Academia Internacional de Cinema

Helena faces a Dream Guardian, while looking for her lost dream. A test screen for an upcoming short film by Gabriel Vidal that becomes a short story itself.

"Arthur e o Infinito - Um Olhar Sobre o Autismo" (Arthur and the Infinite - A Look Into Autism) is a Brazilian film that tells the story of a six-years-old boy that is diagnosed as autistic. As the family reacts to the circumstances, Arthur's mother seeks ways to better understand his life.

Short film based on the play " The Two Lost in a Dirty Night 'by Plínio Marcos. An illegal Brazilian immigrant finds herself in trouble in a public bathroom and is saved by another Brazilian. The two go to live together in New York and start a destructive and infernal relationship, which reveals their lack of hope for a dignified life.

A couple of rural workers receives a box with 3 magic eggs from a mysterious wanderer. Each egg grants a wish triggering a sequence of great misfortune.

Short film produced by students of the Academia Internacional de Cinema SP, in the first semester of the Filmworks course.

This film is an exercise made for the Academia Internacional de Cinema "creativity process" class using archive footage and editing to create relation between images to convey a message. In May 2019 brazillian pro-government protesters ripped the banner "In Defense of the Education" from Federal University of Paraná , placed by activists in favor of public education and against the curtailment of expenditures of the Ministry of Education, which blocked 30% of the discretionary funds of universities and federal institutes.

An audiovisual "Self-portrait", the author's attempt to explore his own mind and reflect how he experiences his particular world.

The film follows a few days in the life of a young actress who has lost her sight, but who tries to be independent, also addressing the tension and trust between the protagonist and a student hired to help her.

The video comprises body exploration with red light and slow motion to convey to the viewer the idea of strength, power, fear and the concept of the underworld. Using electronic music, upside-down plans and timed cuts, I wanted to convey a self-image of surreality and non-conformity with reality. The title, “Hades”, makes explicit reference to the God of Death and the Underworld in Greek mythology, and serves as a guide for the planned sensations of agony, pleasure, revelation and space-time detachment. This is how I see myself, this is how I think I should be.

A child's play turns out to be a nightmare when they set out to challenge an urban legend.

In the middle of the night, a man peeks through the peephole of his front door and is confronted by images of his subconscious.

MATA, inspired by the folk legend of Iara, with a naturalistic photograph and experimental edition.

After his mother’s passing, Tomas’ life turned black and white. Days change when he meets Gabriel, a photographer with a red jacket who helps him see other colors.

Guilherme is tormented by the possibility of his fiancée being cheating on him. Desperate to end this mystery, he plans out a terrible way to finding the truth.

Do our references speak for us or do they silence us? what voice is ours?