The Essential List: Marianna Souza
Marianna Souza’s career began in her birth town of Brasilia, managing projects for the creative community and promoting business between Brazilian and foreign companies related to music, franchising, visual arts and more. She now lives in São Paulo but has a similar business focus as before – she’s the executive manager of FilmBrazil, an advertising production network that seeks to promote Brazilian production companies to the global market. She is also now the local ambassador for the Free The Bid.
We hit Marianna up for her Essential List.
Lifestyle
o Place of birth: Brasilia
Brasilia from the skies
o Hometown: São Paulo
Home...
o Vacation: Peninsula de Marau, Boipeba (anywhere in Bahia – paradise!)
Paradise
o Place of work: FilmBrazil office, home office or hotel rooms
o Place of workout: Gym at my building (addicted to Muay Thai)
o Mode of transport: Walk! Love walking...!
o Bonus Travel Essential: International adaptor
Culture
o Artist: Vick Muniz
o Commercials director: Trick question... I can’t say out loud!
o Photographer: Sebastião Salgado
o Film: Just Like Our Parents / The Second Mother
o Series: Narcos / Big Little Lies / Girls
o Commercial: Leica '100 Years'
o Documentary: The Salt of the Earth
Food and Drink
o Restaurant: Maní in São Paulo
o Cheap bite: Pastel (equivalent to empanadas, but fried! Very traditional bite in Brazil)
o Working lunch: Vegetable soup
o Dish: My mom’s food! Especially rice chicken and her feijoada!
o Snack: Nuts
o Guilty Pleasure: CHOCOLATE!!!
o Booze: Caipirinha (mango and passion fruit is my favourite!)
o Bonus food: Can I say CHOCOLATE again?
o Bonus beverage: Coconut water
Kit
o Phone: iPhone
o Computer: Macbook Pro
o TV: Samsung
o Headphones: The iPhone ones
o Camera: iPhone (with amazing filters!)
o Soundsystem: Bose
o Watch: iPhone
o App: Spotify
