Gustavo Dahl (nacido en Buenos Aires en 1938) fue de los directores brasileños que se atrevió a continuar el reconocimiento de la realidad nacional que había emprendido el Cinema Novo, disgregado a fuerza de censura, represión y exilio. El cineasta aportó su análisis social frío y razonado, al delirio de un Glauber Rocha, pues le interesaban formas narrativas más convencionales, que captaran mayor amplitud temática y un tratamiento intencionado de la diversidad que Brasil propone.
Dahl produjo y dirigió los siguientes largometrajes: O Bravo Guerreiro (1968), Uirá, un indio en busca de Dios (1974) y Tensión en Río (1984), entre otros pocos. Para la televisión italiana RAI, dirigió los especiales Il Cinema Brasiliano: Io e lui (1970) y Lady Festival (1971), y para Rede Globo de Televisão creó el documental O Som do Povo (1972), y los especiales de ficción A Promessa (1975) y Gangster (1977).
Director y presidente de ANCINE, la Agencia Nacional do Cinema, a partir de noviembre de 2001, con mandato de cinco años, Dahl estableció criterios para el fomento de la actividad cinematográfica y audiovisual, además de establecer facilidades para el acceso del público a la información sobre cine. Dahl había tenido un largo precedente como funcionario del cine brasileño: superintendente de comercialización de la Empresa Brasileira de Filmes S.A. (EMBRAFILME, de 1975 a 79); presidente de ABRACI, Associação Brasileira de Cineastas (de 1981 a 1983); asesor de la Fundação do Cinema Brasileiro (1988); presidente del Conselho Nacional de Direito Autoral (1989/90) y de la Entidade Congresso Brasileiro de Cinema (2001).
Gustavo Dahl (1938-) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was one of the director that dared to continue with the recognition of the natioanal reality undertaken by the Cinema Novo, which has been dispersed by the force of censorship, repression and exile Gustavo Dahl added his uncompromising and well reasoned social analysis to Glauber Rocha´s delirium, because he was interested in more convetional forms of narrative that were able to reach wider thematics and a concious treatment of the diversity put foward by Brazil as a country.
Dahl produced and directed the following feature films: O Bravo Guerreiro (1968), Uirá, un indio en busca de Dios (1974) and Tensión en Río (1984), among some others. For the Italian televison, RAI, he directed two special programs Il Cinema Brasiliano: Io e lui (1970) and Lady Festival (1971). For the Brazilian television company Rede Globo de Televisão, he created the documentary O Som do Povo (1972), and the special fiction shows A Promessa (1975) and Gangster (1977).
Since November 2001, with a mandate of five years, he was President and Director of ANCINE, The Film National Agency (Agencia Nacional do Cinema). There Dahl established criteria to promote the audiovisual and film activity, in addition to facilitate the access of the public to the information on film. Dahl has already had a long experience as official of Brazilian cinema organizations: commercialization governor of the film company Empresa Brasileira de Filmes S.A. (EMBRAFILME, from 1975 to 79); president of thee ABRACI, Brazilian Filmmakers Association (Associação Brasileira de Cineastas) (from 1981 to 1983); adviser of the Brazilian Cinema Foundation (Fundação do Cinema Brasileiro) (1988); president of The National Board of Copyright (Conselho Nacional de Direito Autoral) (1989/90) and of the Institution Brazilian Congress of Cinema (Entidade Congresso Brasileiro de Cinema) (2001).
“Nuestro objetivo final es nada menos que lograr la integración del cine latinoamericano.
Así de simple, y así de desmesurado”.
