MATA

Fábio Nascimento is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who has worked for National Geographic, Greenpeace, Doctors without Borders, The New York Times, producing stories about people, nature and science. Brazilian, where he studied journalism, and subsequently film theory at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a Master degree in documentary film at Paris VIII, France. In addition to directing documentaries, he is also a photographer and editor, has also a background in music and, as a result, composes the soundtracks for many of his films. In recent years, he has divided his time between projects ranging from tropical forests to the poles, working on all continents and embarking on ships across the globe.

Ingrid Fadnes (Oslo, 1983) is journalist and researcher. For more than a decade she worked in between Central America and Brazil with social and political issues related to indigenous and rural movements. She is a radiodocumentarist and MATA is her first film.