“My passion for filmmaking reflects my desire to promote healing in the world.”
Photo: Kwantae Kim
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Eliciana Nascimento is an award-winning filmmaker and former tenure track cinematography and film production professor at the Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University. Her works include narratives, documentaries, and commercials. Her short film The Summer of Gods premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 and received several awards from various international film festivals. She is a member of El Dorado Films, where she directed a series of short documentaries, including The Singer: A Montfort Point Marine, Nurse Helen Fairchild, and Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral. She is making her first feature film in the UK and Brazil and working on a medium-length documentary, Tales of Oshun, in Brazil, the Caribbean, and the US. Nascimento was born and raised in Brazil. She holds a B.A. in social communications and public relations from the University of Salvador, Brazil, and an M.F.A. in cinema from San Francisco State University. Her passion as a filmmaker and storyteller is to tell untold stories about underrepresented minorities and inspire conversations that promote world healing.
AWARDS
Best Foreign Language Short Subject: Philadelphia International Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
Diaspora Narrative Short Film: Silicon Valley African Film Festival. Mountain View, CA, 2016.
Best Narrative Short: Plateau - Festival International de Cinema. Praia, Cape Verde, 2015.
Best Narrative Short: Global Girls Film Fest. Chicago, IL, 2015.
Special Recognition for Directing Narrative:Black Star Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA, 2014.
The Spirit Award & Best Cinematography: Reel Sisters of the Diaspora International Film Festival & Lecture Series. New York, NY, 2014.