Vilma Martins has a Master's in Film Analysis, Communication and Culture from the Federal University (UFBA) of Bahía, and is an audiovisual journalist, producer, scriptwriter and director. She is a member of APAN - the Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals. Works she has produced include: 'Sujeto objeto', 'La mujer del fin del mundo', 'Machete', the fifth episode of the web series 'Punho Negro' and the documentary 'Viva Nossa Voz' by Preta Portê Filmes and Canal Brasil. She attended the free Film Course run by the UFBA and recently completed a Self-referential Film Workshop at EICTV in Cuba. She also graduated as a scriptwriter from the Film and Thought Course run by the Afrocarioca Centre. Since 2017 she has been a member of the Sujeito Filmes and Ouriçado Produções groups, and won the video editing award for the public advert 'Mostra Audiovisual (Entre) Vivências Negras' at the Museu da Pessoa in 2020. She wrote and directed the short film '5 Fitas', which was screened at festivals both in Brazil and aboard, including the 13th Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival (LABRFF), the Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes and the Toronto Black Film Festival. Her first feature-length script, 'Star Vídeo', was selected by Lei Aldir Blanc for development at the Jorge Portugal das Artes Award. Martins was a member of the jury at the 4th Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no cinema and was a producer at the 2nd Mostra Itinerante de Cinemas Negros Mahomed Bamba. She writes a column about Brazilian series for the website 'Serie a Serio' and has worked as a film curator for the CINEFONE Festival and as a scriptwriter at the 2021 Rota Festival.
Last update of this profile: 2021
