Matheus Mello

"The differences coming from these cultures made me question many things about gender, life, and its contradictions. I needed to learn from other perspectives, so I travelled abroad to study international relations. Although I learned a lot, it didn’t feel like enough. I wanted to touch reality, so in 2011 I embarked on a journey that lasted a year, driving a VW Bus from Alaska to Brazil. That helped me learn from 14 different countries and gave me clarity about those questions I had, as the trues I learned weren’t the only ones.

Back in Brazil, I realised the power of storytelling when I joined the local public cinema sector and helped to write the municipal film policies which gave me many opportunities in the film industry, like my first job as a producer executive assistant in a feature that premiered in Locarno. Later on, I studied cinema in Cuba. After my graduation, I moved to Spain to start a feminist, antiracist, and decolonial film cooperative company. We aim to leverage new perspectives on the world, by reflecting that in my productions."