Luciana Malavasi
Directing
Biography
Graduated in Performing Arts and Journalism, Luciana Malavasi is a director, producer and scriptwriter. In 2023, she studied Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy (NYFA). Founder of Pulsante Filmes, she directed many short films, like “Iris’ Window”, winner of Best Director in the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival and Berlin Short Awards. The film is available on Prime Video and other streaming platforms. Her most recent project, the short film “The New Flesh" had its world premiere in 2025 at the Noves Vision - Petit Format section at the Sitges Festival, one of the most important genre film festivals around the world. Now, Luciana is working on the post-production of her first feature “Under The Broken Sky”, shot in Rio de Janeiro in August 2025, and also developing “Polemic!”, a feature with a script based on a successful book series.
Known For
On an isolated farm, a woman finds an injured and frightened woman in her old chicken coop. Moved by an inexplicable instinct, she decides to help her, without imagining that this silent encounter will awaken buried secrets. When tension finally gives way to trust, something dark approaches, bringing a truth that no one could have foreseen.
O Novo Corpo
Three women have their lives intertwined by a tumultuous past. This encounter unlocks a locked window toward a new destiny.
Íris' Window
In a foreign home, a newly married woman drifts through incense smoke, tea rituals, and beauty masks. The echoes of wedding drums, once celebratory, now linger as a haunting reminder of her displacement, silencing her beneath routines of obedience and appearances.
Amaltaas
Leticia is a young mother facing postpartum psychosis in her puerperium. With the help of her older sister Helena, she tries to find ways to alleviate her suffering.
Cry
Two friends communicate via skype during a worldwide pandemic, showing how their lives change over time.