Less than we want to take

Major selections

• Best Dramedy Nominee — Atlanta Comedy Film Festival — 2026

• Semi-finalist — Faro International Film Festival (Cine Mediterrâneo e Mundo) — 2026

• Semi-finalist — Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (LWIFF) — 2025

• Semi-finalist — Filmonaco — 2025

• Semi-finalist — Caçador de Filmes — 2025

• Semi-finalist — Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival — 2025

​Awards / Nominations

• Best Emerging Director — Nominee — Film Revolution Fest — Nov 2025

• Best Mid-length Film — Semi-finalist — Film Haus Fest — Nov 2025

• Best Directing Award — Semi-finalist — IndieMania Prague — Oct 2025

• Best Drama — Semi-finalist — Area 51 Underground Film Contest — Oct 2025

• Best Lead Actress — Nominee — Yeti Filmfest — Oct 2025

• Best Supporting Actor — Nominee — Area 51 Underground Film Contest — Oct 2025

• Honorable Mention — Red Movie Awards — Sep 2025

• Short Narrative Award — Semi-finalist — Dumbo Film Festival New York — Sep 2025

• Best Dramatic Comedy — London Independent Film Awards — Jun 2019

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Instructions for crying

• Best Director | Noida International Film Festival | Jan 2024

• Best Health and Welfare Film | Ponza Film Awards Italy | Dec 2023

• Best Short-film Award Finalist | Mental Health Film Festival | Oct 2024

• Best Editing | Cinema Father International Film Festival | Jun 2025

• Best Actor | 7 Continents International Film Festival | Sep 2025

• Narrative Short Award Semi-finalist | Iris Global Health Film Festival | Oct 2024

• Honorable Mention | Covent Garden Film Festival | Dec 2023

• Honorable Mention | RTF Realtime International Film Festival | Aug 2025

• Honorable Mention | Wine Dark Short Film Festival | Jun 2024

• Honorable Mention | All that Moves International Film Festival | Jun 2024

• Honorable Mention | Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival | Dec 2023

• Special Festival Mention | Indian World Film Festival | Mar 2024

 

First Act​

World Premiere: 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam | Ammodo Tiger Short Competition

Awards

• Honorable Mention | Cine Tamoio | Brazil | 2019

Streaming platforms

• Cardume Filmes

Major Selections

• IndieLisboa | Herói Independente – Brasil em Transe | Portugal | 2019

• BFI London Film Festival | Experimenta – Strategies of Refusal | UK | 2019

• Dallas International Film Festival | Narrative Shorts Competition | USA | 2019

• Glasgow Short Film Festival | “Brazil: Luto Pra Nós é Verbo” | UK | 2019

• Kyiv International Short Film Festival | International Competition | Ukraine | 2019

• Cine Ceará | National Competition | Brazil | 2019

• Tenerife Short Film Festival | Competition | Spain | 2019

• Filmfest Dresden | Competition | Germany | 2020

• Short Waves Poznań | Competition | Poland | 2020

• Festival Gent | International Shorts Competition | Belgium | 2019

• Uruguay International Film Festival | Ibero-American Competition | Uruguay | 2019

• Duhok International Film Festival | International Competition | Kurdistan | 2019

• Zuma Film Festival | Competition | Nigeria | 2019

• Goiânia Mostra Curtas | Competition | Brazil | 2019

• ENTRETODOS | Human Rights Shorts Festival | Brazil | 2019

• Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art | Competition | Ukraine | 2020

• Go Short – Nijmegen | Generations | Netherlands | 2021

• Primavera do Cine | Lusophone Shorts | Spain | 2019

• Exground Filmfest | Focus Brazil | Germany | 2019

• My Film Ideology Program | China | 2021

• Dotdotdot – Anatomy of a Protest | Austria | 2021

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Brume

Award

• Prêmio Estímulo Short Film Production Fund | State of São Paulo | 2015

Major Selections

• Mostra do FIlme Livre | 2018

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The Tuner

Awards

• SIGNIS Award | Special Mention | 34th Havana International Film Festival | 2012

• Onda Curta Acquisition Prize | Channel RTP2 Portugal | 22nd Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Curta Cinema) | 2012

• Honorable Mention | 16th Los Angeles Latino Film Festival | 2013

Selections

• World Premiere | 69th Venice Film Festival | Orizzonti Short Film Competition | Venice, Italy | 2012

• 34th Havana International Film Festival | Latin American Competition | Havana, Cuba

• 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival | International Competition | Hong Kong

• 22nd Aspen Shortsfest | International Competition | Aspen, USA

• 61st Melbourne International Film Festival | International Shorts Competition | Melbourne, Australia

• 16th Los Angeles Latino Film Festival | International Competition | Los Angeles, USA

• 5th Milwaukee Film Festival | Competition | Milwaukee, USA

• 8th Sydney Latin American Film Festival | Official Selection | Sydney, Australia

• 13th Winter Film Festival of Cinemateca Uruguaya | International Short Film Competition | Montevideo, Uruguay

• New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema | International Competition | Providence (RI) & New Haven (CT), USA | 2013

• 22nd Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Curta Cinema) | National Competition | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• 16th Tiradentes Film Festival | Aurora Section | Tiradentes, Brazil

• 14th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival | Juventude Section | Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• 14th Londrina International Film Festival | National Competition | Londrina, Brazil

• Healdsburg International Short Film Festival | International Competition | USA | 2012

• 8th Cambuquira Film Festival (MOSCA) | National Competition | Brazil

• MIMO Film Festival | National Shorts | Brazil | 2013

• Cinesul – Ibero-American Film & Video Festival | National Competition | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2013

• Cinemúsica Festival | National Competition | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2013

• Move Cine Arte | Official Selection | Monte Verde, Brazil