No More! (Film)
I wrote, directed and acted as Jesus in the film Não Mais!(No More), and that was the biggest challenge of my life, mainly because of the constant hunger. I didn't have the money to pay someone to lose weight and act. So I had to do it. I lived for months as the character. I was homeless. I was kicked out. I let my fingernails grow. At certain periods I ate only one egg and one apple a day to lose weight. With the pandemic we couldn't shoot with the group and so the film took much longer than planned and with it my diet. I stopped brushing my teeth and lost one in the process. I was really beaten up in several scenes until I fainted three times. I developed binge eating. I stole food. I ate from the garbage can. The world was left behind and my only reality was to finish the film. By punching the mirror I cut my hand and the blood that appears on the sink is real. This film is largely an autobiographical documentary rather than fiction.
Through the Eyes of the Wolf (Film)
Magdalene is exhausted. Of the violence, insults and stones thrown by the favorite children of an omnipresent, vengeful and manipulative father. Her connection with Jesus no longer brings relief, but the deep anguish of those who see and feel, the despair of a brother going mad.
Movie Review
Experimental Brasil (Film Festival)
After submitting my films to many, many festivals, what remained most of the time, even when my work did well, was a rancid aftertaste, similar to the greasy residue in cheap chocolate. That thing that coats your tongue, but you accept it because your hunger is greater than your dignity at that moment. And it happened so many times that I started noticing patterns forming. I filtered and filtered until the obvious shone clearly in front of me: Just as TV shows are, in reality, merely breaks between commercials, films in a festival are money seeds between one season and another. Plant as many as you can. Water as many as possible and wait for the fruits to drop into your PayPal. Quality is not the goal. The real numbers are in the talentless enthusiasts who arrive in swarms, filled with anxiety and blind to spending money on those who call them filmmakers. I thought about creating a festival selecting only the best. Would it generate less profit than the others? Certainly. But I would be in my element. I would watch new and experimental films from all over the world. For me, an independent filmmaker, that would already be excellent payment. And it has been working.
Homofobia Sim! (Short Film)
You may not like gays, that's your right, just like any other. But at least know why you dislike them, and try not to lie to the world or to yourself. In my experience, every caricature homophobe hides something in the closet. I think this video is part of my beginnings as a filmmaker.
