SETE LÉGUAS FILMES IS AN INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY BASED IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. WE FOCUS ON AUTHOR-DRIVEN STORIES.
ZICARTOLA: DAWN OF SAMBASearching for the traces of Zicartola, a legendary samba club erased by time, Marcelo D2 discovers that what he’s looking for can no longer be found.
Through music, food, and memory, the film explores how Brazilian culture is preserved not in archives, but in living bodies and voices. A documentary about absence, inheritance, and resistance.Directed by Emílio Domingos and João Inada.
UNDER THE SKINA documentary VR experience that immerses the audience in Rio de Janeiro’s Complexo do Alemão. By interacting with real people during an armed confrontation, viewers experience firsthand what it means to live under permanent violence — and still resist. The piece had its World Premiere at IDFA 2021 and was an Official Selection at SXSW 2022.Directed by João Inada.
LAS NOCHESNight after night, a woman transforms her life into stories. Born into a territory and a body pushed to the margins, she confronts violence with wit, imagination, and irreverence. Her accounts — tender, mischievous, and pierced by flashes of magic — construct a nocturnal, dreamlike universe that reminds us that storytelling is a silent act of survival.Written and directed by Ana Bovino.
FESTIVAL IMERSIVO DAS FAVELAS (FIF)The Festival Imersivo das Favelas (Immersive Favela Festival) held its first edition in August 2021 as a platform dedicated to Black and Indigenous artists and creators from favelas, urban peripheries, and rural areas across Brazil, working in visual arts and immersive technologies.Produced by João Inada, Raull Santiago and Thamyra Thamara
CROSSING THE LINETen artists from the Middle East embark on a road trip across the United States, exploring shared issues between the U.S. and the Middle East. A six-episode documentary series filmed during Donald Trump’s first presidential election campaign, produced by Culturunners for The Guardian.Directed by João Inada and Mateo Lonnardi.
REFRAME IRANA documentary filmed entirely in Virtual Reality about Iranian refugee artists and their relationship with their identity as Iranians on the margins.Directed by Joao Inada
GABINETE DOS BICHOSA socio-environmental activist group that produced awareness and advocacy videos focused on the protection of the Amazon, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, Instituto Clima e Sociedade, Greenpeace, and Open Society Foundations.A Sete Léguas Filmes production.
JOÃO INADA is a filmmaker and multiplatform video director. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the World VR Forum (Switzerland) with Reframe Iran (2016), he directed works such as Na Pele VR (2019), which premiered at IDFA 2021 and SXSW 2022. He is the founder of Sete Léguas Filmes.Inada holds a degree in Journalism from Columbia University and was a researcher at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.
ANA BOVINO is a filmmaker and political scientist. She holds a degree in Film Directing from Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires), with a specialization in screenwriting, and a Master’s degree in Creative Documentary from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.She is currently developing her first feature-length film, Las Noches, supported by Argentina’s National Arts Fund and development programs in Latin America and Europe.
