Kobra - Self Portrait

Eduardo Kobra er en internasjonalt anerkjent kunstner, kjent for sine enorme, kaleidoskopiske portretter, og var to ganger mannen bak datidens største veggmalerier på verdensbasis. 

En karriere av slikt kaliber blir ikke til over natta. I Lina Chamies nyeste film forteller Kobra, som aldri har likt å tegne seg selv, sin historie – om overgangen fra tagging og hobby til karriere, om helseutfordringer og aktivisme, og om kunsten, som utgjør kjernen av det hele.

Kobra Self-Portrait vant i 2022 prisen for beste dokumentar ved Cinema Brazil Grand Prize, som deles ut av det brasilianske filmakademiet.

Lina Chamie (født 1961) er en brasiliansk regissør, manusforfatter og produsent utdannet innen musikk ved Universitet i New York og Manhattan School of Music. Hun flyttet tilbake til Brasil i 1994, og har siden regissert både spillefilmer og dokumentarer, blant annet Tonic Dominant (2000) og São Silvestre (2013).

In English

As a street artist, Eduardo Kobra has created some of the largest murals in the world and created countless portraits. But in this documentary by director Lina Chamie, it is his turn to be portrayed.

Eduardo Kobra is an artist of international acclaim, known for his enormous, kaleidoscopic portraits, and has been the man behind the world’s then largest murals twice. This calibre of career does not spring up overnight. In Lina Chamie’s new film, Kobra, who never enjoyed making self-portraits, tells his story – from his days of hobbyist tagging to his career, of his health and activism, and about his art, which lies at the heart of it all.

Kobra Self-Portrait was awarded the 2022 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Documentary by the Brazilian Academy of Film.

Lina Chamie (born 1961) is a Brazilian director, writer and producer who studied music at New York University and Manhattan School of Music. She returned to Brazil in 1994 and has been directing both feature films and documentaries since, such as Tonic Dominant (2000) and São Silvestre (2013).