We don't create fiction.
We document the Real.
Documentary Cinema Applied to Business.
We transform your organization's history into an asset of authority and heritage.
We believe the future belongs to brands that respect their own history. Our approach combines the Classic—the timeless aesthetic of documentary cinema—with the Innovation required for today's market.
While the world chases fleeting trends, we build narratives that endure.
Storytellers dedicated to Preservation.
We are a production company that delivers not just videos, but reputation systems. We operate where cinema meets business strategy. The market is saturated with plastic and generic corporate videos; we exist to break this pattern through authenticity and humanization.
From the ephemeral to the timeless, we document Legacies.
With i61filmes, your journey is crafted like a masterpiece that transcends time, transforming the essence of your business into an invaluable audiovisual heritage.
We transform your core values into high-impact artistic compositions, ensuring that your branding is not just seen, but deeply felt and revered. Check out our catalog!
LEGACY DOC Story Behind the Brand
The Documentary of the Story Behind the Brand. For Business Families, Founders, and Large Corporations.
DOC-REALITY ESG Humanizing Impact
The Truth of Impact. For Sustainability Boards, Investor Relations, and Communities.
THE CULTURE CODE Internal Culture Series
Internal Culture Series. For HR, Internal Marketing, and Change Management.
REAL HEROES PROTAGONIST - Authority Series
Authority Series. For Hospitals, Law Firms, and Elite Consultancies.
BRANDED DOC Sponsored Cinema
Sponsored Cinema. For Marketing and Branding.
The perfect balance is born from the meeting of these three pillars.
STORYTELLING
The Art
Narrating goes far beyond producing videos. It is about mastering the classic structure of documentary cinema to organize the chaos of reality into a coherent and unignorable journey. Through a polished technique, the plot takes shape and purpose, transforming each sequence into a narrative drive that guides the eye with clarity and elegance.
STORYTRUTH
The Truth
The exclusive signature of this vision, based on the relentless pursuit of the texture of reality and the vulnerability of the message. There is a deliberate rejection of actors, fake scripts, or staged sets, as authenticity is the ultimate luxury that technology cannot replicate. The lenses capture the raw, unvarnished truth, where facts speak for themselves, without simulations.
STORYSOUL
The Result
The beating heart of the narrative. It is through it that drama comes to life and emotion becomes visceral, transforming a simple sequence of events into an experience that touches the soul. By harmonizing form, truth, and feeling, we ensure that the story is not just understood or believed, but deeply felt. After all, data may convince, but only emotion converts. Our goal is one: to make the client not just watch, but feel the film.
In an era of artificial and replicable content, we believe that true luxury has changed. It's no longer about excess, but about essence. Human Luxury is our signature for films made by real hands, minds, and hearts. We reject visual 'fast-food.' We choose the imperfection of truth, the warmth of genuine connection, and the time needed to create something unique. Because technology can simulate aesthetics, but never the soul. This is our luxury.
Our Philosophy
We believe in the value of the Artisanal. While the market delivers 'industrialized content'—fast, standardized, and made with generic stock images—we deliver hand-sculpted works.
The Aesthetics of Reality
Our photography uses naturalistic light and observational capture. Your films will not look like TV commercials, but like high-end documentaries, with the same language as major streaming platforms.
Our Methodology: Security and Vision
To ensure excellence and protect your investment, i61 Filmes does not improvise.
Creative Direction & Screenplay
The Intelligence
Before turning on the cameras, we design the film. Our team conducts a journalistic immersion into your story to deliver the Complete Intellectual Project: screenplay, narrative structure, and aesthetic vision. You approve the work on paper before it exists.
Documentary Production
The Execution
With the vision approved, our senior team goes into the field. We use digital cinema equipment (6K RAW) with a discreet and agile approach, typical of documentarians, to capture reality without interfering with the company's routine.
Our Essence: To Restore and Proclaim.
The name i61 is our foundation. Inspired by Isaiah 61:1, we work to bring good news through images, to comfort through memory, and to restore the value of places and stories that deserve to be eternalized. We strive for each work to be a testament to excellence, ethics, and service to others.
Meet the leadership guiding our vision and purpose, uniting creativity, strategy, and management to transform stories into legacies.
Marcelo Simões
Founder & General Director
The creative leadership and editorial signature behind i61 Filmes. Dedicated to the art of storytelling, with the mission of mining and refining real stories that generate genuine connection. He defines the visual and narrative identity of each project, filtering the essential to ensure that technique always serves emotion and client results.
Focus: Creative Direction and Narrative Strategy.
Our projects come to life through a network of independent professionals and associated talents. They are specialists who act on demand, bringing unique perspectives to enrich our stories:
Rafael Ferreira da Silva
Associate Filmmaker
Specialist in capture and post-production, Rafael acts as a technical arm in specific demands of i61 Filmes. With a focus on documentary aesthetics, he is called upon to ensure visual excellence, from camera operation to finalization, ensuring the technical identity of each contracted project.
Specialties: Director of Photography and Color Grading.
PRODUCER HISTORY
We were born with the purpose of using documentary cinema to proclaim good news and preserve legacies. Discover the trajectory of i61 Filmes, our founders, and the vision that moves us to tell stories that transform lives.
MEET I61 FILMESReady to tell your brand's story?
Contact us and discover how we can transform your company's history into a cinematic narrative.
ETERNALIZE YOUR LEGACY
