THE COMPANY
Migdal Filmes
Migdal Filmes is a Rio de Janeiro-based production company with a diversified portfolio of audiovisual projects, ahead of the market changes and trends. In its line up, the company collects titles ranging from big box office records to award-winning fictions and documentaries.
Among its best known projects there are titles such as "Minha Mãe é Uma Peça", the Top Gross of 2013; "Minha Mãe é Uma Peça 2", one of the largest national incomes in history with over 9 million viewers; "Casa Grande", by Fellipe Barbosa, nominated for more than ten international festivals and awarded in Rio, Toulouse, Rotterdam and others; and the also acclaimed musical documentary "Cassia Eller", by Paulo Henrique Fontenelle.
Migdal was responsible for producing feature films such as "Linda de Morrer", a comedy starring Gloria Pires; "Irmã Dulce" by Vicente Amorim, a biography of the Blessed who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in her life; "Nosso Lar", in partnership with Cinética Filmes, which took more than 4 million viewers to theaters throughout Brazil; and with Zencrane, Marcos Jorge's dramatic thriller "Mundo Cão", with Lázaro Ramos, Babu Santana and Adriana Esteves.
For TV, Migdal produced the three seasons of the anthological series "The Canalhas" (GNT); and the five seasons of the humorous "220 Volts" (Multishow), plus more than 150 hours of pay-TV content. For VH1 and MTV, produced two seasons of the musical documentary "Música.Doc." In 2019, is preparing the new series "Matches", by Carolina Castro and Marcelo Andrade, to be shown on Warner Channel.
In 2019, Migdal also produces the third film from Paulo Gustavo's "Minha Mae é Uma Peça" franchise. In line up for the turn of 2019/2020, Migdal has three films with very varied profiles: "Carlinhos e Carlão", starring actor Luis Lobianco and directed by Pedro Amorim; the comedy “Sings for the Rise” directed by Caroline Fioratti, featuring Cacau Protásio, Ary França and great cast; and "M8" by Jefferson De.
PRIZES
Casa Grande
Special Jury Prize at the Paulínia Festival (2014), Fiction Category
Award for Best Supporting Actor - Marcello Novaes at the Paulínia Festival (2014)
Award for Best Supporting Actress - Clarissa Pinheiro at the Paulínia Festival (2014)
Award for Best Screenplay - Fellipe Barbosa and Karen Sztajnberg at the Paulínia Festival (2014)
Revelation Prize of the French Critic in the 26th Edition of the Cinélatino Latin American Film Festival, held in Toulouse (2014)
International Critics' Prize (Fipresci) at the 26th Cinélatino, Latin American Film Festival, held in Toulouse (2014)
Public Prize at the 26th Cinélatino, Latin American Film Festival, held in Toulouse (2014)
Best fiction feature chosen by the Rio Festival audience (2014)
Best Film chosen by Abraccine (Brazilian Association of Film Critics) at the 38th São Paulo International Film Festival
Cássia Eller
Best documentary chosen by the public at the 38th São Paulo International Film Festival
Hour concours at the Rio Festival (2014)
My mom is a Character
Best Feature Film - 17th Edition of the Brazilian Festival of Miami (2013)
The Astral City
Best Art Direction at the Brazilian Festival of Miami (2011)
Considered by the Brazilian Academy of Cinema, the film with best special effect of 2011.
