Created by Fernando Grostein Andrade
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FilmSoul is founded by Fernando Grostein Andrade, a LA-based Brazilian filmmaker and digital media entrepreneur, represented by Untitled Entertainment. In 2019, he debuted his film "Abe", starring Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things), Seu Jorge (City of God) and Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad). "Abe" was accepted into 27 film festivals, and first premiered at Sundance. The film was honored with the Children Jury Award at the 31st Kinder Film Festival in Vienna and the Audience Award for Best Narrative at the Washington Jewish Film Festival. Fernando also created and directed Quebrando o Tabu (Breaking the Taboo), a documentary that discusses alternative solutions to the war on drugs featuring 6 heads of state, including Jimmy Carter and Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Quebrando o Tabu spun off into an online media channel with 10 million followers becoming the largest human rights internet outlet in Brazil. The film became a two season TV series that received the Mipcom Diversify TV Excellence Award in Cannes. Fernando co-founded "Mapa Educação", a youth movement that advocates for quality in public education in Brazil and directed the documentary "Wandering Heart", featuring Caetano Veloso and special appearances of Pedro Almodóvar, Michelangelo Antonioni and Giselle Bündchen. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Click on the image above to enjoy the reel.
Abe
Abe is narrative feature film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. It later showcased in more then 30 film festivals across the globe and was released in over 20 territories.
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Quebrando o Tabu
Quebrando o Tabu is a cross-platform human rights project created by Fernando Grostein Andrade. It started with a feature film, then become a social media page with 15+ million followers and finally spin off into a 2 season documentary series. The series was awarded a Mipcom Diversify TV Excellence 2019 in Cannes.
What People Are Saying
“Grostein Andrade directs with energy and enthusiasm, especially when it comes to communicating the online dimension of Abe’s social life.”
— Variety
“Abe” is one of those movies that come on unheralded and leave you in a state of pleasant surprise. The soundtrack, by the way, is terrific“Abe” the movie is charming too.”
— Wall St. Journal
“Drawing on his personal background and the multifaceted aspects of both Brazilian and American culture, Andrade serves up an enticing dramedy that wholeheartedly celebrates the potential for multicultural cuisine to unite people from distinctly different traditions, even in the face of determined opposition. ”
— The Hollywood Reporter
“Fernando Grostein Andrade directs the very appealing family film.”
— Screen Anarchy
Abe poster in Japan
German version of the poster of Abe. In Germany Abe is called "Soul Food"
Caetano Veloso and Fernando during the shootings of Wandering Heart in Osaka
Shooting in Osaka Castle
President Jimmy Carter
Fernando and Jimmy Carter during the set of Quebrando o Tabu
Shooting in New Orleans
Gael Garcia during the shootings of Quebrando o Tabu
Bill Clinton during the shooting of Quebrando o Tabu
Gilberto Gil interviews and play a song to Fernando
Shooting Pedro Almdovar
Filming president Fernando Henrique Cardoso in a Favela in Brazil
Filming President Cesar Gaviria, Colombia
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