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Olympic Favela

As urban development projects for 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro press ahead, the city government has been removing thousands of families from their homes in Rio's slums (favelas).
The last chapter of the Olympic Favela project (2012-2016),
OLYMPIC FAVELA portrays the favela residents' relationship with their communities:
Two families are forced to give up their homes and businesses in Vila Autodromo, an idyllic community by the Lagoon of Jacarepagua, close to the newly built Olympic Park.
While one family is torn apart by virtue of how the city officials allocate replacement housing in hastily built housing complexes, the other's new home bears the promise of a new start.

  • Marc Ohrem-Leclef
    Director
    n/a
  • Marc Ohrem-Leclef
    Producer
  • Renato Vallone
    Editor
    Campo do Jogo, Cinema Novo,
  • Fabio Andrade
    Editor
  • Marc Ohrem-Leclef
    Writer
  • John Bowen
    Sound Design
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Displacement
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 3, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital DSLR
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Seattle International Film Festival 2016
    Seattle
    United States
    June 8, 2016
    World Premiere
  • Nantucket Film Festival
    Nantucket
    United States
    June 25, 2016
    East Coast Premiere
  • Hamptons International Film Festival 2016
    EAST AMPTONS
    United States
    October 28, 2016
  • Festival Do Rio 2016
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    October 10, 2016
    South American Premiere
Director Biography - Marc Ohrem-Leclef

Marc Ohrem-Leclef was born in Dusseldorf, Germany.

After studying Communication Design at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany he relocated to New York City in 1998.

Ohrem-Leclef's visual arts practice centers on immersive portraits of communities—whether they are formed by bloodlines, social circumstance, or cultural movements.

Ohrem-Leclef’s work has been exhibited in Germany, Brazil and the U.S..
It has been reviewed and featured in publications such as Artnews, BBC, Slate, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Internazionale, Huffington Post.
OLYMPIC FAVELA, a book of photographs by Marc Ohrem-Leclef with a text by Luis Perez-Oramas (MoMA), was named "best of 2014" by AmericanPhoto Magazine.

In 2013 Marc was invited as a Guest Lecturer in the Advanced Photography Seminar at Columbia University, New York.

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Director Statement

The final chapter of the OLYMPIC FAVELA project (2012-2016) takes the form of a short documentary film:

OLYMPIC FAVELA examines the relationship the favela residents have with their homes and their communities.
The film portrays two families who are forced to give up their homes and businesses in Favela Vila Autodromo, an idyllic community at the shore of the lagoon of Jacarepagua in close proximity to the newly built Olympic Park.
While one family is torn apar by virtue of how the city allocates replacement housing in hastily built social housing complexes that are located far apart from each other, the other family's new home bears the promise of a new beginning.
www.olympicfavela.com