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DEAD PEOPLE: Didn't Come into the World to be Stone

PEOPLE always want to see dead people. Being it directly on the morbidest of curiosities, or indirectly in our western Death rituals, where we swear to be clinical, anesthetized and humane.
PEOPLE are also afraid of dying, which maybe explains so much interest on corpses. As PEOPLE, we dance with Death everyday, play chess with them, and wonder about it.
DEAD PEOPLE is a poetic documentary, insighting morbid curiosity and its implications on the post-modern ploretariat while they cope with their on mortality.

  • Leo Ikeda Maesima
    Director
    Olhos, Pesadelos, Só Saudade, MFM.
  • Gabriel Muniz Mastelli
    Director
    Quarto do Caos, Pesadelos, Só Saudade.
  • Danilo Alves Camargo
    Writer
  • Laura Dias Amaral
    Producer
    Quarto do Caos, Pesadelos, Só Saudade.
  • Yago Struzani Stein Vieira
    Producer
  • Og Dória
    Key Cast
  • Flávio Teixeira Pereira
    Key Cast
    "Saidi"
  • Naor Levandoski
    Key Cast
  • Mariana Nascimento Silva
    Key Cast
  • Fellipe de Andrade Galvão
    Director of Photography
    Quarto do Caos, Pesadelos, Só Saudade.
  • Samuel Ribas Pinheiro
    Camera Operator
    Quarto do Caos, Pesadelos, Só Saudade.
  • Raphael Monné Dória
    Sound Director
  • Fellipe de Andrade Galvão
    Colorist
    Quarto do Caos, Pesadelos, Só Saudade.
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    GENTE MORTA: Não vim ao Mundo para ser Pedra
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 34 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    20 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Centro Universitário FAM
  • XVI Feras da Comunicação, Artes e Design - 1° Lugar
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    December 4, 2023
    Worldwide Premiere - Centro Universitário FAM
    1st place
Director Biography - Leo Ikeda Maesima, Gabriel Muniz Mastelli

Hailing from São Paulo, Leo Ikeda Maesima is a brazilian independent film student, graphic designer and musician. Member of Slowsheeps collective, made by AV graduates from FAM University Center. He created video-essay productions, music videos and short films. Photographer since 2009, doing exhibitions in Paraty - RJ and Taubaté -SP.
As a designer, he produced motion 2D and 3D intros for small YouTube channels from 2015 and 2019, did the visual identity and graphic design for the audiovisual productions mentioned above, as well as album cover arts for his solo music project and partner independent artists. Worked as a freelance photographer for Phygital Lab and Motion Designer for Latoca Films.

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Director Statement

MUITO ORGULHO DE TODES QUE FIZERAM ISSO SER POSSÍVEL DE ALGUMA FORMA. À TODAS AS ALMAS QUE CONVERSARAM COM A MINHA PARA CHEGARMOS ATÉ AQUI. QUERIDOS COMPANHEIROS QUE ACREDITARAM NO PROCESSO E NÃO LARGARAM DE NENHUMA ETAPA, EU AMO VOCÊS. AOS DESENCARNADOS QUE ESTARÃO ORGULHOSOS DE NOSSO TRABALHO E HOMENAGEM À DANÇA DA MORTE.