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Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide

@camiladeilheus

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Baiana de Ilhéus ❤️‍🔥 🇧🇷
Artista ✨
ABC Member (Brazilian Association of Cinema)

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We are thrilled to share that SZIF fellow @camiladeilheus’s short film SOFIA has been selected to screen at @austinfilmfest. AFF is the premier festival celebrating the art and craft of storytelling and champions visual storytellers of all kinds. SOFIA will be screening in the Date Night block:

SCREENING TIME 1: Sunday 10/26 @ 8:45p at Galaxy Theatre 5
SCREENING TIME 2: Monday 10/27 @ 9:15p at Galaxy Theatre 5

SOFIA is also screening this weekend at Baltimore’s @newnextfilmfest:

SCREENING TIME 1: Friday 10/3 @ 6:15p at @charlestheatre (SOLD OUT)
SCREENING TIME 2: Saturday 10/4 @ 3:30p at @charlestheatre

Other festival acceptances include @outsouthqueerfilmfest, Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today at @holamexicoff, and @ciffcalgary.

Swipe through to see some of the film’s beautiful storyboards drawn by @mosh.renatolima compared to the final frames, as well as some BTS of Sofia herself, Brazilian star @camilladamiao. Congratulations to the entire SOFIA cast & crew!

“Participating in StoryLab was a dream of mine since I learned about Saul Zaentz in 2019. To receive SZIF funding was the only way to make a project like this happen, and I am beyond grateful. I am extremely proud of SOFIA and where it’s going, but more importantly, of the people I met during the lab! Cheers to the “greatest city in America”, its arts community, and the filmmaking that happens here. And thank you to Saul Zaentz for supporting every year, making it all possible for local filmmakers.” - Director @camiladeilheus

CAST: @camilladamiao, @dapperdanmidas, @meccamorphosis, @somthin_sweet_, @eileenodonnell_sculptor, @theemmyharrington, @marcusromain by @camiladeilheus

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a year ago

2019 começou de forma muito boa para mim! A fotografia “Minha Prima,” de autoria minha, tirada em Janeiro de 2018 ganhou o Purchase Prize Award e virou coleção permanente do Biggs Museum of American Art em Dover, estado de Delaware. Que o resto do ano seja bom assim!
2019 started really well for me! My photograph “Minha Prima,” taken in January 2018 won the Purchase Prize Award for the juried photography exhibition I was a part of at the Biggs Museum of American Art in Delaware, and it is now part of their permanente collection! Hoping the rest of the year will be as great as January has been! by @camiladeilheus

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8 years ago

Born and raised in California without enough exposure to my cultural heritage, I moved to South Korea shortly after college. While living among people who looked like me and spoke the language my family spoke, I felt a sense of belonging I’d never felt before.

So, when I came back home to the US, my memory of living in Korea had felt like a dream—one that made me question whether or not it happened at all.

A couple of weeks ago, I went to @camiladeilheus’ book launch and signing of Saudade, a collection of photos she captured of her mom, community, and hometown in Brazil.

A word that has no translation in English, Saudade is the longing for a place you can’t return to, or a person that’s gone, or something that doesn’t exist.

There is no better word for those of us in between, to describe that longing to belong.

Check out her website for information on how to purchase this beautiful photo book—the first of many! by @camiladeilheus

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25 days ago

Thrilled is the PG word I choose to use to describe how very happy I am to be taking part in this year’s @torinofilmlab Feature Film program to develop my feature film Ramona.

An idea that started in January 2025, after I was held for a little too long at customs, is taking its first baby steps… I knew back then that immigration in the US was going to turn upside down. And as someone who grew up loving super heroes, specially the Ninja Turtles (they are super heroes and I’ll fight anyone on it), creating the one I wished to see today was the logical next move.

A lot more talent folk selected - I am just reposting the group shot that I was a part of. But you can read more about all projects here: https://torinofilmlab.it/labs/tfl-next 🇮🇹

Thank you to the Torino Film Lab team for believing in this project ✨

#TorinoFilmLab #tflnext2026 by @camiladeilheus

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I am very excited to be a part of this year’s @reykjavikfilmfestival talent lab! 🇮🇸 it’s my first time in the festival [and the country], and I cannot wait to meet the other fellows and learn about the work everyone is developing!

“RIFF Smiğjan sameinar upprennandi kvikmyndagerarfólk
alls stadar aỗ úr heiminum og gefur beim tækifæri til aỗ bróa verkefni sín, deila hugmyndum og tengjast
reynslumiklu fagfólki úr albjóğlegum kvikmyndabransa.

RIFF Talent Lab brings together emerging filmmakers from around the world, giving them the opportunity to develop their projects, exchange ideas, and connect with experienced professionals from the international film Industry.” 🌍 🎥 taken in Reykjavik, Iceland by @camiladeilheus

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LAUNCH DATE IN CHARM CITY! I am so very excited ✨

I will be there from 3-6p. I hope to see some of you!

Thank you to @_lizfaust and @gouchercollege for making this happen! Thank you to @cavalodesign for their design support on this venture. by @camiladeilheus

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2 months ago

This is a long time coming… I am elated to share the release of my first photobook will be happening this September in Baltimore, MD. With a follow up release in Los Angeles, CA in October and then São Paulo, Brasil. The exact dates and locations will be published shortly!

The most huge thank you to Liz Faust, who proposed the idea of a book when we talked about my first solo show, when I had never considered it.

Another huge thank you to Natalia Rodrigues, with Ipsis, for her patience as I navigated the first time doing this, alongside their managing, editing and printing team.

E mais importante, a minha família, MUITO OBRIGADA; eu amo vocês mais do que palavras conseguem descrever. Isso aqui não existe sem vocês.

CREDITS:
Editorial by Liz Faust (@_lizfaust)
Design by Kaula Cordier (@kaulacordier) with Cavalo Design
Project Management by Diana Reis (@diana__reis) with Cavalo Design (@cavalodesign)
Printed in Brasil by Ipsis Gráfica e Editora (@ipsisgrafica)
Photos developed at Photo Life (@photolifebrooklyn)
Photo retoucher by Jenn Allen (@jennallenphoto)
Negative Scanning and Cleaning by Julia Roble (@allwegrow)

Photos of the book by Othello Banaci (@othellobanaci)

Book opening below on what is SAUDADE?

Not translatable to the English language, saudade is the core of Camila’s photographs. It’s the love that remains, not quite as deep as grief or as subtle as missing someone. It can exist for something that has passed or it can be the yearning for something that hasn’t happened, and might never exist. Change being the only constant state we live in, if nostalgia met poignant at a bar, in the hometown poignant grew up in, on the street where nostalgia’s ex used to live and they had a one night stand without protection… Saudade would have been born. English speakers can’t translate it, but they certainly feel it, as all humans do.

Additional thank yous:

Santos Arrué
Jordan Kyler
Juh Almeida
Patrick Hunt taken in My Heart by @camiladeilheus

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2 months ago

Here are our late summer and fall screenings for Sofia! I am *very* excited because the schedule worked out and I will be there for all of them; might be just for a day or two, but I will be there!! ✨

SIDEWALK: Spotlight Night: SHOUT shorts on August 25th and SHOUT Shorts Narratives: Slice of Life on August 29th
VANCOUVER LATIN AMERICAN: Queer Pix: Amor (es) ciego on September 19th
VANCOUVER QUEER: Joy Ride on September 20th
PORT TOWNSEND: Well, This Got Weird on September 25th and September 27th

Hope to see some old friends and meet new ones!! by @camiladeilheus

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Débora em Praga 🫶🏼. Filme afetado por xray 🥹😭💀 taken in Praha, Czech Republic by @camiladeilheus

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The first ever MMC was a hit! Rain or shine, babes, we ride... Make sure to come next year to the second Mid-Atlantic Moto Camp 🏕️ 🏍️ see some old friends and make some new ones 💅 by @camiladeilheus

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“The firsts are always the hardest, and the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund was that for me in my filmmaking career. During the script lab, I met with a handful of industry experts, which was great! The push and pull of ideas always helps the project. Different people had different opinions about what I was trying to say, and I always take into consideration the thoughts and responses of people who take their time to listen to what I want to make and push the story forward. But what made Saul Zaentz extra special is the direct involvement of the director, Annette Porter, who reads everyone’s scripts and gives individual feedback on them.

After the lab, we were paired with a mentor with whom we worked more in-depth. I had the pleasure of working with Tim Perell, who is a producer, and the conversations with him were fundamental and ultimately changed the ending of the piece. After the lab and working with our mentors for a couple of months, we were able to apply for funding, and I was fortunate enough to receive the full support I needed from them.”

- Writer & Director @camiladeilheus

We were so excited to see former fellow Camila de Ilhéus featured on @directorsnotes earlier this month! Her short film SOFIA uses cringe comedy to layer examinations of beauty standards, language barriers, and online dating. SOFIA is currently out on the festival circuit, screening around the country and world. Congratulations Camila! by @camiladeilheus

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3 months ago

"I like the awkwardness of holding a shot because I feel you are there with a character, feeling it in real time. So I knew I wasn't going to approach it with fast cuts."

A wince-inducing collision of dating app bravado, one slippery word and a salon appointment gone spectacularly wrong, @camiladeilheus 'Sofia' pins its screen-obsessed lead in static frames and lets the mortification build in real time.

Read our full interview with Camila over on DN now ⏯️

// Credits//
Writer/Director @camiladeilheus
CAST: @camilladamiao, @dapperdanmidas, @meccamorphosis, @somthin_sweet_, @eileenodonnell_sculptor, @theemmyharrington, @marcusromain by @camiladeilheus

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