Rafaela Camelo

Rafaela Camelo (born 19 November 1985) is a Brazilian film and television director, producer and screenwriter. Rafaela studied filmmaking at University of Brasilia (UnB) from 2004 to 2010. Co-direct "The Beads" with Emanuel Lavor, a short film premiered at Berlinale 2023. In 2019, her short "Desires of the flesh" was screened at Sundance and was awarded as Best Film at Biarritz Amérique Latine and New Directors, New Films. She is a member of the Talent Network of Projeto Paradiso, an institute that brings together outstanding professionals in the Brazilian audiovisual sector. In 2021, she was selected for the Latin American program of Berlinale Talents. She is preparing her feature film debut, "Blood of my blood", a co-production between Brazil, France and Chile. The project was awarded as Best Fiction Project at BAL-LAB 2019 (France), selected in the 20th edition of Produire Au Sud (France) and BrLab 2020 (Brazil). In 2023, she was selected by Variety as one of 10 Brazilian next gen talents.