Esmir Filho graduated from FAAP film school, São Paulo, in 2004. His first feature film "Os Famosos e os Duendes da Morte" (The Famous and the Dead), distributed in Brazil by Warner Bros, was the winner of the Rio Festival 2009; has been selected for Berlinale Generation 14+ and Locarno official competition; and won best film, direction and critics' awards at Havana, Valdivia, Granada and Guadalajara festivals. The film also premiered in theaters in France, Japan and Portugal. His short film "Alguma Coisa Assim" (Something Like That) won the best screenplay award at Festival de Cannes 2006, while "Saliva" was the short film nominated to represent Brazil to run for the Oscars 2008. In 2011, he founded the producer company Saliva Shots, where he's been developing and producing audiovisual content for cinema, TV, and internet. He directed the multimedia piece "Kollwitzstrasse 52", combining cinema and theater, which was on show at the Museum of Image and Sound of São Paulo. He is currently in pre-production of his next long feature "Baleia (Whale)" and developing the script of "Madeira de Lei" (Hardwood), a thriller settled in the Amazon Forest.
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Biography from IMDb.
- October 6, 1982 (44)
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Director, writer and producer
- 3 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Esmir Filho's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Esmir Filho's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Esmir Filho's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Verlust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Kissing Game(2020)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Something Like That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Copa de Botão (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Sete Anos Depois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Play a Song for Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Pseudo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Saliva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Vibracall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Something Like That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Tapa na Pantera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Ímpar Par (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Ato II Cena 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
A Estranha na Cama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 14 of them dated from 2004 to 2025.
Awards
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2006–2009.
- Berlinale award, nominated · Best Film
- Cannes award, nominated
- Cannes award, won
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Who does Esmir Filho work with?
People who share at least 2 of Esmir Filho's MovieCove titles; Azul Serra shares the most, 2.
- Azul SerraShared titles: Latin Blood: The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso (2025), Kissing Game (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Azul Serra
