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Sandra Kogut

Sandra Kogut is a Brazilian filmmaker whose works transition between documentary and narrative fiction. She first received international attention for her 1991 documentary Paralamas do Sucesso. Kogut has taught at universities around the world and has worked for Brazilian and European broadcasters. Her debut feature film project was Mutum in 2007. She is more recently known for Campo Grande (2015), which had its premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

Background
Kogut is of Hungarian descent and was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965. She graduated in philosophy from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and began her career as a performance and installation artist in 1984. Among other venues, Her works have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Her grandparents migrated to Brazil from Hungary to avoid The Holocaust, and it was their experiences which inspired her film A Hungarian Passport. ==Filmography==
Filmography
Paralamas do Sucesso (1988 documentary) • Angola (1991) • Parabolic People (1991) • Mutum (2007) • Campo Grande (2015) • Three Summers (2019) ==Recognition==
Recognition
While Kogut was residing in Paris, France, Harvard Film Archive wrote of her works being archived by their Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and stated that she "has emerged as one of the most distinctive cultural filmmakers at work today. Her films are by turns whimsical, lyrical, and finely ironic—lighthearted and playful, yet also momentous and serious." Awards and nominations • 1995, won 'Main Prize' at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen for En français ==References==
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