Mini Kerti

Mini Kerti is a partner at Conspiração, one of the leading independent production companies in Brasil, where she's been producing and directing since 2003. She started directing commercials for a number of global brands as well as creating music content for the company, from documentaries to award winning music videos of top Brazilian talent. In 2008, her documentary "Contratempo", co-directed by Malu Mader, was selected to compete at Rio Film Festival, Mostra Sao Paulo Film and at the Havana Film Festival in Cuba. Mini's feature film "Muitos Homens num Só" starring Alice Braga and Vladimir Brichta, also received accolades at Cine PE Festival, including best direction in 2015. A year later, she started directing a lifetyle non-fiction series for pay TV channel GNT, Superbonita, and co-directed the docu-series "Andre Midani - from Vinil to Download" alongside Andrucha Waddington. In 2017, Mini produced and directed the documentary "Barão Vermelho - Por que a gente é assim?" that chronicles the story of the pop band Barao Vermelho; and "Chame Gente - 50 anos de trio elétrico" about Carnival in Bahia. Also beside Andrucha Waddignton, Mini has been directing the highest rated series at Globo TV (broadcast) Sob Pressão (Under Pressure) since 2017, already in its fourth season, and very well received at the Toronto International Film Festival (2017). On the same year, Mini directed a docu-series for GNT called Minha Estupidez, with Fernanda Torres. Mini directed a documentary series for HBO about brazilian songwriter Jorge Mautner, another one about the album Refavela by Gilberto GIL, and a drama series for a major streamer. She lives in Rio with her husband and daughters, and is also the co-author of children's book Arte Brasileira para Crianças.