Rodrigo Séllos is a director, script writer and editor based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has a degree in Cinema from Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil) and has been a Projeto Paradiso's Talent since 2019. In 2026, he was selected to the Rotterdam Creators Lab, during the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Over the last 16 years he has worked on feature and short films, TV shows for broadcast channels and streaming, music videos, web series and advertisement videos.
In 2020 he won the prize for Best Film at the 53rd Brasília Film Festival, one of the most important festivals in Brazil, and at the 25th Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival (Miami), with the feature documentary "Searching for Makunaíma''. The film was also part of the official selection of the Festival de Cine de La Habana (Cuba) in 2021. In 2022, the film was screened in the "Brazilian Modernism at 100" film program at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York and in Princeton University, commemorating the centennial of the São Paulo "Modern Art Week".
His latest short documentary “You don't know me" (2018) was awarded Best Short Film in Rio Int’l Film Festival, and Jury's Special Mention in the 21st Málaga Film Festival (Spain). The film was also part of the official selection of the 37th Vancouver International Film Festival and Bogotá Short Film Festival. His previous fictional short "Remedial Class" was selected for the 6th FESTin, in Portugal, Star Film Fest 2015, in Croatia, Curta Cinema - Rio Int’l Short Film Festival, among others. Séllos' first feature documentary "Here wackos are not swept under the rug" was screened at Rio Int’l Film Festival 2010 and in the 25th Festival del Cinema Latino Americano Trieste, Italy.
As editor Rodrigo won the prize for Best Edit for the feature documentary "Invisible" at Cine PE 2024 - Brazil. Séllos worked on other 10 feature films, including "StreetKids United II - The Girls from Rio" - produced by Stephen Daldry and Mike Downey; "Memories of the Opinion Group ” - opening movie for the 24th It's All True Film Festival, Paradeiros (Jury's Special Prize at Rio IFF 2024) and the fiction "New World", awarded as Best Fiction Screenplay and Best Actress at Rio Int’l Film Festival 2021.
Among his latest work as director on Brazilian streaming and TV, we can highlight "Happy Hour with Mariana Ximenes", awarded at Venice TV Award 2023 for best TV program in the Branded Entertainment category, in the annual television award held after the Venice International Film Festival.
Rodrigo Séllos has also directed and edited music videos and produced documentaries exhibited at International Festival del Nuevo Cine Latino Americano (Cuba), China International New Media Short Film Festival and Festival de Cine de Lanzarote, in Spain.
Rodrigo is currently working on his first feature film “Macuxi", a project that won the FSA Development Fund, was awarded best feature-length script at FRAPA 2019, and won the RioFilme 2023 First Investment Fund. Séllos is also writing two new fiction scripts, one inspired by the story of the Swiss-Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar and the other based on the short story "Antropófoga", by Ananda Lima. In 2026, he's directing a new documentary about the 60 years of MPB - Brazilian Popular Music, through the history of the group MPB4.
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