about

THAIS GUISASOLA is a Brazilian/American director and screenwriter. Her creations have been exhibited at Documenta 14 in Kassel curated by Paul B. Preciado, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art in Medellín, BFI London Film Festival, Queens Museum of Art in New York, among others. In 2018, Thais won the Best Director Award at the Cartagena International Film Festival in Colombia for her feature film "The Whisper of the Jaguar". A daring gender-blending narrative, shot in the Brazilian Amazon forest. In her writing role, Thais contributed to two seasons of the series "Pop Philosophy" with Márcia Tiburi. She is also one of the creative minds behind the NETFLIX original series "Boca a Boca" in Brazil and the director for the webseries "UNTITLED" for SESCTV and SESC Art Collection. Additionally, she co-authored and wrote the German feature film "PIAFFE," which debuted at the Official Competition of Locarno in Switzerland and was selected for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera session at San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2022. She lived in New York and Berlin for over eight years, graduated in Cinema and Political Philosophy from Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and studied Film Screenwriting in Havana, Cuba. Queerness and ancestral knowledges are central themes in Thais’ work, and she is, together with Julia Anquier, developing their feature film SANGUEIRO, as authors and directors. Sangueiro was selected for the TLF Extended Lab in Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2024 and was finalist at the treatment competition FRAPA 2023, Porto Alegre - Brazil. Currently, she is the head writer of the fictional series Amora, for Canal Brasil.

FEATURE FILMS

Piaffe - co-author and screenwriter (TRAILER LINK)

German production | directed by Ann Oren | 2022

Theatrical distribution in Germany and USA

Festivals and Awards:

International Competition at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland
BFI, London, UK
San Sebastián, Spain
São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil
First Prize Award, Junior Jury of the International Competition, Locarno Film Festival
Silver Hugo Award, New Director's Competition, Chicago International Film Festival
Spirit of the Festival Award, Cork International Film Festival
Best International Feature Film, Calgary International Film Festival
Best Film Award from the Junior Jury, Márgenes International Film Festival, Madrid
Special Mention, BIEFF Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival

The Whisper of the Jaguar - experimental film - director and screenwriter (TRAILER LINK)

Brazil, Colombia, and Germany | 2018

Showings and Awards:

Documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany, curated by philosopher Paul B. Preciado
Best Director Award at the Cartagena Int. Film Festival
Director Award at the Cartagena International Film Festival, Colombia
Migrant Film Festival Amsterdam, NL
Cabíria Festival, Brazil
Amor Festival in Val Paraíso, Chile
Pink Screen Film Festival Brüssel, Belgium
GoRki Studio R, Berlin
Awareness Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Ciclo Rosa Cinemateca de Bogotá, Colombia

SERIES (STREAMING / TV / INTERNET)

Kissing Game - developer and screenwriter

NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES - 2020

Directed by Esmir Filho | Produced by Gullane and Fetishe Filmes

Untitled - director and screenwriter

SESC TV WEBSERIES | SESC ART COLLECTION - 2022

10 episodes | Produced by Fetiche Filmes

Pop Philosophy - screenwriter

SESC TV SERIES with Márcia Tiburi - 2015 and 2018

10 episodes, 2 seasons | Produced by Saliva Shots

Amora - Head writer and screenwriter

CANAL BRASIL

4 episodes | Produced by Bigbonsai and Vulcana Cinema