Thais Guisasola

Directing

Thais Guisasola

Born

1987-06-18 (39)

Place of birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Thais Guisasola is a Brazilian-American director and screenwriter. Her work has been presented at Documenta 14 in Kassel, curated by Paul B. Preciado; the San Sebastián International Film Festival; the Locarno Film Festival; the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín; the BFI London Film Festival; the Queens Museum in New York; and other international venues and festivals. In 2018, Thais received the Best Director Award at the Cartagena International Film Festival in Colombia for her feature film The Whisper of the Jaguar, a bold genre-bending narrative filmed in the Brazilian Amazon. As a screenwriter, Thais contributed to two seasons of the series Pop Philosophy with Márcia Tiburi. She is also …

Known for

Ney Behind the Masks poster
NR

Follows Ney Matogrosso as he prepares for the parade of Imperatriz Leopoldinense, transforming Carnival into a space for exploring identity, freedom, and mortality. Amid rehearsals and significant encounters, the film reveals an intimate side of Ney as he revisits the choices that have shaped his journey, prompting reflection on the masks we wear throughout our lives and the courage it takes to remain true to who we are.

Ney Behind the Masks

2026

Agenda 2100 poster
NR

In the year 2100, on a planet devastated by environmental collapse and ruled by a totalitarian regime, Gaia — a young member of the resistance — risks everything to change the course of history. When a rare solar storm creates a fleeting opportunity to transmit data into the past, Gaia and a small resistance group send a message to 2020 — a final warning and a final hope.

Agenda 2100

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Piaffe poster
4.5

When her sibling Zara suffers a nervous breakdown, the introvert Eva is forced to take on Zara’s job as a Foley artist. She struggles to create sounds for a commercial featuring a horse, and then a horsetail starts growing out of her body. Empowered by her tail, she lures a botanist into an affair, through a game of submission. Piaffe is a visceral journey into control, gender, and artifice.

Piaffe

2023

The Whisper of the Jaguar poster
2.3

An artist penetrates him/herself with a cob of transgenic corn in the middle of a field, unawares that death is near. His/her sister Ana, who has been following him/her with his/her ashes, embarks on a journey into the Amazon forest that will become a quest as spiritual as it is erotic.

The Whisper of the Jaguar

2018

Film credits

Behind the camera

Ney Behind the Masks poster
NR

Follows Ney Matogrosso as he prepares for the parade of Imperatriz Leopoldinense, transforming Carnival into a space for exploring identity, freedom, and mortality. Amid rehearsals and significant encounters, the film reveals an intimate side of Ney as he revisits the choices that have shaped his journey, prompting reflection on the masks we wear throughout our lives and the courage it takes to remain true to who we are.

Ney Behind the Masks

2026

Agenda 2100 poster
NR

In the year 2100, on a planet devastated by environmental collapse and ruled by a totalitarian regime, Gaia — a young member of the resistance — risks everything to change the course of history. When a rare solar storm creates a fleeting opportunity to transmit data into the past, Gaia and a small resistance group send a message to 2020 — a final warning and a final hope.

Agenda 2100

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Agenda 2100 poster
NR

In the year 2100, on a planet devastated by environmental collapse and ruled by a totalitarian regime, Gaia — a young member of the resistance — risks everything to change the course of history. When a rare solar storm creates a fleeting opportunity to transmit data into the past, Gaia and a small resistance group send a message to 2020 — a final warning and a final hope.

Agenda 2100

—

Piaffe poster
4.5

When her sibling Zara suffers a nervous breakdown, the introvert Eva is forced to take on Zara’s job as a Foley artist. She struggles to create sounds for a commercial featuring a horse, and then a horsetail starts growing out of her body. Empowered by her tail, she lures a botanist into an affair, through a game of submission. Piaffe is a visceral journey into control, gender, and artifice.

Piaffe

2023

The Whisper of the Jaguar poster
2.3

An artist penetrates him/herself with a cob of transgenic corn in the middle of a field, unawares that death is near. His/her sister Ana, who has been following him/her with his/her ashes, embarks on a journey into the Amazon forest that will become a quest as spiritual as it is erotic.

The Whisper of the Jaguar

2018

The Whisper of the Jaguar poster
2.3

An artist penetrates him/herself with a cob of transgenic corn in the middle of a field, unawares that death is near. His/her sister Ana, who has been following him/her with his/her ashes, embarks on a journey into the Amazon forest that will become a quest as spiritual as it is erotic.

The Whisper of the Jaguar

2018

The Whisper of the Jaguar poster
2.3

An artist penetrates him/herself with a cob of transgenic corn in the middle of a field, unawares that death is near. His/her sister Ana, who has been following him/her with his/her ashes, embarks on a journey into the Amazon forest that will become a quest as spiritual as it is erotic.

The Whisper of the Jaguar

2018