Culture and music
Artistic direction, executive production, festivals, curation, collaborative music creation, circulation and encounters among artists from different countries.
Culture · Nature · International cooperation
We bring collective dreams to life.
A Brazilian network connecting people, territories and languages to foster cultural, social and environmental transformation.
2010year founded
5continents connected
42ethnic groups represented
4integrated fields of work
01 — Who we are
Projects that cross borders without losing their roots.
Rede Bambuo is a network devoted to bringing collective dreams to life, founded in 2010. We create experiences and projects that integrate culture, social development and environmental regeneration, turning encounters into lasting processes.
Our DNA
- Impact through experience and education
- Cultural, environmental and social integration
- Collaborative network management
- Music, film and audiovisual production
- Communicational and attitudinal accessibility
02 — What we do
One network.
Four fields.
Film and audiovisual
Project development, fundraising, executive production and creation of short films, documentaries, event records, making-of films and training processes.
Socio-environmental impact
Culture as a social technology for protecting water and forests, food sovereignty, environmental education and community mobilization.
Accessibility and education
Accessibility consulting and coordination, audio description, intersemiotic translation, Braille and creative community development.
03 — Flagship projects
From the Cerrado to the world.
Festival · Music · Film · Interculturality
MigrArte — A Celebration of Peoples
A film, music, arts and gastronomy festival held at iconic venues across Brasília. Its music program brings artists from different ethnic backgrounds together to create multicultural compositions and arrangements.
Its initiatives connected artists from Brazil, Cameroon, Guinea-Conakry, Venezuela, Canada and Ghana and strengthened the More Bridges, Fewer Walls campaign.
Music · Dance · Cerrado
Forró Semente Festival
A movement protecting the Serra da Chapadinha Forest in Sobradinho. It combines music, dance, reforestation and collaborative spring mapping to strengthen the Mestre D'Armas watershed protection area.
Documentary · Autism · Dance
Conexões Atípicas 1 & 2
Two documentary editions based on research by autistic Kari'ña Indigenous dancer Tayra Sasha Castillo into the potential of Akajruu somatic dance to connect autistic and non-autistic people.
Documentary feature · Africa · Memory
The Elephant Route
A documentary about Abdourahamane Diaby's return to Ivory Coast and Mali after 20 years as a refugee in Portugal. Rede Bambuo led development, fundraising and executive production.
Childhood · Diversity · UNHCR
Children Without Borders
A traveling co-creative cultural festival for young children. Produced with UNHCR, the Migration and Human Rights Institute and Demonstre Amor Amando, it brought together 42 ethnic groups.
04 — Portfolio
Projects, campaigns and processes.
Film & audiovisual
An independent collaborative documentary about replicable initiatives serving the common good and transforming the planet.
Logistical and documentary production at the music market held in Rabat, Morocco.
Support for environmental education and audiovisual campaigns encouraging beach cleanups.
Inclusion & creative economy
Gastronomy, Cerrado edible plants and income generation with immigrant, refugee and quilombola women.
Mapping, fairs and ethnogastronomic education with migrants working in the Federal District's creative economy.
Knowledge exchange among Brazilian and migrant women artists for product co-creation and financial inclusion.
Education & empowerment
University training in communication, experiential marketing, cultural production and socio-environmental impact.
Free after-school music education for children and young people in Sobradinho.
An art and digital-course marketplace empowering transfeminist artists and confronting gender-based violence.
Community & regeneration
Organic food donations and support for urban food planting in underserved communities since 2017.
A handbook and training program for volunteer communicators supporting a forest and marine protection organization.
Strategy, communication, artistic direction and crowdfunding for community projects in Estrutural, Brasília.
05 — Journey
16 years of culture in motion.
- 2010—2018
Education and intercultural integration
SCMS, MigrArte, Celebration of Peoples Festival and multicultural music production.
- 2018—2022
Collaborative film
Earth Sweet Home and the expansion of audiovisual production.
- 2022—2026
Platforms and creative economy
Marketplaces, digital courses, Manifesta Transfeminista and Brasília Caribenha.
- 2018—now
Music, audiovisual and regeneration
Conexões Atípicas, The Elephant Route, Visa For Music and the Forró Semente Festival.
06 — International presence
Brazil, Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Festivals, documentaries, training and networks built with people and organizations across different continents.
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Guinea-Conakry
- Ghana
- Venezuela
- Canada
- Morocco
- Portugal
- Costa Rica
- Thailand
- Indonesia
07 — Recognition
“Rede Bambuo has established itself as an important partner in World Refugee Day celebrations in Brazil.”
Recognition from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees — UNHCR
More bridgesFewer walls
Shall we build a partnership?
Some futures only exist when created together.
Marina Miranda · Executive Director
Sobradinho · Federal District · Brazil