Competitive Exhibition
Guilherme Marback
Journalist, screenwriter, director, film and theater producer and actor. He has collaborated on several projects with Helena Ignez, as well as on screenplays for films by Gregório Gananian and Patrícia Moran. He directed the short film “Espeto”, winning several awards. As a curator and producer of the “Festival Jodorowsky”, he brought the controversial multimedia artist Alejandro Jodorowsky to Brazil in 2007. In 2014, he directed the play “O Despertar da Primavera”, which was acclaimed by both critics and the public. As an actor, he participated in the first staging of “Macunaíma”, directed by Antunes Filho. Guilherme performed in three productions directed by Márcio Aurélio: “A Farsa da Noiva Bombardeada”, “Tyde Moreyra e sua Banda de Najas”, and the award-winning “Édipo Rei”. On television, he directed documentaries, including the “Especial dos Cem Anos da Pinacoteca”. He has taught theater and cinema courses, and in recent years, he has worked as a curator for the “Cine Satyros Bijou” in São Paulo.
Luh Maza
Ddirector, author, and actress. She wrote the series “Da Ponte Pra Lá”, the feature “Insubmissas”, and commercials. Luh is the head writer for the upcoming adaptation of “Torto Arado” and acted as a consultant for the series “De Volta Aos 15”. She also wrote “Os Quatro da Candelária” and “Sessão de Terapia”, earning a nomination for ABRA’s Screenwriter of the Year Award. As the creative director and screenwriter for the publicity film “Trinta e Cinco”, she received the bronze award at the El Ojo de Iberoamerica festival. As an actress, Luh starred in “Da Ponte pra Lá” and “Ó Paí, Ó 2”. She was a jury for the Shell Theater Award. Recognized as a breakthrough actress by UOL, she won the Aplauso Brasil Award and received a nomination for the Jabuti Literature Prize as part of Coleção Primeiras Obras. Luh has also directed and/or written notable plays, including “Transtopia”, “Kiwi”, and “Carne Viva”.
Thiago Stivaletti
Journalist, screenwriter, and film, TV, and streaming critic. He worked as a reporter for Folha de S. Paulo, Valor Econômico, and Editora Abril, among others. For four years, he hosted the “Plano Geral” podcast, offering tips and interviews about the world of cinema and streaming. For nine years, he covered the Cannes Film Festival for UOL. As a screenwriter, he has worked for TV Globo and the Multishow channel. Since 2004, he has been part of the team of collaborators for the Mostra – São Paulo International Film Festival. He is currently a columnist for F5, the entertainment and pop culture website of Folha de S. Paulo.
Competitive Exhibition Short Films
Chico Fireman
From Maceió, Alagoas, relocated to São Paulo to be closer to film festivals. He is a journalist and critic affiliated with Abraccine, author of “Filmes do Chico”, and a co-founder of the distribution company Michiko Filmes.
Nayla Guerra
Researcher, filmmaker, and curator. She holds a degree in Audiovisual Studies from ECA-USP and works as a cultural producer at the Cinemateca Brasileira. Director of the short film “Ferro’s Bar” (2023), Nayla is also the organizer of the collective and film club “Cine Sapatão”. She is the author of the books “Entre apagamentos e resistências” (Editora Alameda, 2023) and “No rastro dos encontros perdidos – A mostra Novíssimo Cinema Brasileiro” (Cinusp, 2024). She served as a juror on the official panel of the Mostra Mov.Cidade (2021) and was part of the youth jury for the Tiradentes Film Festival (2022). Nayla is also a film columnist for Opera Mundi.
Thais Scabio
Has been navigating through direction, screenwriting, and production for 20 years. She is the director of Cavalo Marinho Audiovisual, a production company she founded in 2006, and is also a founding member of APAN (Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals). Additionally, she manages the Todesplay streaming platform. She is currently finalizing the fiction feature film “Onde Estamos Seguros”, which she co-wrote and co-directed with Gilberto Caetano. Thais also coordinates educational audiovisual projects in the outskirts of São Paulo and other cities.
MIX.XR
Murilo Santana
He is Gaming advisor at Spcine and works as a game educator in public cultural spaces in São Paulo. He holds a degree in Digital Games from FMU and is also a graphic designer and game developer from SAGA school, as well as being a multimedia technician from ETEC Jornalista Roberto Marinho. With a deep interest in technologies from different times and contexts, Murilo explores both contemporary innovations and ancestral knowledge, recognizing the value of traditional practices in shaping new technological languages.
Selva González Vildoso
She is a Franco-Chilean artist, producer, curator, cultural manager, and LGBTQIA+ activist based in Marseille, France. She is the founder and executive producer of Maltrato Films, a production company focused on collaborative audiovisual works, and the co-founder of Nanai Studio, dedicated to immersive interactive experiences. Currently, she researches psychology and biology, focusing on community organization, environmental issues, and LGBT+ rights. She is the founder, coordinator, and curator of SANFIC XR at the Santiago International Film Festival, the regional delegate of “MAIX,” the Latin American Movement of XR Artists and Researchers, and the producer and curator of the “Excentrico Film Festival,” focused on explicit and critical pornography films
Ana Arruda
Director of Sétima Produções Culturais and the Curta Brasília Festival, a pioneer in immersive narratives with the Mostra CVR. Producer, curator, and programmer with experience in over 60 showcases and film festivals since 2001. She develops and participates in international projects that combine cinema, art, technology, and education, focusing on virtual reality, diversity, and new forms of expression
MIX LITERARY
Amara Moira
Writer, teacher, and activist Amara Moira holds a Ph.D. in Literary Theory from Unicamp. Upon completing her doctorate, Amara became the first trans woman to sign her thesis using her chosen name. This name, inspired by Homer’s Odyssey, refers to the seers who foretold Ulysses’ fate. She began her literary career with a blog where she shared her experiences working as a prostitute—a work that not only explores the boundaries between fictional narrative and biography but also reflects on the role of literature as a force for social transformation.
Renan Quinalha
He is a law professor at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), where he is also the Trans Center’s assistant coordinator. A human rights lawyer, he is a consulting member of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Commission at OAB-SP. Among his published works are “Contra a moral e os bons costumes: a ditadura e a repressão à comunidade LGBT” (Companhia das Letras, 2021) and “Movimento LGBTI+: uma breve história do século XIX aos nossos dias” (Autêntica, 2022). He is also a diversity and human rights specialist at CNN Brazil.
Aline Zouvi
Completed her master’s degree on the works of the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Since 2017, she has been teaching comic books workshops, publishing cartoons and illustrations in media such as Folha de São Paulo, Piauí, and Quatro Cinco Um. She works in the translation and editing of comics and literature. Among her comics and zines, notable works include “Síncope” (released at CCXP 2017, winner of the Dente de Ouro Award and finalist for the HQMix) and “Não Nasci Sabendo” (Harvi Label, 2022, winner of the Citizenship in Respect for LGBT+ Diversity Award and finalist for the Mix Literário). “Pigmento” (Quadrinhos na Cia, 2024) is her first graphic novel.
CAIO FERNANDO ABREU
Tatiana Nascimento
(Brasília, 1981), a graduate in translation, is a Black Brazilian poet, slammer, singer, and songwriter who writes, investigates, and publishes books by Black and LGBT authors, as well as engaging in experimental audiovisual work. She is a co-founder of Padê Editora. Her book Lundu was one of the publications selected by the National Project Leia Mulheres in the Best Books of 2016 category.
Fernando Rinaldi
Holds a degree in International Relations from PUC-SP and in Literature from USP. He currently works at Companhia das Letras, responsible for selling the catalog of Brazilian titles to foreign publishers, and is in his first year of the Writers’ Training graduate program at Instituto Vera Cruz.
Zênite Astra
Was born in 1995 in Ribeirão Preto, interior of São Paulo State, from where she moved in 2013 to live in Campinas, where she currently resides. She holds a degree in Literature from Unicamp and works as an educator. In her artistic production, she explores prose and poetry, experimenting with different forms of expression in an attempt to address plural realities. She is interested in investigating memory, resistance, and the formation of communities based in experiences of trans, non-binary, and travesti individuals. In 2019, she independently produced three zines, “Os Zênis.” In early 2020, she participated as an exhibitor at NHAÍ – Feira de Literatura e Arte Impressa organized by Casa 1. In the same year, she published the short story “O Meu Nome Quer Dizer Verdade” in the digital magazine Uso no 3.