Cesar Paes

Cesar Paes is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker born in Campos, Rio de Janeiro in 1955. He co-founded Laterit Productions, which focuses on culture from Madagascar, Brazil and many other countries in Africa. He is DOP and director of "Angano...Angano... Tales from Madagascar", "Songs and Tears of Nature", "Awara Soup", "Saudade do Futuro", "An Opera from the Indian Ocean" that have won top awards at Cinema du Réel, Festival dei Popoli or Leipzig Film Festival, have been released theatrically, and are available on DVD and VOD. His most recent film, "Songs for Madagascar", shows how six famous Malagasy musicians raise awareness of the fragility of Madagascar's environment. As DOP, he has worked with Raoul Peck, Sandra Kogut, JH Meunier, Camille Mauduech...