Patrícia Ferreira Pará Yxapy

Nhemongueta Kunhã Mbaraete (2020)

Letter From A Guarani Woman In Search Of Her Land Without Evil (2020)

The Land Without Evil is the mythology that guides the Guaraní communities. It narrates the search for a lost paradise. From the moment that Europeans crossed the Atlantic, it became the anima of a resistance discourse. How many different weapons does it ...

Yãmĩyhex, the Women-Spirit (2020)

After spending a few months in the Vila Verde Village, the yãmĩyhex (women-spirit) prepare to leave. The filmmakers Sueli and Isael Maxakali register the preparations and the great feast for their farewell. During the feast days, a legion of spirits cro ...

Teko Haxy - ser imperfeita (2018)

An intimate meeting between two women filming each other. An exploration of the relationship of two artists: an indigenous filmmaker and a non-indigenous visual artist and anthropologist. ...

PARÁ RETÉ (2015)

No Caminho com Mário (2014)

In the village of Koenju, in Rio Grande do Sul, young Mario and his "gang" make fun of the challenges of today's Mbya-Guarani reality. ...

TAVA, a Casa de Pedra (2012)

Mythical-religious interpretation of the Mbya-Guarani on 17th century Jesuit reductions in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. ...

Desterro Guarani (2011)

As Ariel Ortega thinks about the history of contact of the Mbya-Guarani, he tries to understand how his people got expelled from their land. ...

Bicycles of Nhanderú (2011)

An immersion in spirituality and everyday life of the Mbya-Guarani from the Koenju village in Southern Brazil. ...

I Know Who You Are (2000)

Paloma is a young psychiatrist, who is hired to work as a director of a clinic in Galicia, and is attracted to Mario, her very first patient. He suffers from a rare form of amnesia, commonly known as Korsakov's syndrome. As a result, both his short and lon ...

Teko Haxy - ser imperfeita (2018)

An intimate meeting between two women filming each other. An exploration of the relationship of two artists: an indigenous filmmaker and a non-indigenous visual artist and anthropologist. ...