AQUI VALE TUDO (A FIGHTING TRADITION)
A feature documentary by Riccardo Migliore
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| Picture/Art design by Riccardo Migliore |
Synopsis in English
The film presents various MMA fighters from
Campina Grande, as we’ve been filming them for over one year. The city is the
source of many fighters since the time of Master Ivan Gomes, an international
athlete who didn’t lose one single fight between more than 230. We show the daily
struggles of today’s fighters from Campina Grande, anyone with a different
background and personality, therefore, this documentary emphasizes social and
human complexity. Their professional achievements also vary, as the film
includes athletes like Jean “White Bear” Silva, former Cage Rage’s champion;
veterans like Edson “Paredão”, who already fought against tough guys as Junior
dos Santos (Cigano), or Forrest Griffin; And Brazilian Top Team's golden kid
Toninho "Fúria". While Campina keeps on producing young champions
like Isac Almeida, Puma, JP Santos, Stênio, Mumbuca, Ceará, Digão and Rogério
Souza.
Technical details:
Shooting Format: DV
Sound: stereo
Time: 71 minutes (and 49 seconds)
Exhibition formats: BETA SP, DV, DVCAM, digital
Written, shot, photographed, produced, directed
and edited by Riccardo Migliore
Music by: DJ Hunter (Nila Araújo).
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| Picture/Art design by Riccardo Migliore |
The film is about the following athletes:
Jean “white bear” Silva, Edson
Paredão, Valderi Silva, Puma, Toninho Fúria, Kell Santos, Isac Almeida, Thiago
Macedo, Vanderlan Targino, João Paulo Santos, Stênio Barbosa, Rodrigo Mumbuca,
Rogério Souza, Fábio Sapo, Jefferson Fibiru, Rodrigo Digão Silva, Rodrigo
Bomba, Rômulo, Waldson Samurai.
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| Jean Silva (Former Cage Rage Champion) and Riccardo Migliore (Director) |
Riccardo Migliore’s
biography:
Born in Milan, Italy (1977), lives in Brazil
since 2004. Independent documentary maker, recently has been awarded for the best
medium lenght film in the 6th South America Human Rights Film Festival (6a
Mostra de Cinema e Direitos Humanos na América do Sul
http://www.cinedireitoshumanos.org.br/2012/rio_de_janeiro_premiados.php),with
the documentary "Barras e barreiras, retrato de Kelly Alves (Kelly Alves,
portrait of a transexual)". Since March 2010 is working as a freelance
advisor for the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Secretary of the Audiovisual.
Directed various low budget documentaries, many of them selected in either national
or international film festivals like, between others: It's all
true/International Documentary Film festival/State of Things (2011); Cineport –
International Portuguese Speaking Countries Film festival (2007, 2011), In-Edit
Brasil/International Music Documentary Festival (2011), 6ª Rassegna Brasil
Cinema Contemporaneo (Milan, Italy 2011), Zanzibar International Film Festival
(2007), Cinesul – Latin America Film Festival(2011), Mostra Internacional do
filme etnográfico/International Ethnographic Film Festival (2009), Cine
Documenta (2010, 2011), Festival Prêmio Roberto Rossellini/Roberto Rossellini
Award Festival (Italy, 2004), 2nd International Uranium Film Festival (Rio de
Janeiro, June 2012). In Milan he studied Arts (Highschool at Liceo Artístico I)
and Filmmaking (Scuola del Cinema, TV e Nuovi Media – Fondazione Scuole Civiche
di Milano, 1997-98 and 2001-2003), and worked for a few production companies
like Mercurio Cinematografica. Participated of workshops with international
professionals of the film Industry, like Gianfilippo Pedote, Gianni Squitieri,
Bruno d’Annunzio, Renzo Rossellini, Mohammed Kalari, Yesim Ustaoglu, Marcélia
Cartaxo, Ralf Tambke between others; And also taught in workshops such as:
introduction to photography, filmmaking and non-fiction films (UFCG,
2008-2009). Recently graduated in Social Sciences at the Federal University of
Campina Grande (UFCG), researching Visual Anthropology and actually is
submitting for a Master Degree in Social Communication, researching
"mise-en-scène" in local documentaries (Paraíba, Brazil).
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| Toninho Furia (BTT), Riccardo Migliore (Director/Producer) and Kell Santos (TFT) |
Riccardo Migliore’s Filmography:
1. Documentary "Nguso Ngana Abundo - negritude que beleza", 2005; 2.
Documentary "Ingá-Cheio d' água", 2006; 3. Documentary "A bruxa
da Flor de Ouro", 2006; 4. Documentary
"Cantou o galo e gemeu a ema" , 2007; 5. Documentário "A casa louca" , 2007; 6.
Documentary "Bons auspícios, amor
que engorda (good wishes, feeding love)", 2008; 7. Documentary
"Talhado" de José Aderivaldo (as a Director of Photography); 8.
Documentary "A batida da Lua Nova", 2009; 9. Fiction/Exp. "Luzes
de uma noite (shining bright night)", 2009; 10. Documentary "A cultura do Repente: uma vídeo-interação com os poetas populares
de Campina Grande", 2010; 11. Fiction/Exp. "A chave da maré(The
tide's key)", 2010; 12. Documentary "De repente é poesia", 2010;
13. Documentary "Seu Cavaco, Dom Bandolim e o Choro de Mestre Duduta na
Rainha da Borborema (Master Duduta and friend)", 2011; 14. Documentary
"Barras e Barreiras, Retrato de Kelly Alves (Kelly Alves, portrait of a
transexual)", 2011; 15. Documentary "Era uma vez na cidade atômica
(Once upon a time in the atomic city)", 2011; Documentary "Aqui Vale
Tudo (A Fighting Tradition)", 2012. 16. Documentary "Such a musical heritage", 2012/2013 (works in
progress).
