BIMIFF #4 - ENG

B I M I F F I N T E R V I E W 05
A B O U T P R E J U D I C E , T R I G G E R S ,
A N D V I O L E N C E : A N E W
P E R S P E C T I V E T O W A R D S B U L L Y I N G
Photo by Nathan Kim
"Milas Tagebuch" film scene
ABOUT PREJUDICE, TRIGGERS, AND VIOLENCE: A NEW PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS BULLYING
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GABRIEL DA SILVA, DIRECTOR OF THE FILM “MILAS TAGEBUCH”
by Vic Kings and Marcelo Cesar
Gabriel da Silva is a Swiss/Brazilian filmmaker and actor, currently living in
Switzerland. He started in 2009 as an actor, studied acting, and became a filmmaker in
2015. Until now, Gabriel made twelve short films and one feature film.
The filmmaker was born in Zurich, Switzerland, and lived for 5 years in Brazil.
Racism and cultural prejudice are structural social problems found in
many countries, especially when you add to this sad equation the
immigration factor. As a Swiss-Brazilian filmmaker, your Latin roots in
Europe served as a basis and inspiration for the creation of the short
film?
First of all, thank you very much for being a part of your film
festival and this interview, muito obrigado.
When I lived in Brazil back in the 90s, I quickly realized that
black and indigenous people are very disadvantaged against
them. I felt that was incredibly unfair even as a child. Also that
poor people never gets the same chance as rich people do for
studying. It made me angry and sad at the same time. I always
said to me, if I make one day movies there will always be a justice
for the outsiders, the poor ones and victims. I
would never make a movie where a evil character win
over someone who has a lower level in society. That
doesn’t feel right. And movies are fictional so we can
give a better ending for social injustice than real life
does. Maybe it’s also because I am a Christian believer
and then you know how to act to the outsiders in our
society and show mercy and justice like Jesus did in the
Bible.