Migranta Films is committed to promoting audiovisual productions that encourage a wide range of visions of reality, supporting fresh and authentic approaches that address the complexity of realities and identities. Through these productions, we seek to connect with diverse global audiences.
Matheus Mello
Founder & Producer
Fradique
Director
Bruna Kury
Director
Nisha Platzer
Director
Berta Vicente Salas
Photographer & Director
Soumaya Hidalgo
Director
Cássio Kelm
Filmmaker
Jeissy Trompiz
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Manuela Hidalgo
Filmmaker
Our Focus
Our focus is to use the power of audiovisual media to tell authentic and relevant stories that reflect the diversity of the world we live in. We seek to connect with diverse global audiences, inspiring empathy, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of the many dimensions of human experience.
We strive to be a bridge between Europe, Africa and Latin America, while recognizing the importance of challenging and overcoming colonial legacies, fighting structural racism and promoting gender equality in all aspects of our work.
We believe in collaboration and the power of co-production to transcend geographical barriers and unite as a global community in the pursuit of meaningful change. In addition to producing high quality audiovisual content, we consult and provide training to share knowledge and grow as a global community.
We value and celebrate diversity of experience, culture and perspective, and work closely with emerging and established talent who share our vision and values.
Meet our Team
Matheus Mello
A Development Angel and Creative Film Producer working between Brazil and Spain. Mello’s work spans the intersection of identity and migration, collaborating in educational workshops with esteemed filmmakers such as Lucrecia Martel, Pedro Costa, and Werner Herzog in nurturing emerging talent. They have been involved in the production of short films, a documentary, and video installations that have premiered at prestigious film festivals, including Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Raindance, Sitges Film Festival, IDFA, Rotterdam International Film Festival, and Zinebi. Matheus is an alumnus of multiple prestigious film labs and industry workshops, including the Sundance Institute, Realness Institute Creative Producer Indaba, EGEDA Next Gen Film FinLab, and the Jihlava Emerging Producers program.
As a founding partner of Migranta Films, Matheus is dedicated to producing authentic, socially resonant stories from across the globe, with work spanning the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Fradique
An Angolan director and writer based in Berlin. His films have been screened at numerous international festivals, and he won the National Culture and Cinema Prize of Angola with Independência (2015). His first feature film, Ar Condicionado, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2020 and received awards for Best Film in the Science New Wave category at the Imagine Science Film Festival and Best Fiction Feature at the International Film Festival Innsbruck.
He is a co-founder of the Angolan production company Geração 80, established in Luanda in 2010, which has played a significant role in transforming Angola’s audiovisual and cinematic landscape. Currently, he is a member of Science New Wave and Film Independent. As a film curator, he serves on the Panorama section committee of the Berlinale and the Cologne African Film Festival.
Bruna Kury
A Brazilian anarcho-transfeminist artist, based in Barcelona, whose work explores gender, class, and race from a postcolonial critical perspective. Her creations confront heteronormative and patriarchal structures, with a strong focus on CLASS WAR. Recognized within the post-porn scene, her work spans video, performance, and multimedia, challenging social norms. Among her notable works are Gentrification of Affections (Berlin, 2022) and What if we think of coloniality as a major infection of the cis-tem? (Berlin, 2021). In 2024, she was nominated for the PIPA Contemporary Art Award and her work was included in the MUTHA museum collection. Kury has exhibited at events like the PostPxrn Film Festival (Warsaw, 2023) and participated in residencies such as PIVÔ (São Paulo). She is currently preparing for the release of Scorpionikas – Counteramanifesto, created during the Viral Interventions program at York University.
Nisha Platzer
A queer artist, photographer and award-winning filmmaker based on the Unceded Traditional Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
Drawn to vibrant shades, her works meld sounds and imagery that you can dream and drown in. Nisha’s short film, Vaivén (2020) won the best film award at aluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival and competed at festivals worldwide. She studied film and Communications in Montreal and Documentary at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba. Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada.
Nisha teaches handmade film workshops and is a member of Vancouver’s Iris Film Collective. An alumnus of IDFAcademy, the VIFF mentorship program, and the Hot Docs Accelerator Lab, her work can be found in music videos, narrative, and experimental films. Nisha’s first feature documentary ‘back home’ was supported by Telefilm Talent to Watch and presented at the Docs-in-Progress Canadian Showcase at Cannes Film Festival. She is currently adapting a beloved Canadian novel for the screen.
Berta Vicente Salas
An artist with a multicultural background and formal education in four languages. Her work seeks to bridge cultural divides. Driven by her interest in preserving her grandmother’s fading Berber dialect, she began research that evolved into her first documentary, “The Flight of the Stork,” awarded at the 2024 Documenta Madrid market.
Soumaya Hidalgo Djahdou
A Pulitzer Center fellow and renowned photographer known for her evocative, melancholic style. Her work, marked by subtle light and tone, blends reality with imagination, often conveying introspection and nostalgia. Notable for intimate portraits where she captures deep emotions and stories, her distinct voice reminds us of the power of images to freeze time and stir profound responses. She co-directs her first feature documentary, “The Flight of the Stork”.
Cássio Kelm
A Brazilian transmasculine filmmaker, who has directed 15 shorts and one feature film (documentary) screened in more than 80 festivals. Soy (2017) won the IDFA Special Jury Award for Student Documentary. Mothers of Derick (2020) was first played at Torino FF. Close to you (2021), was also played at IDFA and Olhar de Cinema. Nowadays he writes his first fiction screenplay Luan’s Walts. Also directed Born to fashion, a reality show with trans models.
Jeissy Trompiz
Afro-Indigenous filmmaker and screenwriter, he maintains a close relationship with theater and photography. Passionate about experimenting with various cinematic genres and forms, his work consistently explores existential, social, and political themes that impact us as individuals in a demanding and ever-changing society, while questioning concepts such as memory and identity.
His short films have received international recognition, being selected by festivals such as Ji.hlava, the Huesca International Film Festival, the Havana Film Festival, and the Dresden International Film Festival, among others. His film The Image of Time premiered as part of the official selection at FIDMarseille 2019, where it was awarded the Prix des Lycéens.
Manuela Hidalgo
A filmmaker from the Dominican Republic, she focuses on exploring magical-religious beliefs through her visual work, particularly examining the representation of the body and its interaction with nature. Her artistic process seeks to establish a direct connection between sound and space, investigating how both are shaped by contemporary culture. She is currently working in documentary and fiction cinema, specializing in lighting and camera work. Her most recent short film, VIDALITA (2023), premiered on NOWNESS and had its national debut at the Fine Arts Film Festival in Santo Domingo.
Gregorio Rodriguez
A Dominican producer specializing in sociocultural films that explore stories of Caribbean and Latin American identity. He has gained international recognition for films such as Loma de Lilí, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2023, and FIN, showcased at both the Sundance Film Festival and the Havana Film Festival in 2019. Additionally, his documentary Pattaki premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2018, the London Film Festival in 2019, and the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.
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