Djin Sganzerla

Djin Sganzerla (born 27 de February, 1977) is an Brazilian director, actress, screenwriter and film producer.
== Biography ==
Djin Sganzerla is a Film director, actress, script writer and film producer. She is one of the Brazilian talents of her generation, receiving many national and international awards as best director, actress and best film. Cinema runs in her blood, she is the daughter of Rogério Sganzerla and Helena Ignez, icons of Brazilian cinema. Rogério Sganzerla made The Red Light Bandit, one of the most important films in Brazilian cinema history, which was nominated by Unesco as Cultural Heritage of Humanity Patrimony.
Djin has started her career as an actress and worked with great important filmmakers in Brazil and received one of the most important Brazilian awards as best actress, APCA's Award as Best Cinema Actress of the Year, was awarded in Portugal as Best Actress, among others.
Djin directed her first feature film Ocean Girl, winning fifteen awards, three of them as Best Feature Film and two as Best Director. The film was released in 2020 in United States and was shown at Porto Femme International Film Festival, Portugal, where it was awarded as Best Film; shown at the 24º Málaga International Film Festival (Spain), 29º San Diego Latino Film Festival, California, 44º São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), New York international Women Festival, and many others. 
The film was shot in Japan and in Rio de Janeiro. It was released commercially in Brazil and Portugal, licensed for Amazon Prime, open and private TVs and others.
In 2021 Djin was nominated by the Brazilian Cinema Grand Prix one of the five finalists of the year as Best First Feature Film Director and was also nominated by the most important Screenplay Writers Award in Brazil (ABRA – Brazilian Association of Authors Screenwriters) for her screenplay of Ocean Girl.
She directed the short film Before Tomorrow (2022), with André Guerreiro Lopes, it was shown at the 33rd São Paulo International Short Film Festival and at the Beijing International Short Film Festival (China).
In 2001 the production company Mercúrio Produções was found by Helena Ignez, Djin and Sinai Sganzerla. Mercúrio is responsible for the entire cinematographic work of filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla, in addition to the audiovisual productions of its founders, with over thirty films under the belt.
== Filmography ==
=== Cinema ===
Year	Title 	Personage 	Notes
2005	Um Lobisomem na Amazônia 	Carol 	
2005	O Signo do Caos 	Lolita 	
2007	Meu Mundo em Perigo 	Irmã Ísis 	
2007	Conceição - Autor Bom É Autor Morto 	 	
2007	Meu Nome É Dindi 	Dindi 	
2007	Canção de Baal 	Joana 	
2007	Falsa Loura 	Brida (Briducha) 	
2008	Amarar 	Noemi 	Curta-metragem
2009	As Sombras 	Ana 	Curta-metragem
2010	Um Par 	Ela 	Curta-metragem
2010	Luz nas Trevas – A Volta do Bandido da Luz Vermelha	Jane 	
2011	O Gerente 	 	
2011	As Doze Estrelas 	Maria da Fé 	
2012	Uma Mulher e uma Arma 	Djin 	Curta-metragem
2013	Poder dos Afetos 	Nástia 	Curta-metragem
2015	Ornamento e Crime 	Kera 	
2016	O Prefeito 	Ser fantasmagórico 	
2016	Ralé 	 	
2017	Love Film Festival 	Ela mesma 	
2018	A Moça do Calendário 	Lara 	
2018	Polaris 	Laura 	Curta-metragem
2020	Mulher Oceano 	Hannah Visser / Ana Bittencourt	também direção e roteiro
2022	Capitu e o Capítulo 	Sancha 	A ser lançado
== Theater ==
* Fábulas de Horror Titus/Macbeth - SESC Avenida Paulista (2019) .... Lady Macbeth;
* Um Sonho - SESC Avenida Paulista (2007);
* O que É Bom em Segredo É Melhor em Público - Teatro Dulcina de Moraes (1996).
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Festival 	Category 	Nomination 	Results
2007	Festival de Cinema Brasília 	Best Supporting Actress 	Falsa Loura 	
2007	Prêmio Guarani de Cinema Brasileiro	Best Supporting Actress 	Falsa Loura 	
2008	Prêmio APCA de Cinema 	Best Actress 	Meu Nome É Dindi 	
2008	Festival de Cinema e Vídeo de Natal	Best Actress 	Meu Nome É Dindi 	
2013	Prêmio Guarani de Cinema Brasileiro	Best cast performance 	Luz nas Trevas – A Volta do Bandido da Luz Vermelha	
2020	Porto Femme Film Festival 	Best film 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2020	Cine PE - Festival do Audiovisual 	Best film 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2020	Cine PE - Festival do Audiovisual 	Best actress in a feature film	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2021	Festival de Cinema de Málaga 	Best film Ibero Americano 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2021	SESC|Festival SESC Melhores Filmes 	Best national film 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2021	SESC|Festival SESC Melhores Filmes 	Best direction 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2021	SESC|Festival SESC Melhores Filmes 	Best national actress 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2021	SESC|Festival SESC Melhores Filmes 	Best script 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
2021	Prêmio Guarani de Cinema Brasileiro	Best Actress 	Mulher Oceano (filme)|Mulher Oceano 	
Category:1977 births
Category:Brazilian directors
Category:People from Rio de Janeiro (city)