Deborah Viegas (b.1993) is a Brazilian filmmaker and artist. Through her work she proposes a reflection on the role of institutions and collective spaces in founding and perpetuating a political concept of “normality”; pointing to subtle and accidental forms of resistance and subversion.

Her works were exhibited and discussed at film festivals, seminars and institutions such as International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR, Festival do Rio, Galeria Vermelho, FICCI - Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, FicValdivia, Oberhausen Film Festival, Semana dos Realizadores, Sandberg Instituut, Jihlava Film Festival among others. In addition to having participated in residencies and laboratories such as Jihlava Film Academy, LA BIENAL in Argentina and Arché at Doclisboa. And is currently part of the development program LIM - Less is More (Le Group Ouest) where she is working on her first feature film project “Young Woman Seen From Behind”.

Viegas often collaborates with other artists as an editor and screenwriter; such works have been presented at the Berlinale, Locarno Film Festival, Foundation Pernod Richard, CentrePompidou, New York Film Festival, TIFF and others.