Development
Independent film production · Curitiba — Munich · Est. 2005
Four features in development
A good story cannot be replaced, cannot be rushed, and cannot be made alone.
An independent production company. We develop and produce features and series out of Brazil, with a permanent base in Germany — stories that start here and are built to travel.
20+
Years
of work
of work
23+
Titles written,
directed, produced
directed, produced
80+
Festival
selections
selections
7
Awards
won
won
1
Feature released
in cinemas
in cinemas
Feature film · Delivered & released
The reference title.
Lamento
2019 · 105 min · Portuguese · DCP 2.39:1
A man tormented by his inner demons finds himself trapped in a decaying hotel where reality and delirium merge, revealing the deepest layers of human solitude.
- Directed by
- Diego Lopes & Claudio Bitencourt
- Produced by
- Oger Sepol · Moro Filmes
- Cast
- Marco Ricca · Thaila Ayala · Veronica Rodrigues · Ilva Niño
- Festivals
- Cairo International (41st) · Nashville (50th) · Brasília (52nd) · Kansas International (19th) · FESTin Lisbon · Katra Film Series · Cinema da Lapa
AwardBest Actor — FESTin 2020
AwardAudience Choice, Best Feature — Katra Film Series 2020
Where the work has played
Eighty selections, seven awards.
Across features, shorts and animation, from Cairo to Kraków. The full route is in the filmography below.
Awards
Audience Choice, Best FeatureKatra Film Series 2020 · Lamento
2020Best Actor11th FESTin, Lisbon · Lamento
2020Best Actor · Best Actress · Best Cinematography · Best Production DesignFestival de Cinema da Lapa · Lamento
2021Best Children's Film17th FAM — Festival Audiovisual do Mercosul · O Retrato da Lua
2014Finalist — Grande Prêmio Brasileiro de CinemaDona Miroca e Seu Cuco Caduco
2015
A selection of festivals
Cairo International
Short Film Corner — Cannes
Kraków Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Festival de Brasília
Kansas International
Bogoshorts
Bogocine
Macau International
Tirana
Carmel International
Curtas Noia
FicViña
FESTin Lisboa
Katra Film Series
Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival
Cinéma Lusophone & Francophone, Montpellier
NONSTOP Barcelona Animació
Brazilian Film Series, Chicago
Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival
LA International Children's
San Diego International Kid's
Lahore International Children's
Malta Children's Film Festival
Cinema d'Animazione, Fumetto e Videogiochi
Cine a la Calle
FAM Mercosul
Cine-PE
CineBH
Mostra de Tiradentes
Ouro Preto
Nueva Mirada
comKids — Prix Jeunesse Iberoamericano
In development · Seeking partners
The current slate.
Four features in development. All four are open on every front — financing, co-production and distribution — with the specifics below.
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Filmography · 2008 — 2025
Track record.
The cinema and television titles. Outside this list sit two decades of work for the web and open TV.
| Year | Title | Format | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tesouro KariokaNovel — forthcoming | Publishing | In production | |
| 2024 | Manual de Sobrevivência da Literatura Brasileira | TV Series | Virtual production | |
| 2019 | LamentoMarco Ricca · Thaila Ayala | Feature · 105′ | Cairo Int'l · Nashville · Brasília · 3 awards | Trailer ↗ |
| 2020 | Isabela | Short · 20′ | Watch ↗ | |
| 2015 | O Significador de Insignificâncias | Animation | Watch ↗ | |
| 2015 | Cadente | Short | Watch ↗ | |
| 2014 | Menina Bonita do Laço de Fita | Animation · 7′ | Adaptation — Ziraldo | Watch ↗ |
| 2014 | Menino Quadradinho | Animation · 15′ | Watch ↗ | |
| 2014 | Dona Miroca e Seu Cuco Caduco | Animation · 13′ | Watch ↗ | |
| 2014 | Retrato da Lua | Short · 10′ | Best Children's Film — FAM Mercosur | Watch ↗ |
| 2013 | Punch TV | TV Series | Comedy Central | |
| 2013 | A Pipoca Intergaláctica | Animation | Watch ↗ | |
| 2013 | Animanáuticos | Animation · 13′ | Watch ↗ | |
| 2012 | Os Xetás | Documentary | Endangered indigenous peoples | |
| 2011 | Margarita | Short | Watch ↗ | |
| 2010 | O Rio e Eu | Short · 23′ | Watch ↗ | |
| 2010 | Trem da Meia Noite | Short | Watch ↗ | |
| 2009 | Súbito | Short | Watch ↗ | |
| 2009 | Intangível | Short | Watch ↗ | |
| 2008 | O Menino Quadradinho | Animation | Watch ↗ |
The story comes before the camera, the budget and the schedule. It always has.
What drives us
Story first. Then everything it needs.
01
The story above everything
We choose projects by the story, never by the format or the funding call. Kintsugi is on its tenth draft and will go to an eleventh if it needs one. It is the single thing we do not negotiate.
02
Brazilian production, from the inside
Twenty years producing within the Brazilian system — FSA, ANCINE, BRDE, state incentives, reporting, delivery. A foreign partner does not have to learn any of it.
03
A reference in production technology
We do not only master conventional production — we master what is newest in it. Virtual production, Unreal pipelines, AI applied to development. That is how a ten-episode series reached the screen with sets no budget of its size would have paid for.
04
A bridge, not an address
A Brazilian company with a permanent base in Germany. Incentives on both sides, European co-production within reach, and an audience that does not stop at the border.
Founder · Director · Producer
Diego Lopes
Filmmaker and producer. Founded Oger Sepol in Curitiba in 2005; based in Munich since 2023. Directed and produced the feature Lamento, which world-premiered at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival and was released theatrically in Brazil in 2021.
Fifteen years of shorts, animation and documentary before the first feature. Trained at the Los Angeles Film School. Works across Portuguese, English and German-speaking markets, with direct experience of Brazilian public financing (FSA / ANCINE / BRDE) and an operating base inside the EU.
Production officeCuritiba, PR — Brazil
EuropeMunich — Germany
MarketsBerlinale EFM · Rio2C
LanguagesPortuguês · English · Deutsch