COPAN

social-realist sci-fi from an apartment block with five thousand inhabitants in the centre of São Paulo. a Brazilian microcosm about money, power and a fragile democracy.




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feature documentary 

directed by carine wallauer
cinematography by carine wallauer












CINEMATOGRAPHER
selected works







festival
2025 CPH:DOX_Next:Wave Award [Denmark]
2025 É Tudo Verdade/It is All True_Brazilian Competitive [Brazil]
















CURUPIRA E A MAQUINA DO DESTINO

filmed on the roads transamazônica, BR-319 and the real village of realidade, in the south of amazonia, curupira e a máquina do destino is the encounter between the entity curupira, a queer devil who protects the forests of Brazil, and the incarnated ghost of Iracema, a 14-year-old prostitute.




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short documentary 

directed by janaina wagner
produced by 
le fresnoy
cinematography by carine wallauer












festival
2022 Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes [Brazil]
2022 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival [Brazil]
2022 Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy [Finland]
2022 Bucharest Short Film Festival [Romania]
2022 Cabíria Festival [Brazil]
2022 25FPS Festival [Croatia]
2022 Cork International Film Festival [United Kingdom]
2022 Valdivia International Film Festival [Spain]
2022 Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival [United Kingdom]
2022 Philadelphia Film Festival [United States]
2022 Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania
2022 Glasgow Short Film Festival [United Kingdom]
2022 Las Palmas International Film Festival [Spain]
2022 Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival [Austria]
2022 Olhar de Cinema – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Curitiba [Brazil]
2022 Short Waves Festival [Poland]
2022 Festival ECRÃ [Brazil]
2022 Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival [Portugal]




prize
2022 Best Short Film (New Directions) Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival [Brazil]
2022 Acquisition Prize for television channel Canal Curta! - Cabíria Festival [Brazil]
2022 Best Short Film - Las Palmas International Film Festival [Spain]













IRMA

two sisters travel to southern Brazil in search of their father. on the way, they see mysterious beings, fossils and rare natural events. filled with magical images and sounds, the journey helps the two girls grow closer and a bit wiser.




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feature fiction - 90 min

directed by lu mazzeto e vinicius lopes
produced by 
patio vazio filmes
cinematography by carine wallauer












world premiere
2020 Berlnale Generation Competition [Germany]

festival
2020 Berlin International Film Festival [Germany]
2020 Mostra Internacional de São Paulo [Brazil]
2020 La Roche-Sur-Yon International Film Festival [France]
2020 REC - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tarragona [Spain]
2020 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana [Cuba]
2021 Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes [Brazil]
2021 Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse [France]
2021 Femme Revolution Film Festival [France]
2021 Inffinito Film Festival [United States]
2021 Toronto International Women Film Festival [Canada]
2021 Oakland International Film Festival [United States]
2021 Rencontres du cinéma Sud-Américain de Marseille [France]
2021 Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris [France]
2021 San Diego Latin Film Festival [United States]




prize
2021 Best Fiction Film - Toronto International Women Film Festival [Canada]
2021 Jury’s Prize for Best Fiction Film - Rencontres du cinéma Sud-Américain de Marseille [France]






















DE ONDE NASCE O SOL

as in a rite of passage, a river takes three friends to inhabit a sphere other than that of the concreteness of our time.




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short documentary 

directed by gabriela stein
produced by 
pique-bandeira
cinematography by carine wallauer












festival
2023 Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes [Brazil]
2024 Festival de Cinema da Amazônia [Brazil]
2024 Festival de Cinema de Vitória [Brazil]







TEMPORAL

in the past, a woman sings about longing. in the present, a girl has an unexpected encounter. the club tower has seen it all from the beginning.




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short documentary 

directed by gabriel honzik
produced by 
asamayama and galo de briga filmes
cinematography by carine wallauer












festival
2017 Gramado International Film Festival [Brazil]
2017 Mostra Sesc de Cinema [Brazil]
2017 Goiania Short Film Festival [Brazil]
2017 Cine Esquema Novo [Brazil]




prize
2017 Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound Design - Gramado International Film Festival [Brazil]
2017 Best Direction and Best Cinematography - Mostra Sesc de Cinema [Brazil]