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The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intrigu...
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Ivan do Espírito Cardoso Filho (Born in Rio de Janeiro, October 1st, 1952) is a Brazilian photographer and filmmaker.
Cardoso's early career is mainly associated with experimental short films such as 1971's "Nosferatu no Brasil' (Nosfaratu in Brazil), starring poet and songrwriter Torquato Neto, of whom Cardoso was a good friend.
Though his work as an experimental filmmaker continued to develop in short films through a career that spans for over four decades, his most famous and recognizable feature-length movies are the ones that mix horror and comedy elements, described by Cardoso as "terrir" ("terror" + "rir", which is a word for "laugh" in Brazilian Portuguese). "As Sete Vampiras" (The Seven Vampire Ladies), "O Segredo da Múmia" (The Secret of the Mummy) and "Um Lobisomem na Amazônia" (A Werewolf in the Amazon Rainforest) are prominent films among Cardoso's terrir works.
Documentaries on fellow Brazilian filmmakers, such as Glauber Rocha and José Mojica Marins, and on plastic artists such as avan-garte icon Helio Oiticica also figure among his filmography.
He mantains channels in websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, where lots of his short films, from the most well-known to the most underground ones, are avaliable for free.
Browse movies and TV shows featuring Ivan Cardoso
The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intrigu...
The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in severa...
A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.
A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its Pr...
Experimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The Red Light Band...
A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. I...
Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the wheel of his car w...
Antônio wants to give his girlfriend, the prostitute Ioiô, a star. He meets a Salesman who claims he can get on...
Super Chacrinha and Glauber Rocha, two millionaires from the earthly plane of Varathrum, manipulate the people...
A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape an...
Ivan Cardoso is the inventor of the terrir, a subgenre that mixes comedy, Brazilian chanchadas and classic Amer...
A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.
23 years in the making, “Pereio, Eu Te Odeio!” is a documentary on legendary Brazilian actor Paulo Cesar Pereio...
An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.
Comedy/horror short film shot during a 4-day workshop of filmmaking at 2007's MOTELx Lisbon International Horro...
After taking part in a satanic orgy at a beach in 1850, Macário meets Exú-Lebara, a female pagan entity. She de...
A couple in crisis is about the Brazilian middle class.
A look into the Porto Fantastic Film Festival at Portugal.