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Loli Menezes

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Brazilian filmmaker and producer, she studied cinema at the University of Southern Santa Catarina. Her debut short, “Ocorredor”, was made when she was still a student and won 10 awards at national festivals. With “Isto não é um Filme”, ​​she was among the finalists of the AXN Film Festival, showing her short film throughout Latin America. With her last short “Selma after the Rain”, she toured 17 countries and won 9 awards, including Best Brazilian Short Film – BIMIFF – Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival (USA 2020) / Best Drama Short – Annual CPH Film Festival (Copenhagen 2020) Special Mention in the Women’s Fights and Rights Competition – Porto Femme (2020); Best Direction, Best Actress, Best Editing – Short Taquary (2020); Best Direction – Mix Brasil (2019); Honorable Mention for best narrative short (ISA Hollywood – IMDB); Special Mention (London-X4 Short Film Festival SPRING 2019); Indicated to represent Brazil in the Iris Prize LGBT + Film Festival 2020. She coordinated, produced and co-directed for 3 years series docs for the Rede Globo affiliate in Santa Catarina (NSC-TV). Her work focuses on direction, production, art direction and costumes for fictions and documentaries, for Cinema and TV, having produced more than 40 works between short films, medium docs, features, series, video clips and visual arts projects. She is a founding partner of Vinil Filmes, one of the most active production company in South Brazil. She is currently finishing her first feature documentary “Uncle Tommy”; developing her first feature film “Sangue de Groselha”(project awarded by Mercado Entrefronteras and Madrugada Sangrenta – Roger Corman special); and the Horror Island series – First Season: The Cartilage (script published in Graphic Novel by Darkside – expected to launch in the first half of 2021).

Known For

Moon in Sagittarius

71%

Art Direction

2016

My Uncle's Friend

60%

Producer

2021

A Mão do Macaco

100%

Art Direction

2008

O ET da Vargem Pequena

Executive Producer

2025

The Light Park's Cemitery

Producer

2023

Bravehearts

Director

2023

The Southern Swamp Monster

Art Direction

2022

A Paixão de Rio Apa

Producer

2022

O ET da Vargem Pequena

Executive Producer

2025

O ET da Vargem Pequena

Production Design

2025

The Light Park's Cemitery

Producer

2023

Bravehearts

Director

2023

The Southern Swamp Monster

Art Direction

2022

The Southern Swamp Monster

Executive Producer

2022

A Paixão de Rio Apa

Producer

2022

Uncle Tommy – The Man who Founded Newsweek

Director

2022

Uncle Tommy – The Man who Founded Newsweek

Screenplay

2022

Uncle Tommy – The Man who Founded Newsweek

Production Executive

2022

Uncle Tommy – The Man who Founded Newsweek

Producer

2022

Dás um Banho, Zé Perri

Executive Producer

2021

My Uncle's Friend

60%

Producer

2021

Selma After the Rain

Director

2019

Aquela Mistura

Associate Producer

2019

Moon in Sagittarius

71%

Art Direction

2016

Túlio Piva - Pandeiro de Prata

Director

2015

Beijos de Arame Farpado

Art Direction

2009

Beijos de Arame Farpado

Producer

2009

Ângelo, O Coveiro

Art Direction

2008

Ângelo, O Coveiro

Costumer

2008

A Mão do Macaco

100%

Art Direction

2008

A Mão do Macaco

100%

Costume Design

2008

Isto Não é um Filme

Director

2006

Isto Não é um Filme

Producer

2006

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