Felipe Santelli

Acting

Felipe Santelli

Born 2003-06-24 · Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Felipe Santelli (born June 24, 2003) is a filmmaker, actor, cultural producer, curator, and DJ, born in Natal, Brazil. He directed, wrote, and edited the short films A Menina que Nunca Viu o Mar (2022) and Na Casa dos 20 (2025), both awarded on the festival circuit, and also co-directed and edited Banheiro dos Campeões (2024). He is currently developing the short film Coisa de Uma Noite, which concludes the Coming-of-Age Trilogy, also composed of A Menina que Nunca Viu o Mar and Na Casa dos 20. In parallel, he works as a curator and cultural producer, with experience in film clubs, independent showcases, and electronic music events. He has worked as an assistant director, acting coach, and actor in short and feature-length films. He is currently pursuing a degree in Social Communication – Audiovisual at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Pista poster
NR

One dance floor, many bodies, a sound that moves through them.

Pista

2025

Ligação Interrompida poster
10.0

With the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing, three friends struggle to maintain their friendship through phone calls, but a change in behavior has them questioning the true impact of the virus.

Ligação Interrompida

2020

Banheiro dos Campeões poster
NR

A map explores cruising spots in Natal/RN, where there are always champions in the bathrooms.

Banheiro dos Campeões

2024

Banheiro dos Campeões poster
NR

A map explores cruising spots in Natal/RN, where there are always champions in the bathrooms.

Banheiro dos Campeões

2024

Banheiro dos Campeões poster
NR

A map explores cruising spots in Natal/RN, where there are always champions in the bathrooms.

Banheiro dos Campeões

2024

Coisa de Uma Noite poster
NR

Over the course of one night, Thales meets an older man at a queer nightclub in Natal's historic center and decides to follow him through the city. Little by little, their encounter reveals a strange sense of familiarity.

Coisa de Uma Noite

Coisa de Uma Noite poster
NR

Over the course of one night, Thales meets an older man at a queer nightclub in Natal's historic center and decides to follow him through the city. Little by little, their encounter reveals a strange sense of familiarity.

Coisa de Uma Noite

A Menina que Nunca Viu o Mar poster
10.0

Iara, a girl who is about to come of age, dreams of seeing the ocean, but lives in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside with her mother, a woman who's dreams were swallowed by the waves and who fears of losing her daughter.

A Menina que Nunca Viu o Mar

2022

A Menina que Nunca Viu o Mar poster
10.0

Iara, a girl who is about to come of age, dreams of seeing the ocean, but lives in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside with her mother, a woman who's dreams were swallowed by the waves and who fears of losing her daughter.

A Menina que Nunca Viu o Mar

2022

Na Casa dos 20 poster
10.0

On the brink of eviction, Uli and Vic, two young artists, turn their final days in the house into a film.

Na Casa dos 20

2025

Na Casa dos 20 poster
10.0

On the brink of eviction, Uli and Vic, two young artists, turn their final days in the house into a film.

Na Casa dos 20

2025

I Recognize You, Yet You Feel Strange poster
NR

Within photographs that are not their own, a body discovers it has always been part of another.

I Recognize You, Yet You Feel Strange

2026