Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho was born in 1968 in Recife, in northeastern Brazil. Over the last decade, his short films The Little Cotton Girl, Green Vinyl, and others have won over 100 awards in Brazil and abroad. His first feature, the documentary, Crítico, focused on the troubled relationship between filmmakers and critics through a series of personal interviews recorded over eight years. Neighboring Sounds, his first feature, screened at New Directors/New Films in 2012.