Giuliano Robert

Giuliano Robert is a Brazilian Deaf filmmaker from Curitiba, Paraná, and one of the pioneers of Deaf representation in Brazilian cinema. His work has been screened at more than 400 festivals in Brazil and internationally. He holds a degree in Photography from Centro Europeu and works as a photographer for the Deaf Theatre Showcase at the Curitiba Festival and for the Center for Deaf Culture (CCS) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), in partnership with Brazil’s Ministry of Culture (MinC). He directed the short films “The Search of Self and Silence,” “Rapper Hands: The Signed Harmony of Deaf Hip Hop,” and “Which Language Do You Laugh In?”. He collaborated with Urca Filmes on the series “Classic Maniac” and “Sebastiana.” His feature-film credits include “House of Izabel,” “Not Every Love Story Ends in Death,” “Sticky: The Musical of Gestures,” “Deaf Glances,” and “Alice Júnior,” which was selected for the 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) and screened on Netflix and TV Globo. He is currently the Creative Director of Cultura DEF – Cycle of Protagonism and Art and is developing original projects in film and cultural heritage, including his debut feature film.