Luiza Paiva is a Creative Producer with an MA degree in Media Practice for Development and Social Change at the University of Sussex as a Stuart Hall Scholar. She specializes in the production of films with a human rights angle and is a member of the Global Impact Producers Alliance created by DocSociety. She started her career at VideoFilms working for the award-winning filmmaker Walter Salles and has recently worked on several features, including Firebrand, directed by Karim Ainouz (Official Competition Cannes Film Festival 2023), and on projects produced under the slate of the Academy award-winning UK production company Violet Films.
projects in progress
Puahu (fiction) - Directed by Zahy Tentehar and Darília Rocha, in development, UK/BRA; producer. Premiere planned for 2027.
A Lake Full of Stones (hybrid) - Directed by Bruna Carvalho, in development, UK/BRA; co-producer, producer: Julia Alves. Premiere planned 2027. After a financial crisis, Bárbara returns home to replace her mother as a health worker.
finished projects
We Dare to Dream (documentary) - Directed by Waad Al-Kateab, 98 min, United Kingdom, 2023; production coordinator.
Heart of Invictus (docuseries) - Directed by Orlando Von Einsiedel, United Kingdom, 2023; Jr. production manager.
Mariner of the Mountains (documentary) - Directed by Karim Ainouz, 98 min, Brazil & France, 2021; coordinating producer for VideoFilms.
Firebrand (fiction) - Directed by Karim Ainouz, 120 min, United Kingdom, 2023.
NDA Music Film (documentary) - Directed by Joanna Natasegara, 90 min, UK/US. Associate Producer. World Premiere Sundance Film Festival 2026.
The Falling Sky (documentary) - Directed by Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, 110 min, Brazil,Italy,France, 2024; researcher.
News
new project / A Lake Full of Stones / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 16.12.2025
status update / The Disciple / Luiza Paiva / Project has been completed - 16.12.2025
Producer Luiza Paiva updated promo video - 27.11.2024
new project / EXAK WI / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 26.10.2024
new project / The Falling Sky / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 26.10.2024
new project / NDA / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 26.10.2024
new project / Firebrand / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 26.10.2024
new project / A Summer Cloud / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 16.10.2024
new project / Puahu / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 16.10.2024
new project / Mariner of the Mountains / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 16.10.2024
new project / Heart of Invictus / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 16.10.2024
new project / We Dare to Dream / Luiza Paiva / New project has been added - 16.10.2024
