Rafaela Camelo
Directing
- Born
- November 19, 1985 (age 40) · Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Rafaela Camelo is a filmmaker and screenwriter from Brazil. Her debut feature, The Nature of Invisible Things, premiered at the 2025 Berlinale and received more than 20 awards, including the Critics’ Prize at the 49th São Paulo International Film Festival, three Kikitos at the 53rd Gramado Film Festival, Best First Feature at Frameline49 (USA), and Best Film at the 33rd MixBrasil. She won the Cabíria Award for Best Feature Screenplay (2019) and is a member of the Rede Paradiso. Her short film The Beads (Berlinale 2023), co-directed with Emanuel Lavor, won at Filmfest Dresden and Panorama Coisa de Cinema. Desires of the flesh (Sundance 2019) won at Biarritz and New Directors/New Films. In 2023, she was named by Variety as one of the emerging talents of Brazilian cinema. She is developing her next project, The Older Sister, with the support of the Hubert Bals Fund.
Known for
The Nature of Invisible Things
November 27, 2025
A Arte de Andar Pelas Ruas de Brasília
January 1, 2011
The Fugitives
November 2, 2007
Desires of the Flesh
September 11, 2018
The Beads
February 18, 2023
Floozy Suzy
January 1, 2015
The Lesbian Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
Quando Tudo Joga Contra
July 16, 2026
Behind the camera9
- 2026Quando Tudo Joga Contra Assistant Director
- 2025The Nature of Invisible Things Director, Writer, Editor, Co-Producer
- 2023The Beads Director
- 2018Desires of the Flesh Screenplay, Editor, Director
- 2015Floozy Suzy Executive Producer, Producer
- 2011A Arte de Andar Pelas Ruas de Brasília Director
- 2007The Fugitives Editor
- TBAThe Lesbian Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz! Director
- TBAA Filha Favorita Director, Writer