Name: Georgina Castro
Area of work: Directing, Screenwriting
Program: Prêmios
Edition: 2024
City: Fortaleza
State: CE
E-mail: [email protected]
Born in Ceará, she is an actress, screenwriter and director. She made her film debut in 2006 in the central cast of the feature film “O Céu de Suely” by Karin Ainoüz. With a 25-year career, she has acted in more than 15 feature films. She starred in the short film “Maria Was Born” filmed in New York and supervised by Spike Lee. She made her debut as a director and screenwriter in “Pão Com Mortadela” (SESI FIESP Award for Best Short Film from São Paulo in 2009). For her first screenplay for the feature film “Hamster” (in fundraising), she won the “Incentive Award for Female Screenwriters” from Cabíria (2017), the “Antônio Bivar Screenplay Award” and PROAC screenplay development. In 2022, she released her second short film as a screenwriter and director “Hospital de Brinquedos” (CE), winner of the “Best Performance Award for the Cast” at the 29th Vitória Film Festival. In 2023, he began developing the script for his second feature film, “The hand that Rocks the hammock”, which won first place in the 9th edition of the “Cabíria Screenplay Award” and was produced by Deberton Filmes (CE).
Georgina received the Cabíria Screenplay Award in 2024, and became part of the Talent Network.
