Tiago Ignacio Branchini was born in Brazil (*1985) in a Methodist family, where music was his first contact with the world of art. At sixteen years, he started a group of punk-rock becoming one of the most representative bands of their region within three years . Writing poetry and composing songs he discovered the power of the moving image and choose to study cinema. He graduated with a short film and afterwards moved to Italy, where he made two short fiction and a short documentary film. After living in Milan for three years he moved to Rome, where he started the project Sol@zione making seven video interviews with people who are committed to a common good. The year after, he started his cinema Masters at the University La Sapienza of Rome, currently finishing a short film as director and screenwriter. He is active in the Protestant youth organisation in Italy and member of the Protestant Cinema Association “Roberto Sbaffi”.
Film maker
Country of origin
Current issues
At the Oulu's Children's and Youth International Film Festival 2024 the Church Media Foundation presented its "Look at Me..." Award to Nellie Rajala for her film "The Elf Ring".
Sascha Keilholz, director of the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, in his greetings at the Ecumenical Reception reflects the actual political challenges after the US elections and the threats to democracy.
Events
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
26.04.2023
Budapest
In Budapest at the end of April 2023 INTERFILM is organising a seminar on the history of Hungarian film and the current situation in Central and Eastern Europe.