Matheus Moura Biography
Graduated in Social Communication with a major in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) and holds a degree specializing in Film Production from the EICTV in Cuba. He participated as a Bammer at BAM - Bogotá Audiovisual Market and was selected for Talents Guadalajara 2025. He recently filmed the short film ARRUDAS BOULEVARD, which premieres at the 30th REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival and was selected for the 23rd Vienna Shorts.
He is currently developing the upcoming short film PROMETHEUS, currently in pre-production, which was selected for Cinéma de Demain – SFC | Rendez-vous Industry – Focus SCRIPT 2025, within the framework of the Cannes Film Festival. He is also developing the feature film ARRUDAS, selected for Produire Au Sud Fortaleza 2025, a semifinalist in the screenplay contest at FRAPA 2025, and selected and awarded at the 16th Brasil Cinemundi (Foco Minas Award).
PURPLE DICTATORSHIP (DITADURA ROXA, 2020), his directorial debut and graduation short film, was selected for over 100 national and international festivals. The short was broadcast on free-to-air TV by Rede Minas and was acquired by Canal Brasil. His second short film, AT NIGHT ALL CATS ARE BROWN (À NOITE TODOS OS GATOS SÃO PARDOS, 2024), a Brazil-Cuba co-production, premiered at the 33rd Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival and was selected for the 47th Guarnicê Film Festival, the 35th São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Kinoforum, among others, and was also acquired by Canal Brasil.
He is producing the feature film in development THE MESSAGE OF FIRE (O RECADO DO FOGO, dir. Mariana de Melo), selected for the 17th Nuevas Miradas, winner of the Líneas Argumentales award at the 2024 CineQuaNon Lab, and a participant in the 2025 CineQuaNon Lab Residency. He is also producing the feature film PATAXÓ PASSPORT (PASSAPORTE PATAXÓ, dir.
Renaya Dorea), which was selected for FilmAfro Cartagena 2023 (Bolivia Lab Award - Rally Pitch), reached the final stage of the 2024 APAN Negras Narrativas Lab, was invited to Ventana Sur 2024, and was selected for the 2nd Latin American and Caribbean Animation Forum and the Alga Estudio Residencia 2026. As a short film producer, his work has been selected and awarded at festivals such as the Berlinale, Málaga, Cartagena, Havana, Hong Kong, Bogoshorts, Vienna Shorts, and others.
He is a member of APAN (Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals) and API (Independent Producers Association), and is the co-founder of the production company URSANA FILMES and the distribution company MURMÚRIO FILMES.
