SHORT BIO
Eliciana Nascimento is an award-winning filmmaker and an assistant professor of cinematography and film production (tenure track) in 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 the El Dorado Films, where she directed and edited the short documentaries Nurse Helen Fairchild and Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral. She is currently in the making of her feature documentary Oshun: The Goddess of Life. 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 about historical, social, and cultural representations of meaningful narratives.
PASSION
Nascimento's passion as a filmmaker and storyteller is to tell untold stories about underrepresented minorities and inspire conversations about historical, social, and cultural representations of meaningful narratives.
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.