Carlos Segundo

Carlos Segundo
Born	1979 (age 45–46) Brazil
Occupation(s)	Director, scriptwriter
Years active	2013-present
Known for	Big Bang, Sideral
Awards	Golden Leopard winner at Locarno Film Festival

Carlos Segundo (born in 1979) is a Brazilian filmmaker. He is mostly knows for his feature debut Slits (2019), his short film Big Bang (2022)^[1] and his Oscar-shortlisted^[2] short film Sideral (2021).^[3][4][5]

He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He teaches Audiovisual Arts in the Department of Social Communication at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).^[6] He also curates festivals, exhibitions and workshops.^[7] In 2009 he founded the production company 'O sopro do tempo'.^[8][9]

Segundo holds a master's degree in psychoanalysis and cinema (2011) from the Federal University of Uberlândia and a doctorate in cinema (2016) from Unicamp.^[10][7]

He is currently working on his second feature, Milk Powder, which received the Hubert Bals Fund and is co-produced by O sopro do tempo, Les Valseurs and Black Forest.^[11]

• Atlantic (2015)
• Ainda sangro por dentro (I Stil Bleed Inside) (2016)^[7]
• Subcutâneo (2018)^[7]
• Slits (2019) – writer, director.
• From Time to Time, I Burn (2020) – director.
• Sideral (2021) – writer, director.^[12]
• Big Bang (2022) – writer, director.^[1]

His short film Sideral (2021) was nominated at Cannes for the Palme d'Or Award^[7] and shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards under the category Best Live Action Short Film.^[13] His short film Big Bang (2022) has been awarded with for the Golden Leopard for Best Auteur Short Film at the 75th Locarno International Film Festival.^[14]

• Carlos Segundo at IMDb.