Paulo Menezes
Directing
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.
Known for
Lolo
July 10, 2019
The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek
January 18, 2021
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
June 1, 2021
Francisco Perdido
July 17, 2024
Paradise Europe
August 15, 2023
Male Shorts: International V4
June 7, 2022
When The Trees Come
June 23, 2022
Unknown Author
October 8, 2026
Behind the camera10
- 2026Unknown Author Director, Producer
- 2024Francisco Perdido Colorist
- 2023Paradise Europe Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 2022Editor Contra Colorist, Director of Photography
- 2022When The Trees Come Associate Producer
- 2022Male Shorts: International V4 Director
- 2021It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live Producer, Screenplay, Director, Editor
- 2021The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek Director
- 2019Lolo Director, Writer, Executive Producer