About
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.
Filmography
Francisco Perdido2024 · Colorist
Paradise Europe2023 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
Editor Contra2022 · Colorist, Director of Photography
When The Trees Come2022 · Associate Producer
Male Shorts: International V42022 · Director
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live2021 · Director, Editor, Screenplay, Producer
The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek2021 · Director
Lolo2019 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer