Sacha Amaral is a Brazilian screenwriter, director and teacher based in Argentina. He has a degree in stage directing from the National University of Arts (UNA), where he is currently a professor of dramaturgy.
His first feature film as a screenwriter, So long Enthusiasm (2017), had its world premiere at the Berlinale 2017, won the competition at FICCI (Carthagena) and BAFICI 2017 (Buenos Aires).
His first short film: Great are the Deserts – was part of the BAFICI 2019 short film competition and Cinélatino (Toulouse). His second short film: Billy Boy – was part of the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival 2021 and various other festivals such as: Bogoshorts, Queer Lisboa (winner), Chéries-Chéris, Sofia IFF, etc. His third short: Plurabelle – was part of the competitions of Winterthur film festival (Switzerland) and Drama film festival (Greece) where it won a special mention.
THE PLEASURE IS MINE (2024), PLURABELLE (2022), BILLY BOY (2021), GREAT ARE THE DESERTS (2019)