Paulo Menezes

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.

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  Francisco Perdido

  Colorist

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  Lolo

  Director

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  Male Shorts: International V4

  Himself

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  When The Trees Come

  Associate Producer

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  Paradise Europe

  2023

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  The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek

  Director

• Não Vai Ter Sangue

  Director

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  It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live

  Himself

• Editor Contra

  Colorist

• 2024Francisco PerdidoColorist
• 2023Paradise Europe
• 2022Editor ContraColorist
• 2022When The Trees ComeAssociate Producer
• 2022Male Shorts: International V4Himself
• 2021It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They LiveHimself
• 2021The Male Gaze: Hide and SeekDirector
• 2019LoloDirector
• —Não Vai Ter SangueDirector