Loli Menezes

Filmmaker and producer, studied film and TV at the University of Southern Santa Catarina. Her debut short, "Ocorredor" won 10 awards at national and international festivals. With "This is not a film", it was among the finalists of the AXN Film Festival, showing the short throughout Latin America. Her last short "Selma after the Rain" ran through 16 countries and won 9 awards, among them Best Brazilian Short Film - BIMIFF - Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival (USA 2020); Best Drama Short - Annual CPH Film Festival (Copenhagen 2020); an honor mention for best narrative short in ISA (IMDB) and best director in Mix Brasil Film Festival. Her work focuses on directing, producing, directing art and costumes for documentaries and fiction, Cinema and TV. Her relationship with the audiovisual also extends to the Visual Arts, having produced a series of video clips, video installations and video art. She is a founding partner of Vinil Filmes, one of the most active production companies in south Brazil.