Michelle Coelho is a Brazilian filmmaker and curator working between documentary and hybrid cinema. Her films have been screened and awarded at international festivals, such as International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and FICUNAM.

Her work explores territory, memory, and political imagination through sensorial and non-linear approaches, often engaging with non-human perspectives and spiritual cosmologies. She is the founder and curator of Sol y Sombra, an independent cineclub in São Paulo, and develops the Animist Cinema Program, a curatorial project connecting cinema, ecology, and animist thought.

Filmography:

• The Sea Is Also Yours / short documentary / 2022 / director
• Balogun’s March / short documentary / 2021 / director
• The Soul Box / short documentary / 2020 / director

Festivals and Awards:

• The Sea Is Also Yours / Ann Arbor Film Festival / Short Documentary / Ann Arbor, United States / 2022 / Winner, Eileen Maitland Award for Best Documentary Addressing Women’s Issues and Amplifying Women’s Voices
• The Sea Is Also Yours / International Film Festival Rotterdam / Short Documentary / Rotterdam, Netherlands / 2022 / Official Selection
• The Sea Is Also Yours / Kinoforum – São Paulo International Short Film Festival / Short Documentary / São Paulo, Brazil / 2022 / Winner, Best Latin American Short Film