Name: Bárbara Defanti
Area of work: Production
Edition: 2021
City: Rio de Janeiro
State: Rio de Janeiro
City of origin: Niterói
E-mail: [email protected]
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b%C3%A1rbara-defanti-51752b207/
At Sobretudo Produção, her production company, she leads the development, production and release of feature and short films in documentary, fiction and animation. She has also produced film festivals and retrospective programs, and served for three years as Content and Communications Coordinator at Anima Mundi International Animation Festival. Her projects have participated in initiatives such as BrLab, La Fémis + Projeto Paradiso, EAVE Puentes, Berlinale Talents and Rotterdam Lab, among others. She also develops training programs, including em-curta, a short film mentorship platform sponsored by SpCine. In 2016, she received funding from the Brazilian Audiovisual Sector Fund (FSA) to develop a Creative Core (Núcleo Criativo) focused on adaptation projects. In 2022, she released The Club of Angels, directed by Angelo Defanti, a Brazil–Portugal co-production based on the novel by Luis Fernando Verissimo. The film won Best Comedy at the ABRA Screenwriters Guild Awards and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Grande Otelo Awards. In 2024, she premiered the documentary Verissimo at É Tudo Verdade – International Documentary Film Festival. In 2025, she released the award-winning feature Kasa Branca, directed by Luciano Vidigal, one of the six films shortlisted as Brazil’s submission for the Academy Awards. In the same year, she released the Netflix documentary series A Tragedy Foretold - Flight 3054, which ranked in the Top 10 in more than 60 countries during its premiere week.
