Paulo Menezes
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
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.
2024
2023
2022
2021
Actor Himself
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
Director
The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek
Director
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
Editor
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
Screenplay
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
Producer
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
