
Pedro Almeida
Editing
Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 2003. Filmmaker, writer, and amateur pianist. Directed A Rainha da Noite (The Queen of the Night), available on Globoplay, and the feature film A Voz da Virgem (The Voice of the Virgin), inspired by the symbolist poetry of Cruz e Sousa. His debut book, Caixinha de Movimento (Little Box of Movement), published by Patuá, is a collection of nine stories blending lyricism, irony, and formal experimentalism.
Known For

A statue steps down from the pedestal and sets out in search of her Creator, the cold Queen of the Night. In the urban night, she encounters mysterious figures that disappear like shadows. Freely inspired by characters from Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute.
The Queen of the Night

Two women, long-time friends, embark on a love story. They are writers who do not write to publish but for themselves. Their mutual conversation, their desires, the risks and phantoms of existence, the privilege of the wounded and of condemnation, traverse their speech, are a confession.
Rudder of Destiny

Father Fernando, a tormented theology professor, encounters images of past and forbidden desires as he follows an enigmatic woman in black. Based on the Symbolist universe of Cruz e Sousa.
The Voice of the Virgin

A problem of the past is rotting in the corner of the office, and the smell doesn't allow Dad to work in peace.
Dad's Rotting Corpse

A British Picture follows Walter, an eccentric foreigner adrift in London with his pet skull Galathea, hopelessly in love with his landlady Charlotte. Part travelogue, part experimental satire of English cinema clichés, the film frames the city as a canvas where images break free of their restraints.
A British Picture

Two grave robbers meet the spirit of the tomb they desecrated