
Directing
Cristina Neves
Born
2002-12-20 (23)
Known for
Directing
Credits
14 titles
Cristina Neves is a young Brazilian film director, editor, and producer. Raised in the state of Piauí, she moved to São Paulo to study film at the University of São Paulo (USP). In 2024, she traveled to China to shoot “Mother River 面纱之河” through the Looking China Project. She also received the award for best short documentary for "Memories and Love Letters For Sale” in Moscow, Russia, at the VGIK Festival. Her films often portray everyday life, but with a touch of fantasy and absurdism.
Known for
NRWhen Clarissa, a young copy editor, realizes that her father is destined to disappear, she proposes they complete an old, unfinished short story in an attempt to preserve his presence and legacy through the written word.
Overseas
2025
Three women watch over a dead young woman in the early hours of dawn. As they talk, they reflect on their lives and a dream about a mysterious shipwrecked sailor. As the night progresses, the boundaries between reality and fantasy begin to disintegrate.
The Sailor
2025
NRTwo people fight for survival in a captivity in which the only contact with the outside world is a small gap in the room where they are locked. A short film made for the "Noite de Kino 2023" project of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum.
Breach
2023
NRIn an antique shop in downtown São Paulo, a love story from the past is revealed amid the daily life of the place.
Memories and Love Letters For Sale
2024
NRHome alone at night, Rita awaits the medicine which will finally get a pimple off her face...
White-Hot Hives
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Turno da Madrugada
2023
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
Behind the camera
NRWhen Clarissa, a young copy editor, realizes that her father is destined to disappear, she proposes they complete an old, unfinished short story in an attempt to preserve his presence and legacy through the written word.
Overseas
2025
NRWhen Clarissa, a young copy editor, realizes that her father is destined to disappear, she proposes they complete an old, unfinished short story in an attempt to preserve his presence and legacy through the written word.
Overseas
2025
Three women watch over a dead young woman in the early hours of dawn. As they talk, they reflect on their lives and a dream about a mysterious shipwrecked sailor. As the night progresses, the boundaries between reality and fantasy begin to disintegrate.
The Sailor
2025
NRTwo people fight for survival in a captivity in which the only contact with the outside world is a small gap in the room where they are locked. A short film made for the "Noite de Kino 2023" project of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum.
Breach
2023
NRTwo people fight for survival in a captivity in which the only contact with the outside world is a small gap in the room where they are locked. A short film made for the "Noite de Kino 2023" project of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum.
Breach
2023
NRTwo people fight for survival in a captivity in which the only contact with the outside world is a small gap in the room where they are locked. A short film made for the "Noite de Kino 2023" project of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum.
Breach
2023
NRIn an antique shop in downtown São Paulo, a love story from the past is revealed amid the daily life of the place.
Memories and Love Letters For Sale
2024
NRIn an antique shop in downtown São Paulo, a love story from the past is revealed amid the daily life of the place.
Memories and Love Letters For Sale
2024
NRIn an antique shop in downtown São Paulo, a love story from the past is revealed amid the daily life of the place.
Memories and Love Letters For Sale
2024
NRHome alone at night, Rita awaits the medicine which will finally get a pimple off her face...
White-Hot Hives
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Turno da Madrugada
2023
NRIn Xinjiang, in northwest China, an underground river brings life to the desert for the Uyghur people. An ancient construction whose waters flow from the depths of the earth to the lush grape fields, the Karez is known to those who benefit from it as the Mother River.
Mother River
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Perfil (ou A minha menina)
2021
