Born in 1996 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Bernardo Zanotta grew up working in a local video store and behind the scenes in theatre production. In the Netherlands, he graduated from the Moving Image department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2018. His short films, rooted in the interplay between the familiar and the fantastical, have been screened and awarded internationally, including at the 72nd Locarno Film Festival, where his 2018 film Heart of Hunger won the Pardino d’Argento Award. Additionally, his work has been presented extensively at art spaces and major festivals such as Rotterdam, FID Marseille, BAFICI, Cartagena, Berlin Critics’ Week, Drama, and Pesaro, amongst others. He is currently working on his first feature film.