neither animal,
nor human:
between the real and the imaginary
Founded by filmmaker Larissa Figueiredo, Cazumbá is an independent structure for the development, production and circulation of films, series, art projects and educational initiatives.
Cazumbá is a character from the Bumba-meu-boi of Maranhão: a creature that dances in hybridity, with its many shapes and colours. Our artistic and political-pedagogical proposal is rooted in the character that gives us our name. We love what blends and transforms, dissolving borders: documentary with fiction, animal with human, literature with orality, cinema with education, art with agroforestry.
At Cazumbá nothing is fixed: each project brings together the partnerships it needs, with a special interest in the encounter of differences between the many Brazils and the world.
AWARDS
AGONTIMÉ — FIDLab Sublimage Award (2015)
THE BULL — Nominated for the FIPRESCI Award – Rotterdam (2015)
THE BULL — Visions Sud Est Post-Production Award (2013)
THE BULL — IX Rucker Vieira Screenplay Contest – Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (2012)
PRESS
Reviews
“O Touro, de Larissa Figueiredo” — Cine Festivais, Ivan Oliveira (PT, 2015)
“The mysterious, fable-like motif of The Bull is a beautiful pretext to kindle an experience of cultural connection.” (translated from Portuguese)
“O Touro e o resgate da própria história” — Escotilha (PT, 2015)
“Filmadrid (Día 6): Superstición brasileña y metamelodrama egipcio” — Videodromo, Luis Suñer (SPA, 2015)
“(…) los últimos minutos del metraje sufren una brillante mutación donde toda la distorsión de la historia y las leyendas (…) pasan de un plano físico a uno cinematográfico, generando una belleza formal ligada a la distorsión visual y auditiva de un viaje en solitario por parte de Joana (…)”
“‘O Touro’, de Larissa Figueiredo” — Tudo Vai Bem, Fernando Oriente (PT, 2016)
“‘O Touro’ is cinema, a powerful cinema.” (translated from Portuguese)
“O enigma sírio” (on LUCIA’S HOME) — Abraccine, Adriano Garrett (PT, 2017)
“Chão de Rua” — Cenas de Cinema, Francisco Carbone (PT, 2020)
“Conceptually impeccable.” (translated from Portuguese)
News and interviews
“Locarno Film Festival’s Carte Blanche Unveils Brazilian Slate” — The Hollywood Reporter (ENG, 2014)
“Produção curitibana O Touro é destaque no Festival de Rotterdam” — Gazeta do Povo (PT, 2015)
“Cinema brasileiro marca presença em festivais internacionais” — Correio Braziliense (PT, 2015)
“Curtas & Festivais – Conheça a carreira da diretora Larissa Figueiredo” (interview) — Cine Festivais, Adriano Garrett (PT, 2015)
“‘Calabozo,’ ‘Sun,’ ‘Broken Years’ – Europe Latin America Co-Pro Forum” (on AGONTIMÉ) — Variety (ENG, 2015)
“Série Mulheres de Encantaria estreia no CineBrasilTV” — Tela Viva (PT, 2023)