Taiga Filmes is a producer company created by the journalist and filmmaker Lucia Murat in the early 80's. The company was responsible for innumerable videos for TV and publicity and the following films: "O Pequeno Exército Louco" (Little Mad Army), "Daisy", "Que Bom Te Ver Viva" (How nice to see you alive), "Doces Poderes" (Sweet Power), "Brava Gente Brasileira" (Brave Brazilian People), "Quase dois irmãos" (Almost Two Brothers), "Olhar Estrangeiro" (The Foreign Eye) and "Maré, Nossa História de Amor"(Maré, Our Love Story). Beside the feature films, Lucia Murat has been responsible for important series for educational TV ("Testemunho", about important Brazilian History characters) ; "O caso eu conto como o caso foi", short stories based in classics of Brazilian literature, and "Mulheres no cinema", about women in the Brazilian movies). The feature films from Taiga received innumerous prizes and are present in the most important international festivals.

PRIZES and AWARDS:

- Best Movie and best editing (O Pequeno Exército Louco) - Rio-Cine Festival, 1985

- Best Editing (O Pequeno Exército Louco) - XIV Jornada de Cinema na Bahia, 1985

- Best Movie - júri popular, júri oficial, crítica ("Que Bom te Ver Viva") - Brasília Festival, 1989

- Best Editing and Best actress ("Que Bom te Ver Viva") - Brasília Festival, 1989

- Especial Judges Prize and Samburá Prize ("Que Bom te Ver Viva") - Rio de Janeiro Internacional Film Festival, 1989

- Coral Prize, Best OCIC Movie ("Que Bom te Ver Viva") - Havana Festival, 1989

- Direction Prize - Actors Assosiation ("Que Bom te Ver Viva") - Havana Festival, 1989

- Best Movie Actress ("Que Bom te Ver Viva") - São Paulo Critics Assosiation - Molière Prize, Golden Metais, 1990

- Best Movie and Best Actress ("Que Bom te Ver Viva") - Rio-Cine Festival, 1990

- Margarida de Prata Mention from CNBB ("Que Bom te Ver Viva")

- International Critics Federation and OCIC Mention at Fest-Rio for "Que Bom te Ver Viva"

- Rockfeller Foundation Prize ("Doces Poderes") - Toronto Film Festival, 1996

- Sundance Institute Lab Selection ("Brava Gente Brasileira"), 1998

- Script Prize from MINC ("Brava Gente Brasileira"), 1998

- Prize for project development from Minc ("Quase Dois Irmãos"), 1999

- Sundance Lab for script - selection ("Quase Dois Irmãos"), 2002

- Direction Prize ("Brava Gente Brasileira") - San Francisco Latino film festival, 2002

- Avon Prize ("Brava Gente Brasileira"), 2002

- Fonds Sud Award ("Quase Dois Irmãos"), 2002

- Best Director - Lúcia Murat ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Rio Festival, 2004

- Best Actor - Flávio Bauraqui ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Rio Festival, 2004

- Best Latin American Movie - International Critics Federation ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Fipresci Award

- Best Movie ("Quase Dois Irmãos) - Amazonas Film Festival, 2004

- Best Editing ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Havana Festival, 2004

- Best Soundtrack ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Havana Festival, 2004

- Best Movie, public's choice ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Marseille Festival, 2005

- Judges Especial Award ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Marseille Festival, 2005

- Best Movie, public's choice ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Mar Del Plata Festival, 2005

- Best Iberio-American ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Mar Del Plata Festival, 2005

- Best Movie, public's choice ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Paris Brasilian Movies Festival, 2005

- Best Script - Lucia Murat e Paulo Lins ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Belém Festival, 2005

- Best actor - Babu Santana ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Belém Festival, 2005

- Best Sound ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Belém Festival, 2005

- Best Actress - Maria Flor ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Belém Festival, 2005

- Best sound ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Brazilian miami film festival, 2005

- Prize from Radio de España ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Festival de Huelva, 2005 - Special Prize form jury ("Quase Dois Irmãos") - Festival de Huelva, 2005

- Best script - Lucia Murat e Paulo Lins - Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte

- Nomitaded for best film, best director, best script and best actor -Quase dois irmãos - Associação dos Correspondentes Estrangeiros (The foreign press)

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS:

Quase Dois Irmãos
- Toronto Film Festival - 2004
- Montreal Film festival - 2004
- Festival do Rio - 2004
- Mostra de São Paulo - 2004
- Festival de Biarritz - 2004
- Festival de Havana - 2004
- Festival de Palm Springs - 2005
- Festival de Créteil - 2005
- San Francisco International Film Festival - 2005
- Seattle International Film Festival - 2005
- Festival de Lima - 2005
- Festival de Valdivia- 2005
- Festival de Quito - 2005
- London Film Festival - 2005
- Helsink Film Festival - 2005
- Meinheim Film Festival -2005
- Haifa Film Festival
- Melbourne film Festival

Brava Gente Brasileira
- Toronto International Film Festival -2000
- Mostra BR do Rio - 2000
- Mostra Internacional de São Paulo - 2000
- Palm Springs International Film Festival - 2001
- Festival Internacional de Mar del Plata - 2001
- Encontros em Toulouse - França - 2001
- Festival Bresilienne - Paris - França - 2001
- Flaherty Seminar - NY - 2001
- Taos Talking Ideas - New Mexico - EUA - 2001
- Hong Kong International Film Festival - 2001
- Chicago Latino Film Festival - 2001
- Seattle International Film Festival - 2001
- Calgary International Film Festival - Canada - 2001
- London Latino Film Festival - 2001
- Festival da OEA - Washington - 2001
- Museu Guggenheim - NY - 2001- Abertura da Mostra Brasileira
- San Diego Latino Film Festival - 2002
- Festival de Femmes de Creteil - 2002 - Soirée de Gala
- Festival Brasileiro de Estocolmo - 2002
- San Francisco latino Film Festival - 2002

Doces Poderes
- Sundance Film Festival - 1997
- Film Forum -Festival de Berlim - 1997
- Washington International Film Festival (USA- 1997)
- Philadelphia World Cinema (USA - 1997)
- Brazilian Miami Festival (USA- 1997)
- New England Latin American Film Festival (Boston - USA- 1997)
- London Latin Film Festival (Inglaterra- 1997)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata (Argentina-1997)
- Festival de Havana(Cuba-1997)
- Festival de Mulheres - Turim (Itália) - 1998
- Chicago Latino Film Festival (USA- 1998)
- Cruzando Fronteiras (Washington -1998)
- Festival da Serra da Estrela (Portugal - 1998)
- Los Angeles Latino Film Festival (1998)
- San Diego Latino Film Festival (1999)

Que bom te ver viva
- Festival of Festivals (Toronto, 1989)
- Festival de Mujeres (Buenos Aires, 1990)
- San Francisco Film Festival (1990)
- Muestra Internacional del Nuevo Cine (Pesaro, Itália, 1990)
- Manheim Festival (Alemanha, 1990)
- Human Rights Festival (NY, EUA, 1991)
- Yamagata Film Festival (Japão, 1991)