Douglas Soares

Directing

Douglas Soares

Born 1984-12-30 · Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Graduated in Film Direction at Darcy Ribeiro School, Douglas Soares is majoring in Art History at UERJ. Assistance made to directors like Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Allan Ribeiro. He is director of the short film "My Aunt, My Cousin," a documentary that won several awards and participated in 20 festivals in Brazil. Co-directed the award-winning "The Lady of the Peixoto" in 2011 (Habana Film Festival), in addition to being a producer and co-director of the film "In This Love That Consumes" (World Cinema Amsterdam), directed by Allan Ribeiro, screened in Brazilian and international festivals in the years of 2012 and 2013. His last film "Tales of the Tide" (Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival | Bosphorus Film Festival), was chosen as Best Short Documentary and Best Original Score at the 46th Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro (2013). Besides director, is writer and editor on several short films.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Inocentes poster
5.3

A voyeuristic journey through the homoerotic work of Alair Gomes.

Inocentes

2017

Inocentes poster
5.3

A voyeuristic journey through the homoerotic work of Alair Gomes.

Inocentes

2017

Papagaios poster
7.0

Tunico is the most famous “Pirate Parrot” of Rio de Janeiro and is always chasing reporters to appear on TV. After a serious accident at an amusement park, Tunico meets Beto, a mysterious young man who becomes his apprentice. This encounter will reveal the dark side of the relentless pursuit of fame at any cost, in a Brazil with more than 70 million televisions turned on every day.

Papagaios

2026

Papagaios poster
7.0

Tunico is the most famous “Pirate Parrot” of Rio de Janeiro and is always chasing reporters to appear on TV. After a serious accident at an amusement park, Tunico meets Beto, a mysterious young man who becomes his apprentice. This encounter will reveal the dark side of the relentless pursuit of fame at any cost, in a Brazil with more than 70 million televisions turned on every day.

Papagaios

2026

The Soul of Things poster
8.5

Birth, life and death of a carnival sculpture. Linked to the mythology of the Orixás, a metaphor of creation based on the Babalotim doll, a boy idol who has lived through many carnivals.

The Soul of Things

2023

The Soul of Things poster
8.5

Birth, life and death of a carnival sculpture. Linked to the mythology of the Orixás, a metaphor of creation based on the Babalotim doll, a boy idol who has lived through many carnivals.

The Soul of Things

2023

Tales of the Tide poster
7.0

Urban legends, memories of a family and where they live. A story about wolves, snakes and pigs in a favela complex.

Tales of the Tide

2013

Tales of the Tide poster
7.0

Urban legends, memories of a family and where they live. A story about wolves, snakes and pigs in a favela complex.

Tales of the Tide

2013

Tales of the Tide poster
7.0

Urban legends, memories of a family and where they live. A story about wolves, snakes and pigs in a favela complex.

Tales of the Tide

2013

This Love That Consumes poster
6.4

Gatto and Barbot are lifelong companions for more then 40 years and have just moved to a big decayed and abandoned building downtown Rio de Janeiro, where they start to live and promote their dance company rehearsals. The difficulties of everyday life are merged to artistic creation and to their belief in the Orishas gods. Through dance they spread through the city, occupying their territories.

This Love That Consumes

2012

Depois das Nove poster
3.0

Rafael lives with his grandmother in Copacabana. After some incidents he sees the world from a new perspective.

Depois das Nove

2008

Shawl poster
NR

A young man and his grandmother, both descendants of Armenian refugees in Brazil from the genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government, live together in an apartment on Copacabana beach decorated by the increasingly distant memories of their ancestors. They then decide that one of them must embark to Europe to retrace their family's history.

Shawl

2016

Shawl poster
NR

A young man and his grandmother, both descendants of Armenian refugees in Brazil from the genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government, live together in an apartment on Copacabana beach decorated by the increasingly distant memories of their ancestors. They then decide that one of them must embark to Europe to retrace their family's history.

Shawl

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Noturnas

O Clube poster
6.0

The Ok Club - the oldest gay social club in Latin America - celebrates its 53rd birthday.

O Clube

2014

Copacabana, May 4th poster
NR

In 2024, Madonna performed the biggest show of her career in Rio de Janeiro. The sands of Copacabana welcomed 1.6 million people. This film shows how the city prepared for the event and how fans were impacted, eagerly waiting for May 4 and recalling the causes the singer has championed throughout her life.

Copacabana, May 4th

2025

Ensaio de Cinema poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ensaio de Cinema

2009

A Dama do Peixoto poster
2.5

She is here, she is there, and the invisible are the others

A Dama do Peixoto

2011

A Dama do Peixoto poster
2.5

She is here, she is there, and the invisible are the others

A Dama do Peixoto

2011

Beyond My Reflection poster
6.0

A solitude of 800 square meters, in which the mirror is no longer enough. Plastic artist Darel Valença Lins discovers in video art an inseparable companion. Darel, however, does not like to make movies.

Beyond My Reflection

2015

Beyond My Reflection poster
6.0

A solitude of 800 square meters, in which the mirror is no longer enough. Plastic artist Darel Valença Lins discovers in video art an inseparable companion. Darel, however, does not like to make movies.

Beyond My Reflection

2015

My Aunt, My Cousin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Aunt, My Cousin

2008

My Aunt, My Cousin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Aunt, My Cousin

2008

Com Vista Para o Céu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Com Vista Para o Céu

2011