Rafaela Camelo
Directing
Biography
Rafaela Camelo is a filmmaker and screenwriter from Brazil. Her debut feature, The Nature of Invisible Things, premiered at the 2025 Berlinale and received more than 20 awards, including the Critics’ Prize at the 49th São Paulo International Film Festival, three Kikitos at the 53rd Gramado Film Festival, Best First Feature at Frameline49 (USA), and Best Film at the 33rd MixBrasil. She won the Cabíria Award for Best Feature Screenplay (2019) and is a member of the Rede Paradiso. Her short film The Beads (Berlinale 2023), co-directed with Emanuel Lavor, won at Filmfest Dresden and Panorama Coisa de Cinema. Desires of the flesh (Sundance 2019) won at Biarritz and New Directors/New Films. In 2023, she was named by Variety as one of the emerging talents of Brazilian cinema. She is developing her next project, The Older Sister, with the support of the Hubert Bals Fund.
Known For
Gloria, a 10-year-old girl, is spending her vacation in the hospital with her mother, a working-hard nurse. While exploring the facility, Gloria meets Sofia, a girl convinced that her great-grandmother’s worsening health is a result of her hospital admission. Bonding over their shared desire to leave, the two girls find solace in each other’s company. As departure becomes inevitable, the girls and their mothers head to a countryside retreat to spend the final days of an unforgettable summer.
The Nature of Invisible Things
Two young women retreat to a remote holiday home. While one of them undertakes a medical abortion, the other quietly cares for her. A snake slithers around them, unnoticed.
The Beads
Jonas John is willing to do anything to seduce the popular guy in high school. Using magic from a cursed book he makes the love potion which will help him get the guy and get rid of the girl who stands in his way. But will the spell work?
Floozy Suzy
Featuring four outstanding films "Desires of the Flesh", "Girls", "The Love Letter", "A Family Affair".
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Since 2016, Pope Fracis allows women to take part in the washing of the feet ceremony. The girls of St. Peter Church are preparing something special for the ritual. Camila just hopes to find Giovana.
Desires of the Flesh
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The Fugitives
Brasilia is the scenery for the encounter between two girls. Ana and Leila share a friendship and the typical teenage coming of age.
A Arte de Andar Pelas Ruas de Brasília
On the verge of failing literature, a high school soccer defender begins tutoring sessions with the quiet boy in his class—unaware that their connection will turn into something more.