Paulo Menezes
Directing
Paulo Menezes is a Brazilian filmmaker currently studying directing at the DFFB. He has worked on various documentaries for the BBC and Al Jazeera in the UK. His film Lolo (2019), about gay kids navigating a heteronormative world, screened in more than 200 festivals around the world. His next short Pommes Paradies premiered at Filmfest Dresden and was selected by AG Kurzfilm as part of their Cannes catalog in 2021. His short It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live (2021) screened in many festivals including Uppsala, BFI Flare, and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg to name a few. At Filmfest Dresden the film took home the German Film Critics Award as well as the LUCA award in 2022.
Known for
Directing6
Production4
movieParadise Europe
2023
Producer
movieWhen The Trees Come
2022
Associate Producer
movieIt Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
2021
Producer
movieLolo
2019
Executive Producer
Acting3
Editing3
Writing3
Camera1
Editor Contra
2022
Director of Photography