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Series · 2017

Cidade Invisível

Invisible City

Fiction series · 5 episodes of 26 min

A series based on real stories of slave-like labour in the Amazon.

  • Outstanding Drama Series · LA WebFest
  • Amazon Prime Video
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Synopsis

Invisible City is based on real stories of men and women subjected to conditions analogous to slavery. Its five 26-minute episodes stand alone but together reveal an interwoven plot. The setting is Nova Esperança, a fictional town filmed in Alter do Chão, in the Amazon.

Produced with FSA funding for public television, it aired on TV Cultura and TV Brasil and was licensed to Amazon Prime Video. It won best drama series and best writing at LA WebFest 2018.

Images

Menino de cabelos cacheados olha para o lado em cena da série, em tons sépia
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Credits

Created and written by
Thiago Foresti
Executive producer
Amanda Fernandes
Cast
Participação especial de André De Biase and Patrycia Travassos
Funding
FSA/BRDE, PRODAV 10/2015; FAC-DF

Awards

  • LA WebFest, Los Angeles, 2018: Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Achievement in Writing
  • Rio WebFest, 2017: Silver Ticket and Golden Ticket
  • LA WebFest, 2018: Golden Ticket to Seoul Webfest

Selections

  • Rio WebFest, 2017 (seven nominations)
  • Cineamazônia, 2017
  • Web Series Festival Global, Hollywood, 2018
  • Marseille Web Fest, France, 2018
  • Seoul Webfest, South Korea, 2018

Distribution

  • TV Cultura and TV Brasil
  • Amazon Prime Video (licensed through Elo Company, 2020)

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