Name: Lillah Halla
Area of work: Directing, Screenwriting
Edition: 2021
City: São Paulo
State: São Paulo
City of origin:
E-mail: [email protected]
Lillah Halla is a Brazilian director and screenwriter. Graduated in Directing and Scriptwriting at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de Cuba (2010- 2014), followed by a research program in experimental cinema, at the Dpt. of Fine Arts of the Concordia, Montreal (2014). Lillah was an Academy Filmmaker in Locarno 2014, a TIFF Lab Fellow/ Share her Journey Fellow 2020, a Berlinale Talent in 2021 and an artist resident at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin and a Talent Paradiso, Brazil 2022. Levante (Brazil/France/Uruguay 2023), her debut feature, has recently premiered at Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2023, where it received the FIPRESCI Award. Menarca (Brazil, 2020), her short film, premiered at Semaine de La Critique Cannes 2020, where it received a license to Canal+. Awarded Promotional Award ( Kurzfilmtage Winterthur), Audience Award (Rencontres de Toulouse), Best Director (Curta Cinema Rio) and Best Short Film- Golden Owl, where it was Oscar qualified. The film was part of MUBI worldwide in 2022, featuring as film of the day. Flehmen, her second feature, is a German production and is currently under development. The project was part of Sam Spiegel Jerusalem Film Lab (JSFL) and Full Circle Lab in 2022.
Lillah has been collaborated with other works in theater and film: she was script consultant for Rule 34 (Golden Leopard at Locarno 2022), script consultant and line producer in Island of the Hungry Ghosts (Best Documentary Tribeca 2019, Nominated for the Spirits Award 2020), co-writer in Ensaio (Forum Berlinale 2019, commissioned by the São Paulo Biennial 2018), co-dramaturg for play Stabat Mater (Best National Dramaturgy Award - Shell Brazil 2020). Lillah is also the co-founder of the São Paulo-based film collective Vermelha, a political project for women / queer filmmakers in Brazil since 2014.
Lillah was awarded a fellowship to attend the 10º Sam Spiegel International Film Lab and develop her feature screenplay "Reflexo de Flehmen"
