"Yves Goulart, the artist, is a unique young man with a centenary soul, who looks at the world and translates what he sees in the art of filmmaking, beautiful filmmaking."
(Clara Angelica Porto, Journalist)

Yves Goulart is a Brazilian actor, producer, filmmaker and cinematographic reporter, born in Urussanga, Santa Catarina, on May 15, 1975.

Goulart started his artistic career in 1995 as an actor on the stages of Paraná, Brazil. He gradually discovered and branched out into other means of expression like movies and television.

He received his graduate degree in Filmmaking and his postgraduate degree in Education from Gama Filho University, in Rio de Janeiro, where he developed the monograph 'The Role of Cinema in Education' (2006) and discovered his calling as a filmmaker.

In 2005, on the 10^th anniversary of his career, Goulart was honored by the City Hall and City Council of Urussanga with the 'Honor of Merit Award', for representing his hometown artistically.

Since 2006, Goulart has lived in the United States, where he has dedicated his time to his film productions and the work as a cinematographic reporter.

In 2010, he received the 'Brazilian Press Award' by the Brazilian Press in the United States, for his outstanding accomplishments in filmmaking. In the same year, he was nominated 'Lusophone Personality of the Year' by the CHAMA Association at the University of Strasbourg, in France.

In 2014, the Multiplicando Talentos Institution honored Goulart at the opening of the first 3D movie theater of Urussanga, which was named after him.

He was awarded at the Portuguese Brazilian Awards 2016, in recognition of his participation as a valuable resource to promote Portuguese and Brazilian culture in the United States.

In 2020, Goulart was honored by the City Council of Urussanga with a 'Motion of Applause', for the preservation of the memory and the dissemination of the identity of Urussanga, with the documentary Centennial Urussanga.

Yves Goulart produced and directed the following short and feature films, that participated in several Brazilian and international film festivals and showings:

• Black Gold (2003);
• Illuminations (2003);
• Edilamar (2005);
• Tracking the Cultural Convoy (2008);
• The Cleansing of Bonfim - From Bahia to New York (2009);
• Beyond the Light (2010);
• Villa-Lobos by a Soprano (2011);
• Francisco de Assis - A Life Lesson (2014);
• Centennial Urussanga (2020);
• Machado 21 (2021).

He is currently working on his new film production, the documentary Aldo Baldin - A Life for Music, about the life and career of Aldo Baldin, one of the greatest tenors in the world at his time.

Click on any of the films above to visit its web page for more details, such as trailer, awards and screenings.

Goulart is the screenwriter of all his films. He also wrote 'Urussanga', which received the 'Production Incentive Award' for best screenplay, in the 3^rd Catarina Documentary Festival (2004).

He was invited by filmmaker Nelson Pereira dos Santos to direct the making of his film 'The Music According to Tom Jobim' (2012), distributed by Sony Pictures.

Goulart was the curator of the film project 'Brazilian Film on Thursdays' (2008 and 2009) at the Brazilian Endowment for the Arts (BEA), in New York. The project promoted the screening of classic, independent and successful Brazilian films and discussions with the audience, led by himself and accompanied by special guests Guilherme Parreiras, Micki Mihich and Stela Brandão.

The Artist

• Production Incentive Award - Best Screenplay ('Urussanga') – 3^rd Catarina Documentary Festival (Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2004);
• Honor of Merit Award – City Hall and City Council of Urussanga (Urussanga, Brazil, 2005);
• Brazilian Press Award - Achievement in Cinema – ABI International (Florida, 2010);
• Lusophone Personality of the Year – CHAMA Association at the University of Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France, 2010);
• Yves Goulart 3D Movie Theater – Multiplicando Talentos Institution (Urussanga, Brazil, 2014);
• Portuguese Brazilian Award – Portuguese Brazilian Society (New York, 2016);
• Motion of Applause – City Council of Urussanga (Urussanga, Brazil, 2020).

The Films

• Best Documentary: Black Gold – 11^th Gama Filho Short Film Festival (Rio de Janeiro, 2003);
• Best Script: Edilamar – Revealing the Many Brazils (Year I) by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil (Brazil, 2004);
• Best Documentary: The Cleansing of Bonfim - From Bahia to New York – Focus Brazil Video Fest (Florida, 2009);
• Best Script: The Cleansing of Bonfim - From Bahia to New York – Focus Brazil Video Fest (Florida, 2009);
• Best Cinematography: The Cleansing of Bonfim - From Bahia to New York – Focus Brazil Video Fest (Florida, 2009);
• Honor Award: The Cleansing of Bonfim - From Bahia to New York – VII Brazilian Cine Fest Petrobras (New York, 2009);
• Golden Palm Award: Beyond the Light – Mexico International Film Festival (Rosarito, Mexico, 2010);
• Special Award by Popular Jury: Beyond the Light – BRAPEQ Brazilian Cinema Festival (Beijing, China, 2010);
• Award of Excellence: Francisco de Assis - A Life Lesson – Accolade Global Film Competition (California, 2014);
• Silver Palm Award: Francisco de Assis - A Life Lesson – Mexico International Film Festival (Rosarito, Mexico, 2015);
• Brazilian Press Award - Cinema and Video: Francisco de Assis - A Life Lesson – ABI International (Florida, 2017).