“Storm” is a fragment of memory. An essay about living heritage, for a daughter who grows under a gray sky.

BY  Vado Vergara, Emiliano Cunha Vado Vergara, Emiliano Cunha (BR)


Vado Vergara graduated in CINEMA at PUCRS and Mastering in Visual Poetics at Institute of Arts, UFRGS. The director received the "Lawrence Kasdan Award", (Oscar® Award Qualifying) for his film "Flores", at the 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival, in Michigan, USA, the oldest avant-garde film festival in North America. Vado Vergara also won the BEST DIRECTION award at FestUni at the 51st Festival de Brasilia do Cinema Brasileiro. As a Producer worked in the feature film “Mirante”, which was selected in important festivals such as Vancouver International Film Festival and Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine. Vado Vergara is currently developing his next film "FRONT", which has already passed through the LAB of 28th Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival. Emiliano Cunha graduated in CINEMA at PUCRS, Brazil, and also has a Masters degree in Social Communication with a study on contemporary cinema: cinéma de flux. Up to now, Emiliano has directed six shorts (The Dog, 2022; Wolves, 2012; A cup of coffee and wait, 2013; Navigators, 2015; Under clear and innocent waters, 2016; Endothermy, 2018), all of them with passage by important film festivals such as ZINEBI, Huesca, Gramado, besides national and international awards. Emilano also directed fiction series Horizonte B, licensed on Netflix to all Portuguese-speaking countries. His first feature as a director, "Lane 4", premiered at the International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena, Colombia) and was awarded Best Film, Cinematography and Critic’s Choice at the Gramado Film Festival (Brasil).