Short Films
Até o Caroço
Short Film | Brazil | 2025 | 15min.
Language: Portuguese
Directed by: Thomas Canton
Film Editor: Rafael Melo
Synopsis: An amateur researcher tries to domesticate a fruit that gives him eternal life. In the process, he discovers that the plant also has its wishes. As he ages again, he fights against the plant in a desperate battle to make it fruit before it's too late.
Maputo
Short Film | Brazil | 2024 | 15min.
Language: Portuguese
Directed by: Lucas Abrahão
Film Editor: Rafael Melo
Synopsis: In an abandoned farm, young Tatu is tricked by three older kids into believing that if he overcomes certain challenges he will become a Maputo, a supernatural being. Tatu remains resolute in his pursuit even as the tasks become increasingly dangerous.
*Winner of Best Editing at the Anápolis Film Festival (2024)
*Winner of four awards at the Gramado Film Festival (2024): Best Director, Best Art Direction, Canal Brasil Award, Honourable Mention
The Strange Disappearance of Comrade Kuliakov
Short Film | Estonia | 2022 | 20min.
Language: Russian
Directed by: Lucas Abrahão
Film Editor: Rafael Melo
Synopsis: Two low-ranking USSR officers are sent to occupied Estonia on a mission to track down a Captain who apparently went insane after discovering a mysterious radio signal coming from the middle of nowhere.
* Nominated at the Tallinn Black Nights (2022) for Best Short Film
Found You
Short Film | Estonia | 2021 | 15min.
Original Title: Leidsin
Language: Estonian & Russian
Directed by: Ragne Mandri
Film Editor: Rafael Melo
Synopsis: A little curious girl, Agnes, follows Mihkel to an abandoned house, where she discovers a Russian policeman Dmitri, tied-up in the basement. Unaware of his true identity, Agnes attempts to free him before Mihkel comes back.
* Nominated at the Tallinn Black Nights (2021) for Best Short Film
The Two Tales
Short Documentary | Portugal | 2020 | 05min.
Language: English
Directed by: Isaac Knights-Washbourn
Film Editor: Rafael Melo
Synopsis: After losing his father at a young age, Isaac Knights-Washbourn explores memories of his childhood. Both the fragility of life and the strength of a paternal bond are examined through physical and mythologized traces his father left behind.
* Nominated at the Encounters International Film Festival (2020) for Best Short Film & Audience Award