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narrative
Up until now, most of my narrative work has been in the role of CINEMATOGRAPHER—a part of my career I’m incredibly proud of and where I learned many of the skills I now use as a director.
Tony Odyssey
2025
Dir. Thales Banzai
Drama Fantasy
tony
odyssey
Tony and his best friend, Ivy, decide to rob the bar where he works to steal a new drug that will take them on a journey to meet God.
Paz is a self-centered influencer who arrives in the town of Água-Marinha, where she clashes with a local activist and is “canceled” for offensive insults. One hundred years earlier, in 1922, Cecília is facing a forced marriage — a life she doesn't want — in Água-Marinha after her parents’ death. Mysteriously, the universe gives the two women an exit as they are swapped into each other’s bodies.
Me Sinto Bem Com Você
2021
Dir. Matheus Souza
Drama Romance
ME
SINTO
BEM
COM
VOcÊ
Five love stories in times of quarantine. Five loves of different forms and origins. Five tales about the importance of having someone who makes you feel good amidst the chaos. People, during social isolation, doing everything they can to stay connected. A film about connections: both virtual and real.
HE, SHE, THEY, is an eight, 30-minute episode series from HBO Latin America under the general direction of Vera Egito. The series follows the day-to-day lives of its three protagonists Rafa, Vini and Maia in the LGBTQIA+ community and deals with the subject matter associated within the community such as understanding, inclusion, acceptance and the use of inclusive language.
Subtle Cut
2020
Dir. Thales Banzai
Drama
SUBTLE
CUT
Subtle Cut' is a multimedia project that unites a short film, photos, and poems. Created by Brazilian director Thales Banzai and shot in São Paulo, Brazil, the film dives into the mind of a recently married woman who relieves her past alone in a hotel room.
Baghdad is a 17-year-old female skater, who lives in Freguesia do Ó, a working-class neighborhood in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Baghdad skateboards with a group of male friends and spends a lot of time with her family and with her mother's friends. Together, the women around her form a network of people who are out of the ordinary. When Baghdad meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes.
"My Name Is Baghdad" received the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Film at Berlinale's 2020 edition.
BEST FILM GENERATION 14PLUS BERLINALE 2020
Hard Asses Don't Twerk: Because Being A Woman Is Nasty
2017
Dir. Camila Cornelsen and Thales Banzai
Documentary Short Drama
hard
asses
don't
twerk
The documentary portraits the reality of the Psychology & Dance group - BDNT - created in South Brazil by the student Jade Quoi. Through intimate conversations with Jade and the class members - some of them that took part of group since its formation and others that just got there - their transformation process and search for acceptance is exposed, showing how these girls stopped being victims of a predominantly sexist society and started to act in a more independent and satisfactory way.
Living on the same floor of a building in the city of São Paulo, Micaela (Renata Gaspar), Diego (Thiago Pethit) e Júlia (Maria Laura Nogueira) share their experiences, failures and achievements.
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