Realizadora
Luisa Mello (Brazilian/Portuguese) is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer currently based in Lisbon. She has a Bachelor Degree in Cinema (PUC-Rio, Brazil); a Postgraduate Degree in Art and Philosophy (PUC-Rio, Brazil) and a Master Degree in Documentary Film Directing from Docnomads (Portugal, Hungary and Belgium). She has also studied documentary in the lnternational School of Film and TV (EICTV, Cuba). Over the years, Luisa decided to focus on creative documentary filmmaking. With an interest in art, history and philosophy, she is always searching and exploring different realities to tell stories in an innovative way. Her filmic approach combines an observational cinema with fictional elements, often with a poetic style. Luisa has worked as a director, cinematographer and editor in different audiovisual and cinema projects. She directed the short films: “The rest of the yarn”, 2019; “Water and Salt”, 2019 (International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020, Vienna Shorts 2020); “Semi Úmido”, 2019 (Honorable Mention in International Film Festival Prvi kadar/First 2019) “In Aphrodite’s Room”, 2018 (Best Short Film in Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival 2018); “Canto”, 2015 (Honorable Mention in Filmworks Film Festival Rio de Janeiro 2017) and “Clowns do not cry”, 2012 (exhibited in the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival and later broadcasted on TV channel Canal Brasil).
[Fonte: Caminhos do Cinema Português]