Kalel Pessôa
Directing
Biography
Kalel Pessôa (born December 5, 2004) is a film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and producer, born in Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Known For

The plot revolves around two completely different and distant women — a nurse and a fashion model — who are haunted by their own spectre after going through the same experience: they can no longer see their reflections in the mirror.
The Tragedy of Images

In this recently found and restored banned underground classic from 1984, four girls go into a bathroom to hide in the middle of a war and, after an impulsive act by one of them, they find themselves trapped there. As panic gives way to despair, tragedy approaches.
Gehenna

Davi relives his most traumatic memory: his 9th birthday.
Chrysalis

A lonely man makes a wish for someone to make him company.
Pas d'existence

The film chronicles a day in the life of a man during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, but something inside his house isn't quite right.
House of Ashes

It's 1991. A strange triangular-shaped object made of metal and human flesh misteriously appears at the campus of an university. However, after an incident involving the "Scarlet Obelisk" as it was called, chaos begins.
Pale Red Dot

On a full moon night, Nicolas prepares himself for an experience that will change his life forever.
Wolfman

The movie chronicles a fragmented voyage through the mind and experiences of a person on a deeply depressive state trying to receive treatment.
4.48 Psychosis

A community of cats lives in the Soledade Cemetery Park in Belém. "7 Vidas" follows these animals through a fictional letter written by one of them to his former owner. With real images of the cats among graves and trees, the film builds a sensitive narrative about abandonment, freedom and memory, revealing the poetry hidden in the coexistence between life and death.
7 Vidas

A man that has nyctophobia has to walk a dark corridor to retrieve matches for his extinguished candle.
Erebus

A surrealist experimental film based on René Magritte and Salvador Dalí works.
The Palace of Dreams

Real experiences gain poetic meaning in a personal journey of catharsis
Impressions of a Garden I Tended to

Rosa plans a vacation to her grandmother's house in a small town in Pará, visiting her childhood friends, Maria Flor and Heitor. During her stay, Rosa meets João, a mysterious and charming local resident, with whom she develops a relationship. One night, a party takes place nearby, and the next day, news spreads that some people gone missing. The strange occurrence attracts the attention of the locals.
Dreams of River

A cine-essay about the ego death and consciousness rebirth.
The Ego Death

The deserted beach is the ideal setting for a couple of artist friends seeking to find a state of metaphysical contemplation. They want to deal with the anxieties of contemporary life and reflect on the process of self-knowledge, motivated by the fact that one of them is celebrating a birthday.
Dasein

In the Human Resources conglomerate of Hell, where employees eternally toil in perpetual justice, veteran employee Ruth Honda faces an unprecedented dilemma: a convict appeals his sentence, claiming innocence. While attempting to resolve the case, Ruth and her colleagues find themselves trapped in a labyrinth of absurd procedures and eccentric figures, exposing the ironies and contradictions of a hellish work system.
Hell of H.R.

On Christmas Eve, Alexandre, a lonely young man burdened by his own emotional defenses, invites Guilherme—a male escort who has just been kicked out of his home—to stay at his house. As the hours pass, the ordinary night transforms into a deep dive into the vulnerabilities, fears, and desires of both, showcasing the hesitant and contradictory construction of an inescapable connection that remains uncertain: whether it is love, friendship, or simply the recognition of two mirrored lonely souls.
Blue Night

After finding a mysterious brain in the street, a reclusive artist plunges into a frenetic cycle of creation and destruction, trying to unravel the connection between his disturbing art and the object's terrifying influence, while confronting a guilt that threatens to consume his sanity.
Of Silence

After Carol gets bitten by cat on the street, things take a dark turn for her and her partner.
Look Both Ways

When Samira goes to the beach at night alone to meditate in search of inspiration for her screenplays, she experiences something otherworldly.