JEFFERSON CABRAL (Brazil, 1989) is a researcher, filmmaker and video editor. His projects and research involve images from the past and the appropriation of archives, and his work move between the fields of cinema and video art.

He has a degree in History, in Audiovisual, a specialist degree in Cinema and a Masters in Media Studies, all from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

His short films were screened at several film festivals in Brazil, in particular the video essay Fun in Paulista (2020) and the essay film A City Always New (2021). He is currently releasing his first short film Departure (2023).



ACADEMIC EDUCATION
 
2014-2021 | Bachelor in Social Communication: Audiovisual (UFRN)
2017-2019 | Master in Media Studies (UFRN)
2016-2017 | Specialist in Cinema (UFRN)
2013-2014 | Cinema e Audiovisual (UFC) [suspended]
2008-2012 | Degree in History (UFRN)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

2019 - [...] | Independent Cultural Agent
2023 | Coordinator and Technical Advisor LPG RN (FJA/SEC)
2019-2022 | Audiovisual Technician (SEDIS/UFRN)

CULTURAL PROJECTS

2021 | Natal: CinemaCity
2019 | Sessão Teia-Brasil

FILMOGRAPHY - SHORT AND MEDIUM FEATURES

2023 | Departure
2021 | A City Always New
2021 | One way to Alecrim, come back from Praça
2020 | One way to Praça, come back from Alecrim 
2020 | Fun in Paulista, 1 desktopfilm
2020 | Where do I send this letter?

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 | Circuit of Contemporary Art and Culture (CACCO)
EXP2: Fragments