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Favela Amarela

Cria das favelas do Rio de Janeiro, Damião se filia ao tráfico
de drogas do Morro do Rato Baleado para aumentar sua renda.
Durante o plantão noturno, avista estranhos encapuzados se
esgueirando pela floresta do morro até uma igreja, levantando
dúvidas sobre a segurança da comunidade.

  • Nícolas Lobato
    Director
    Inseto, Olho Ruim
  • Thiago Tuchu
    Director
    Arte a Metro
  • Nícolas Lobato
    Writer
    Inseto, Olho Ruim
  • Thiago Tuchu
    Writer
  • Aruska Patrícia
    Producer
  • Raphael Vieira
    Producer
  • Larva Filmes
    Producer
    Inseto, Olho Ruim, Perfection
  • Mirrage Mirror Produções
    Producer
  • Giselle Batista
    Key Cast
    "Natasha"
    Homens?, Cheias de Charme
  • Richard Abelha
    Key Cast
    "Damião"
    Amor da minha vida, Me sinto bem com você
  • Sain Ktt
    Key Cast
    "Juninho"
    Amar é para os Fortes
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Yellow Slum
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Thriller, Cosmic
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 2, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    120,000 BRL
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • XXVII Fantaspoa
    Porto Alegre
    Brazil
    April 13, 2026
    Brazilian Premiere
    Honorable Mention
Distribution Information
  • Larva Filmes
    Distributor
    Country: Brazil
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Nícolas Lobato, Thiago Tuchu

Nícolas Lobato is a Brazilian director who graduated with honors in Visual Arts from UFRGS and later in Audiovisual Production from PUCRS. In 2017 he received a full scholarship to study cinema for a year at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Buenos Aires. Since 2020 he has directed several short films that have screened at national and international festivals and streamed on platforms such as MUBI, Darkflix and Box Brazil. He is the founder of the production company Maggot Movies (Larva Filmes), focusing on horror and genre storytelling. He is currently developing new projects as he moves toward his first feature film.

Thiago Magalhães (Tuchu) is a Black Brazilian director and cinematographer from the periphery of Rio de Janeiro and a member of the Brazilian Society of Cinematography (ABC). Raised in favela and urban occupation contexts, he built his path in cinema through grassroots audiovisual work, moving from assistant roles to cinematography and later directing. He made his directorial debut in 2018 with the documentary Arte a Metro, which received recognition at festivals in Northeast Brazil. As a cinematographer, he has worked on several audiovisual and music projects, and won Best Music Video at the Brazilian Music Awards. After years working primarily in documentary, he now makes his fiction debut with the short film Favela Amarela, where his work continues to engage with social themes and perspectives from Brazil’s urban peripheries.

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Director Statement

Favela Amarela nasceu da ideia de aproximar o horror cósmico de uma realidade social brasileira raramente representada dentro do gênero. Inspirados por autores como H.P. Lovecraft e Robert W. Chambers, nos interessava imaginar como esse tipo de horror poderia existir no contexto das periferias do Rio de Janeiro.

Ao combinar horror cósmico com terror social, o filme transforma estruturas de poder invisíveis em algo quase mitológico. A favela, frequentemente reduzida a estereótipos, aparece aqui como um espaço complexo, cheio de tensões e histórias.

Assim, Favela Amarela utiliza o cinema de gênero para refletir sobre como forças sociais e políticas continuam a moldar a vida nas periferias urbanas do Brasil.

English Translation -

Favela Amarela was born from the idea of bringing cosmic horror into a Brazilian social reality rarely represented within the genre. Inspired by writers such as H.P. Lovecraft and Robert W. Chambers, we were interested in imagining how this kind of horror could exist within the context of Rio de Janeiro’s urban peripheries.

By combining cosmic horror with social horror, the film transforms invisible power structures into something almost mythological. The favela, often reduced to stereotypes, appears here as a complex space filled with tensions and stories.

In this sense, Favela Amarela uses genre cinema to reflect on how larger social and political forces continue to shape life in Brazil’s urban peripheries.