FILMS
Malick fiction, 97 min, 2026 (in post-production)
portuguese/wolof/french
Brazil
Malick has immigrated to Brazil from Senegal to rebuild his life when Toni, the person whom he believes to be the dangerous coyote that brought him there, appears on his way and threatens his future. Based on the true story of Modou Awa Dieye.
Immigrant/Resident, doc, 21 min, 2025
portuguese
Brazil
Stories of three immigrants in Brazil are connected as they question their stability in the new country.
Selected Awards
Best Film at the Festival Imigratória in Lisbon, Portugal (2026)
Best Script and Editing at the Gramado Film Festival, Brazil (2025)
Best Archive Award at the Mostra.Doc, Brazil (2025)
Best Live-Action Film at the Festival de Curtas Cataguases, Brazil (2025)
Selected Screenings
Contra el Silencio Todas Las Voces (Mexico, 2026)
KUGOMA — Mozambique Film Forum (2026)
Festival Imigratória in Lisbon, Portugal (2026)
Festival Visões Periféricas (Rio de Janeiro, 2026)
ICJ International Film Award (Ukraine, 2026)
Festival Desde Las Vísceras (Ecuador, 2025)
4ª Mostra Chica Pelega (Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2025)
Festival Planeta.doc (Brazil, 2025)
Festival de Gramado (Brazil, 2025)
Mostra.Doc de 2025 (Brazil, 2025)
Festival de Curtas UEMG Cataguases (Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2025)
A trip to Philippson, 16:30, 2017
short documentary, portuguese/english
Brazil
Mamaliga Films
Mamaliga Blues, 55 min, 2014
documentary, english/portuguese
USA/Brazil/Moldova
Cassio Tolpolar/Mamaliga Films
Selected Screenings
Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal, Canada (2019)
Miami Jewish Film Festival, Miami, USA (2015)
Fordham University, New York City, USA (2015)
ARI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2015)
CRONOGRAF International Documentary Film Festival, Moldova (2015)
Jewish Center, Curitiba, Brazil (2015)
Jewish Museum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2015)
South East European Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA (2014)
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Salt Lake City, USA (2014)
Festival de Cinema de Gramado, Gramado, Brazil (2014)
Midrash Centro Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2014)
Breman Museum, Atlanta, USA (2014)
english language trailer
Sony Playstation World Cup,
2:42 and 1:57, 2014
social media commercials, portuguese
Brazil
Cassio Tolpolar as producer and cameraman
Objectified, 5:37, 2013
documentary, english
USA
a Cassio Tolpolar film
Commissioned by ESMoA art lab
eco tek (tv pilot), 24 min, 2008
english/portuguese
USA
written and directed by Cassio Tolpolar for FJ Productions
Martial Arts 360 (tv pilot), 24 min, 2006
english/portuguese
USA
written and directed by Cassio Tolpolar for FJ Productions
Shop The World (3 episodes), 24 min, 2006
english
Canada, USA
directed by Cassio Tolpolar for FJ Productions
The Little Bell, 3 min, 2004
USA
a Cassio Tolpolar film
music by Broadcast
Liferaft, 4:48, 2003
USA
a Cassio Tolpolar film
music by Bedhead
Venus, 19:22, 2001
fiction, portuguese/english
Brazil
a Cassio Tolpolar film
Selected Awards
Grand Festival Award, 10th Berkeley Video and Film Festival, California (2003)
Best Director, 29th Festival of Latin Cinema of Gramado, Brazil (2001)
Best Cinematography, 34th Festival of Brazilian Cinema of Brasília, Brazil (2001)
Best Film, Director, Cinematography, Editing and Art Direction, 2nd Festival APTC of Films from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2001)
Selected Screenings
Erotic Arts Showcase Cinemateca Capitolio, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2019)
Center for Contemporary Art-[KSA: K], Chisinau, Moldova (2008)
Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Seattle, USA (2004)
8th Mediawave Festival, Hungary (2003)
6th Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video, Canada (2003)
8th Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Texas, USA (2003)
11th Alter-Native International Short Film Festival, Romania (2003)
12th International Short Film Festival of São Paulo, Brazil (2001)
