the lipstick, she catches his attention. He gives her a ride, the two of them stare in silence for a few moments. They introduce themselves to one another and between the two establishes an absurd dialogue and full of metaphors. And they are driving around in corners of Rio de Janeiro, to the sound of Noel Rosa and Lamartine Babo. Eva and Antena, she a seer, he, an assassin on the run, initiate an unusual case of love, a marginal love, where boredom often gives way to tragedy, creating the agony of a holiday spent in an abyss.
Genres: Romance Crime Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-12-30
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O Fim da Picada
Overview: After taking part in a satanic orgy at a beach in 1850, Macário meets Exú-Lebara, a female pagan entity. She decides to go along in his trip but tricks him into going to 2008 São Paulo.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-08-21
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Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Overview: The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which changed the course of Brazilian culture in the 1960s and 1970s, until he committed suicide on his 28th birthday.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-10-11
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Sangue Marginal
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-09-01
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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
Overview: Experimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The Red Light Bandit".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-08-11
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Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Overview: A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses Cardoso by saying: "You blended horror, sex and humour very well. And particularly the editing is very good because the film never lagged or slowed down". Which film? This one!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-01-27
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A Miss e o Dinossauro
Overview: A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-05-10
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A Hora do Terrir
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-09-22
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Carícia Fatal
Overview: Comedy/horror short film shot during a 4-day workshop of filmmaking at 2007's MOTELx Lisbon International Horror Film Festival.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
Overview: A look into the Porto Fantastic Film Festival at Portugal.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Ivan, the TerrirBle
Overview: Ivan Cardoso is the inventor of the terrir, a subgenre that mixes comedy, Brazilian chanchadas and classic American horror. This film promotes a rescue of his work by mixing archival material, animations and fictional reconstructions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-01
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