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After Myself

Essay Film

2023 - 13’02” | Digital | Color | Sound | English with subtitles

Recorded with a VHS camcorder (Brazil, 1995-1999) / Post-production in United Kingdom/Spain (2023)

* Work available under request

Excerpt from "After Myself" (2023)

This is the first work in which I turned to my own archival footage, marking a pivotal shift in my practice. Built around home videos from the 1990s, it takes the form of an essay film that explores how memory and grief shape our understanding of identity.

Structured in chapters, each section centers on a different family member and unfolds in the order of their passing. Dreamlike scenes—where I, as an adult, interact with symbolic objects—serve as thresholds into fragments of childhood footage, weaving past and present through emotional association.

Blending newly shot material with aged VHS recordings, the film embraces a hybrid form. My voice accompanies each chapter with intimate reflections on nostalgia, absence, and loss. Through this interplay of memory, narration, and moving image, the work reaches beyond the personal to explore universal themes of mourning, belonging, and how identity is shaped by the stories and images we inherit.

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screenplay                                 
cast                                              
director                                       
producer                                     
executive producer               
production manager         
assistant director                  
cinematography                  

Camera operator 

1st assistant camera 

2nd assistant camera

gaffer 

spark 

video projectionist

sound mixer & composer 

sound designer 

sound recordist 

editing                                         
colorist       
VFX artist                              

VHS digitization 

performance & aesthetic consultant

graphic designer

Pedro Mendes                            
Pedro Mendes                                     
Pedro Mendes                                       
Prachi Hota                                   
Amanda Gatti      
Izadora Schoninger   
Siddharth Bala Kumar          
Leo Villares           

Bo Giesen

Max Cutting

Jonathan Williams

Andy PML

Fu Xiao

Laura Hernandez

Alberto Matesanz

Jiri Svoboda 

Manasi Bedekar

Pedro  Mendes                                  
Pierluigi Campa
Semyon Voinov                                      

Alberto Barros

Amanda Gatti

Tiago Gasperin

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