About
He's a non-binary queer person from Brazil with a diverse ethnic background, who embarked on a transformative year-long journey driving a VW Bus from Alaska to Brazil. Upon returning to Brazil, pursued opportunities in the film industry to tell the stories with a great component of identity. He studied cinema in Cuba and graduated as a filmmaker specialized in film production in 2018. Since then, he produced films and participated in film festivals, markets, and labs in various countries. His work includes short fiction films, documentaries, and video installations that have been screened in prestigious festivals worldwide, and he's alumni of the Sundance Institute, Realness Institute Creative Producer Indaba and Emerging Producer Ji.hlava.
projects in progress
The Ship and the Sea - Directed by Everlane Moraes and Lara Sousa, in financing; producer. What is to be Black in Africa and in the diaspora? Funding received to date: DocuBox, Sundance, William Greaves.
finished projects
Notes from a Dromedary - Directed by Lucia Lalor, 15 min, Spain/Argentina, 2022; producer.
Xiao Qiang Had a Daydream - Directed by Xisi Sofia Ye Chen, 17 min, Spain/China, 2020; producer. Selection of Zinebi 2020; Curta Cinema Festival 2020.
Kalunga - Directed by Lara Sousa, 22 min, Cuba/Mozambique, 2018; producer. Award Best Latin American Short Film São Paulo ISFF 2019.
I am - Directed by Denise Kelm, 15 min, Brazil/Cuba, 2016; producer. Award IDFA Special Jury 2017; Official selection of shorts FICCI 2018; of GIFF 2018; of Filmets Badalona 2019.
News
Producer Matheus Mello updated promo video - 23.11.2022
new project / Estela / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
new project / Where Were You When You Were There?, / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
new project / The Inherited Silence / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
new project / The Ship and the Sea / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
new project / I am / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
new project / Kalunga / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
new project / Xiao Qiang Had a Daydream / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
new project / Notes from a Dromedary / Matheus Mello / New project has been added - 12.10.2022
Production company
Name: Matheus Mello
Contact number: +34 678 135 721
E-mail address: matheusphillip@gmail.com
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matheuspmello/
