Cannes 2026 · Marché du Film

director screenwriter casting

DaniloBastosGodoy

based in lisbon · working internationally

Official Selection · Festival Mix Mexico 2023 Official Selection · Mansfield Town Film Festival 2023 Official Selection · Queer Porto 2023
01 About

Visceral narratives.
Independent practice.

Danilo Bastos Godoy · Lisbon, 2026

currently distribution · Homeseek

Brazilian director and screenwriter based in Lisbon, working across cinema, advertising and short form with selections at Cannes Short Film Corner, Aesthetica and the international festival circuit. Open to collaboration with producers, cinematographers and casts.

His shorts have been backed by international co-productions and screened at Cinemateca Portuguesa, Queer Porto, MIX México and Mansfield. As a screenwriter he has placed at Guiões, FRAPA and Script Lab PLOT — three feature scripts currently in development.

Raw emotional honesty. Striking visual poetry.

— working principles · since 2012

Under DBG Casting he serves advertising and commercial productions in Portugal and internationally — casting work funds the directorial practice and stays a separate channel.

Based
Lisboaworking internationally
Practice
Directorscreenwriter · casting
Languages
PT · EN
Since
201214 years in film

Three minutes of work.

showreel 2012—2026 3:09 1080p · sound
Watch the reel 3:09 · selected works · sound on
02 shorts in circulation

Three shorts
completed.

01 / 03 · Cannes 2026 selection

Tidy Bed

arthaus drama · 15 min · 2023

Synopsis

How do we face the ghosts that cannot speak? In a secluded beach house, a young man begins to uncover what was meant to stay hidden.

Year
2023
Genre
arthaus drama
Selected
Queer Porto · Casa Comum
Lab origin
DRAMA.PT, Portimão
02 / 03 · In distribution

Homeseek

gentrification drama · 17 min · 2025 seeking sales agents and distribution

Synopsis

Teresa, a Brazilian immigrant in Lisbon, is running out of places to live. Between sexist landlords and hollow real estate promises, home becomes something she can't access. As the search consumes her, something inside her begins to shift.

Year
2025
Premiere
Cinemateca Portuguesa
Selected
Cannes SFC · Marmostra
Languages
PT · subt. EN
03 / 03 · Premiere available

The Eight Walk

sexy queer drama · 21 min · 2026 seeking distribution, sales agents, programmers

Synopsis

A Brazilian woman. A religious Portuguese village. Cruising in the bushes, and a secret queer bar. What could go wrong?

Year
2026
Format
Short · proof of concept
Feature
In development
Available
SFC video library
03 Shorts in dev or post

Three shorts
in development.

Egyptian · workshop still

Short in development · inclusive arthaus drama

Egyptian

Inácio is a deaf mechanic who cannot keep his hands clean. In a macho workshop environment, he becomes aware of his own gentleness and realizes that, in order to feel comfortable in his relationship with his girlfriend, he will have to face the most opposite environment of his daily life: a beauty salon.

Key to the Unseen · illustration

Short in development · social realism

Key to the Unseen

When a call-center worker of Angolan descent copies his boss's apartment key to help a Cape Verdean mother facing eviction, a sudden blackout puts his plan at risk and exposes the brutality of class and belonging.

Sensitive Matter · classroom still

Short in post-production · BR/PT co-production

Sensitive Matter

A Brazilian mother living in Lisbon is summoned to a meeting about her two-year-old daughter. A polite conversation with a Portuguese school coordinator gradually exposes cultural prejudice, subtle xenophobia and the politics of motherhood.

04 Features in development

Three features
currently in development.

The Eight Walk · feature still

Feature in development · proof of concept at Cannes 2026

The Eight Walk

After a burnout, a Brazilian woman returns to her mother's quiet village in Portugal and discovers a clandestine world of cruising and suppressed desire. She teams up with a widowed gay man to create a hidden refuge, but the village's self-appointed moral guardians are ready to punish those who step out of line.

Hover · floor plan study

Feature in development · Guiões · PLOT · FRAPA

Hover

The arrival of a red shipping container in the coast of Brazil, delayed for months, unravels in a single day the life of a family that has lived for years in Portugal. As Júlio prepares for his final exam to become a helicopter pilot, his father quietly faces unemployment, while the stepmom receives troubling medical news, each trapped in a private odyssey of grief after the death of the youngest son. Over the course of an atypical moving day, pain and frustration collide with buried desires and fragile masculinity, pushing them toward destructive choices as their only way forward.

Minotaur · concept still

Feature in development · FRAPA 2023

Minotaur

In a hyper-sexualized fitness underworld, a naïve yet disciplined personal trainer skyrockets to viral fame when his body becomes an object of obsession, pulling him into a seductive spiral of power, money, and desire. A magnetic guru invites him to an exclusive retreat where masculinity, control, and sexuality are pushed to their limits. His transformation into a mythic "Minotaur" reveals a dark truth: in a world where the body is currency, ultimate success may cost him his identity, his humanity and his soul.

05 Selections & Awards

Festivals,
labs, and selections.

2025
Cinemateca Portuguesa
Premiere · June 2025
Homeseek
2025
Marmostra
Official Selection
Homeseek
2024
Cannes · Short Film Corner
Selection · Marché du Film
Homeseek
2024
Queer Spectrum
Selection · Dublin
Tidy Bed
2023
Prémio Casa Comum
Nominated · Queer Porto
Tidy Bed
2021
FRAPA · Semi-finalist
Narrative feature competition
Sobrevoos
2016
Script Lab PLOT
Selected · feature script development
Sobrevoos
2015
MOFILM SXSW · 1st Place
Austin, Texas
Atom — Shell
2015
Guiões — 2nd Place
National screenplay competition, Lisbon
Sobrevoos
2014
Best Artist's Film
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York UK
Forgotten Memories
2014
Mostra Livre · Best Film
Brazil
Forgotten Memories
2012
Prémio Estímulo · Short Film
Secretaria de Cultura, São Paulo
Forgotten Memories
06 Filmography

All works.

06b Alt layout

— for comparison only —

All works v2.

07 Contact

Let's work together.
Cinema, advertising,
casting.

Open to feature collaborations, short film co-productions, advertising direction, and casting briefs. DBG Casting (commercial) shares the same inbox for now.

Email

danilo@danilogodoy.com

cinema, shorts, scripts, casting, consultancy

Phone & WhatsApp

+351 916 377 599

lisbon · gmt+0 / +1

Vimeo

vimeo.com/danilogodoy

showreel, films, trailers

Instagram

@segundasegundalx

segunda segunda lx

08 Collaborators

Worked with.