Best film at the Mostra Monstro!

Kassandra is honored to receive the great award at Mostra Monstro Film Festival, in Jacareí, State of São Paulo. Know more here (in portuguese). 

Also called Troféu Monstro ("Monster Award"), the award was given by the official jury last sunday, March 15th. This is the second award of Best Film for Kassandra, and it's eighth award in total. 

Thanks to the official jury and to the Mostra Monstro Film Festival!

See all our awards bellow:

Gramado Film Festival (Mostra Gaucha):

• Best Cinematography 

Santo Angelo Film Festival:

• Best Director 
• (Plus 3 nominations: Best Film, Best Actress for Renata Stein, Best Screenplay)

CineSerra Film Festival:

• Best Cinematography 
• Best Art Direction
• Best Music

Brasilia Online Film Festival:

• Best Film
• Best Director
• (Plus 6 nominations: Best Film by the Popular Jury, Best Actress for Renata Stein, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Original Score)

Mostra Monstro Film Festival:

• Troféu Monstro ("Monster Award", Best Film)

Best Film at the Brasilia Online Festival

This weekend, in Brasilia, Kassandra received the top prize of Online Film Festival: Best Picture by the Official Jury! In addition, our director Ulisses da Motta Costa, present at the event, also received the award for Best Director - the second he won for Kassandra.

The award ceremony took place on November 14 in the Auditorium of the University Center of Brasilia (UniCEUB). Kassandra was nominated for eight categories.

Thus, our short film arrives at seven awards mark! Remember here:

Gramado Film Festival (Mostra Gaucha):

• Best Cinematography

Santo Angelo Film Festival:

• Best Director 

CineSerra Film Festival:

• Best Cinematography 
• Best Art Direction
• Best Music

Brasilia Online Film Festival:

• Best Film
• Best Director

Three Awards at CineSerra Film Festival

From left to right: winners Pablo Chasseraux, Chico Pereira and Ana Gusson

Kassandra did well at the awards of the second edition of CineSerra Film Festival. The film received three awards at last Sunday, October 26, at SESC Theatre in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. 

We won the following categories:

• Best Cinematography for Pablo Chasseraux: This is his second award for the black-and-white photography in the movie.
• Best Art Direction for Ana Gusson: Kassandra is only hes second short at the function. The first, the beautiful Princess and the Pea, can be see here.
• Best Music Score for Chico Pereira: He who works with director Ulisses Costa da Motta from the first short of both, O Gritador (2006). This is the first award received by the composer for his work with movies.

Best Director at the Santo Angelo Film Festival

On 22 August, we were awarded the 3rd St. Angelo Film Festival - Short Film. Kassandra won the Golden Swan trophy for Best Director! The film's director, Ulysses da Motta Costa, was at the time representing cast and crew - and, coincidentally, was also his birthday.

In addition to directing award, Kassandra received nominations in three categories: Best Film, Best Screenplay (Roger Monteiro) and Best Actress (for Renata Stein).

Best Cinematography at the Gramado Film Festival

That's a good start! Today we won the Best Cinematography Award (above) in the "Mostra Gaucha" at the Gramado Film Festival.

The trophy was awarded to the film crew that was present - Pablo Chasseraux, the cinematographer of Kassandra (photo below on the set), could not be present in the occasion. But the recognition is a great start to the film: it is our first festival and our first prize.

Pablo is a requested director of photography for commercials and TV series. More about his work can be seen here.

Pablo Chasseraux, Cinematographer

Congratulations to Pablo for the award! And also to all those involved in the cinematography: Marcelo Santos (camera assistant), Victor Fiuza (additional cinematography), Jô Fontana (chief electrician) and Ligia Tiemi Sumi (image and color correction).