I'm a first-time screenwriter and director.
Studies cinema and audiovisual at University of Goiás (UEG), PhD in Cultural Performances from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), currently carrying out post-doctoral research on black cinema and semiotics at ECA/USP.
I was born in Campinas/SP, I was co-founder of Ponto de Cultura Ibaô (2009), where I worked as coordinator of the independent cinema training “nós na Tela” (2015), directed by filmmaker and professor Gilberto Sobrinho (Multimeios/Unicamp) and curator of Cine Cultura Ibaô (2009–2014).
I am a member of APAN (Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals) and director of Zariah Filmes, an independent film production company based in Goiânia, in the state of Goiás.
Currently, in pre-production of the short documentary film “(des) Aparecido”, selected by the Edital Curta Afirmativo 2023 — New Directors (SAV/MINC), in development of the feature film of the same name, winner of the Cora Award in the Feature Film category Documentary and award-winning by the FomentaCine Project Clinic, Cinema and Audiovisual Market-Seminar held by Cine Brasília and Box 24-DF, and the fiction script “Destino” is being developed.
Exotismos (2024), my first short film, premiered at the 10th DIRIGO Student Film Festival (Bristol, UK) and was selected by the Kalamata International Short Documentary Festival (Calamata, Greece), Curta Cinema — Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival — 33rd edition, 4th KIIFFA (Delhi, IN), awarded in the Best Documentary Short and Best Debut Director categories at the 2 11 17 International Film Festival; Best International Short Film and Best Student Film at the Sittannavasal International Film Festival (IN).