Everlane Moraes
Director and Screenwriter
Everlane Moraes is a Brazilian filmmaker, born in Cachoeira (BA) and raised in Aracaju (SE). She graduated from the International School of Film and TV in Cuba (EICTV, Cuba) and works as a director, screenwriter, teacher, and consultant. She is a member of Center Frame's Core Community (UK) and APAN - Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals (BR). She was a Fellow at the Flaherty Film Seminar (USA, 2021) and is part of the Talent Network in the Paradiso Project (BR). She participated in the Netflix Creative Collaboratory program (Brazil, 2020) and the Meeting of Directors at Talents Guadalajara (2019). She is a producer and creator at Pàttàki Audiovisual and recently co-directed the series "Histórias Impossíveis" on Rede Globo (2023).
Her films span different genres and formats, highlighting socio-cultural, philosophical, and spiritual aspects of the black diaspora. They have been screened at festivals, galleries, and VOD platforms such as Sundance, Rotterdam, BFI London, Toulouse, Womxn in Windows, One Story Up, Hangar, among others. Everlane was honored at the 5th edition of the Cabíria Festival (2023) and the 4th edition of the Sergipe Black Film Showcase - Egbé (2019). She received the Maria Beatriz Nascimento Commendation from the Legislative Assembly of Sergipe and the Municipal Council of Aracaju (2018) and a Motion of Applause (2023) for her contribution to culture in Sergipe, representing black and northeastern women in directing spaces.
Her feature-length projects received funding from FSA Novos Realizadores (Brazil, 2023), William Greaves from Firelight Media (USA, 2020), IDFA Bertha (Netherlands, 2021, 2022), Sundance Institute (USA, 2021), Göteborg (Sweden, 2021), Hubert Bals Fund (Netherlands, 2022), and SPCINE - Creative Centers (Brazil, 2022). They also participated in important labs and markets such as Cannes Doc - Marché du Film (2022), IDF Academy (2020), Berlinale Talents (2020), American Film (2022), Brasil Cinemundi (2021), Ventana Sur (2021), Nuevas Miradas (2020), Talents Guadalajara Co Production Market (2020), CineQuaNon Lab (2020), Miradasdoc (2019), BrLab Features (2020), Torino Film Lab Next (2021), Durban Film Mart (2020), Nordeste Lab (2020), Guangzhou International Documentary (2020), and Good Pitch Brasil (2019). Her work received awards such as BH nas Telas (2022), MISTIKA (2021), PARATI FILMS (2021), NAYMOVIE/ Edina Fujii (2021), DOT (2019), Jorge Portugal (2020), and Docubox East African Fund (2019).