Directing
Luciana Malavasi
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Graduated in Performing Arts and Journalism, Luciana Malavasi is a director, producer and scriptwriter. In 2023, she studied Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy (NYFA). Founder of Pulsante Filmes, she directed many short films, like “Iris’ Window”, winner of Best Director in the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival and Berlin Short Awards. The film is available on Prime Video and other streaming platforms. Her most recent project, the short film “The New Flesh" had its world premiere in 2025 at the Noves Vision - Petit Format section at the Sitges Festival, one of the most important genre film festivals around the world. Now, Luciana is working on the post-production of her first feature “Under The Broken Sky”, shot in Rio de Janeiro in August 2025, and also developing “Polemic!”, a feature with a script based on a successful book series.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NROn an isolated farm, a woman finds an injured and frightened woman in her old chicken coop. Moved by an inexplicable instinct, she decides to help her, without imagining that this silent encounter will awaken buried secrets. When tension finally gives way to trust, something dark approaches, bringing a truth that no one could have foreseen.
The New Flesh
2025
NROn an isolated farm, a woman finds an injured and frightened woman in her old chicken coop. Moved by an inexplicable instinct, she decides to help her, without imagining that this silent encounter will awaken buried secrets. When tension finally gives way to trust, something dark approaches, bringing a truth that no one could have foreseen.
The New Flesh
2025
10.0Leticia is a young mother facing postpartum psychosis in her puerperium. With the help of her older sister Helena, she tries to find ways to alleviate her suffering.
Cry
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10.0Leticia is a young mother facing postpartum psychosis in her puerperium. With the help of her older sister Helena, she tries to find ways to alleviate her suffering.
Cry
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10.0Three women have their lives intertwined by a tumultuous past. This encounter unlocks a locked window toward a new destiny.
Íris' Window
2023
10.0Three women have their lives intertwined by a tumultuous past. This encounter unlocks a locked window toward a new destiny.
Íris' Window
2023
10.0Two friends communicate via skype during a worldwide pandemic, showing how their lives change over time.
A Thread of Any Time
2020