Em Arruda
Directing
Known For

One night, two roommates get into an intense and comical debate about whether their third and new roommate, Dmitrii, is gay or not after he brings home a new “friend” and scurries off to his room with him. They go back and forth, analyzing different parts of Dmitrii’s identity: his gothic style, where he came from, the “company” he keeps.
Suck It.

Five friends work together to complete a short film for one of their classes. Well, they’re not really friends by the end of it...
Group Project

Willow is cultivating a romance with a pen pal, leaving letters at the foot of a tree. But when letters go unanswered, her fairytale starts to fall apart.
Willow

When a man sees himself unhappy with society’s pressure to follow ordinary careers, he reflects on what he really wants from his life. Seeing his closest friend’s achievement and growth, he decides to pursue his passion and dance to the rhythm of his dreams.
Suit and Jacket

After a bar fight leaves them stranded, a hot-headed frontman, a golden-boy guitarist, an enigmatic bassist, a blissed-out drummer, and their eccentric pianist rush across town to make it to their gig that may or may not matter. Their bickering, banter, and bravado expose how fragile and electric youth really is: for this band, the journey is the show.
STATIC

A young woman discovers a mysterious VHS tape.
B. Reel

A surrealist exploration of a relationship that slowly falls apart all at once.
DEGRADATION - A Ruined Film

Fan-made music video to Del Water Gap's "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat".