Lua Borges 
(b. 1998,  São Paulo BR)
filmmaker, programmer, 
photographer, assistant director

contact: luanassborges@gmail.com
based in Chicago, USA

@aka_lua
@cinema-luz

Assistant Director CV



EDUCATION
2016 - 2020 Bachelors Degree in Cinema Arts & Science, Columbia College Chicago

FILMS
Touch of Recession, 8mm, 7 min    2023
Madonna, 16mm, 9 min    2022
Horse Girl, 35mm, 11 min    2021
Dois Estágios, 16mm, 18 min    2020
discontent, digital, 18 min    2020



MUSIC VIDEO
Out to Dry by Naked Lunch    2024
Cherry Dream by Adelaide    2023
Full Time Job by Squirrel Flower    2023
When A Plant Is Dying by Squirrel Flower  2023
City Song by Gia Margaret    2023
Roadkill by Squirrel Flower    2021
Flames & Flat Tires by Squirrel Flower    2021
Blue by Adelaide    2021
Good Girls by Beach Bunny    2020



CURATORIAL
co-programmer,
Analog Night, Midwest Film Festival
Chicago, 2023

programmer,
The Short Night Vol. 3, Cinema-Luz
Chicago, 2022

programmer,
The Short Night Vol. 2, Cinema-Luz
Chicago, 2022

programmer,
The Short Night Vol. 1, Cinema-Luz
Chicago, 2022



PRESS
The Call Sheet Magazine Vol. 1, “Lua Borges Filming Nostalgia”.    2023


SCREENINGS
Madonna, Mostra Paralaxe III, São Paulo BR 
2023

Madonna, films from sleep at Millennium Film Workshop, NY USA
2023

Dois Estágios, Visions From Elsewhere at Music Box, Chicago USA
2023

Dois Estágios, ABC No Rio ‘Mythical Common Lands’, NY USA
2023

Madonna, Emulsion Lab, Chicago USA
2023

Madonna, Midwest Film Festival, Chicago USA
2023

Dois Estágios, Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Chicago USA
2023

Horse Girl, Sweet Void Cinema Short Fest, Chicago USA
2023

Dois Estágios, Mostra Paralaxe II, São Paulo BR
2022

Madonna, Festival 1666, São Paulo BR
2022

Madonna, Photoshow and Film Screening at WAVE, San Francisco USA
2022

Madonna, The Short Night Vol. 2, Chicago USA
2022

Dois Estágios, The Short Night Vol. 1, Chicago USA
2022

Horse Girl, Cineyouth Festival, Chicago USA
2022

Horse Girl, Lake County Film Festival, Illinois USA
2021

Dois Estágios, Festival 1666, São Paulo BR
2021

Dois Estágios, Cineyouth Festival, Chicago USA
2021