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Davi Kinski is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, and director, trained at the Academia Internacional de Cinema (AIC). He has directed several award-winning short films which received international recognition at festivals in the United States, Japan, Thailand, and India.

His debut feature project was Poemaria (2024), premiered in competition at the 52nd Gramado Film Festival and went on to receive numerous international awards, including Best Documentary Director at the Tokyo Film Awards, Best Documentary at the Search Light International Film Festival in India, and the Audience Award at Cinema e Transcendência in Brazil. The film has screened across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

His second feature project is No Armário (In the Closet), is currently in post- production. His original feature screenplay Hearts in Trance has won international screenplay awards in New York and India and was a finalist at festivals in Cannes, Oxford, and Cambridge.

In 2026, Kinski was featured twice in The Hollywood Reporter among the year's notable independent filmmakers, in editions associated with the Cannes and Venice film festivals.

Filmography

Poemaria (Director)

No Armário (Director)