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MARCELO CORDEIRO DE MELLO is a professor and researcher in the fields of literature and cinema. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow Abroad (CNPq / University of Brasília) with the project “Pessoa Intercontinental”. He has published articles in Brazil, Portugal, France, and the United States. He holds a PhD in Literary Studies from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, with the dissertation “Spectacle and Resistance in the Unpublished Screenplay of ‘The Hour of the Ruminants,’” finished in 2019 (CAPES/PROEX Scholarship and PhD Exchange Scholarship Abroad – University of Texas at Austin). He also holds a Master’s degree in Languages, Literatures, and Foreign Civilizations from Université Paris IV, Sorbonne, with the dissertation “Fernando Pessoa et le cinéma,” finished in 2011.

TARSILA ARAÚJO is a director, screenwriter, 1st assistant director and producer. She directed and wrote "Felicidade" (2024), “Procuro-me” (2014), “Tenho Saudade do Que Não Vivi” (2017) and the following music videos: “Muito Mais” (2018), “Minha Carne” (2019), “Viver Sem Dó” (2021), “Soluços” (2022) and "Je Veux Déborder" (2024). She wrote the series “Origens do ECA” (2021), the short film “Mil Mãos e Mil Corações” (2022) and the horror feature film “Apanhador de Almas” (2016). She was a speaker at the events “Minas no Audiovisual” and “O Feminino no Cinema Brasileiro”, about women in film industry. For 17 years, she has worked as 1st assistant director on feature films and TV series.