What We Do
Maria Matos
(she/her)
Filmmaker and photography, MAGA FILMES
Salvador, Bahia
Brazil
Available for Full Time
Available for Freelance
Open To Virtual Coffee
Maria Gabriela Matos, known as Magabi Matos, is A 28 years old, is a black, Latin-American, Brazilian woman, filmmaker specializing in documentaries and photography.
About
Magabi Matos, 28, is a Black, LGBTQ+ Brazilian filmmaker, journalist and photographer. She holds a degree in Journalism from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), with specializations in Cinema from the International Academy of Cinema (AIC) in São Paulo, and Documentary Filmmaking from the "Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television"(EICTV) in Cuba. She has worked in the audiovisual field since 2019, focusing on documentary narratives centered on memory, identity, ancestry, and the resistance of Brazilian peoples. She directed the short films Canudos Resiste (2019), Suraras da Amazônia (2025), and Ser Libertad (2026). She is currently finalizing her first fiction short film, Amor nas Trincheiras, and the documentary series Na Estrada com Magabi.
