An artist couple, Juliana and Daniel, are trapped in a theater on the opening night of their new play. Amid arguments that push them ever closer to the inevitable end of their relationship, the pair receives a visit from a single audience member, forcing them to perform for a practically empty theater. The boundaries between reality and fiction gradually become blurred as Juliana and Daniel’s art and lives are exposed on stage through spectacularized absurdity. Secrets, lies, and plenty of deception permeate the couple’s dialogue as they remain trapped in the vortex of a toxic relationship, searching for a way out.

A comedy of errors and manners that questions the tradition of marriage and the role of the artist and women in Brazilian society.

The feature film project is an extension of the short film “Borderô,” shot in 2023 and currently in post-production. The short film, selected through the Bahia State Sectoral Fund public funding program, stars Paula Lice, Celso Junior, and Leandro Vila. The feature film screenplay was selected for PANLAB – Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema’s Screenwriting Laboratory in 2019 and received consulting from Aleksei Abib, Felipe Scholl, and Jaqueline Souza.

Maíra is a 15-year-old Black vampire who lives with her mother, Janete, in the outskirts of Salvador. In an attempt to control her daughter’s urges, Janete has never allowed Maíra to come into contact with human blood, raising chickens in the backyard of their home as an alternative source of blood. In an attempt to curb her vampiric desires, Maíra keeps her relationship with her boyfriend, Maurício, chaste—even avoiding kissing him.

As she struggles with the guilt of being unable to follow her nature and the pain of seeing her own mother trapped in an abusive relationship with her stepfather, Maíra is on school break and spends her idle days between meeting up with a few friends and helping her mother with household chores. At night, she usually goes to the evangelical church and then spends some time at her boyfriend’s house, which is nearby. Everything changes when Maíra approaches her first period and her desire to taste human blood grows stronger.
The project was selected through the Bahia State Culture Fund’s Sectoral Public Funding Program in 2019, in the development category, and by PANLAB – Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema’s Screenwriting Laboratory in 2020, receiving consulting from Aleksei Abib, Felipe Scholl, and Viviane Ferreira.

Júlia is a middle-aged schoolteacher who finds herself increasingly isolated because of her fears and anxieties. When her best friend, Carol, the principal of the school where she works, throws a farewell party, Júlia finds herself forced to attend. 

At the party, she meets Renata, the new acting principal, an outgoing and confident woman who awakens a delirious fascination in Júlia. The connection between the two is instant, but Renata’s abusive husband’s return will bring doubts and anxieties to Júlia regarding her new passion. To what extent is the new principal telling the truth, and what mystical secrets is she hiding? These questions will draw the protagonist in, forcing her to take a stand for the first time in her life and confront everything she believed herself to be—and not to be. The screenplay was selected for PANLAB – Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema’s Screenwriting Laboratory in 2020 and received consulting from Aleksei Abib, Felipe Scholl, and Viviane Ferreira.

Santo Amaro, 1999. The students of Colégio Bendito are anxious about the arrival of the new millennium. Amidst trading stickers, playing handheld video games, and watching Japanese animation, friends Chico and Beto decide to make a film.

Without a camera in hand but with plenty of ideas in their heads, the duo decides to bring together a group of students from different social circles so they can make their project together. Soon, the school bully Guilherme, the top student Mônica, and the athlete Agatha join the team, sharing the workload and getting caught up in the typical predicaments of those who dare to work with the seventh art.

Without a camera in hand but with plenty of ideas in their heads, the duo decides to bring together a group of students from different social circles so they can make their project together. Soon, the school bully Guilherme, the class nerd Mônica, and the athlete Agatha join the team, sharing the workload and getting caught up in the typical predicaments of those who dare to venture into the seventh art. 

The boys from the film club are left with no choice but to seek the help of Elísio Santiago, a retired filmmaker who carries in his memory the experience of using cinema as a weapon of resistance during dark times. 
The screenplay was selected for PANLAB – Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema’s Screenwriting Laboratory in 2018 and received consulting from Aleksei Abib, Francine Barbosa, and Iana Cossoy.

Arthur, Wanda, Victor, Louise, and Paula dream of becoming artists. With few resources but plenty of passion, they decide to pursue a way to make a living as their bills pile up. After unsuccessful ventures in advertising, children’s party entertainment, and independent filmmaking, the group decides to risk their entire future on a show that could change their careers.

The “Vida de Artista” project was selected for Usina do Drama 2020, an extension program at UFBA focused on the training and development of local screenwriters, and received mentorship from professor and screenwriter Amanda Aouad.