João Meirinhos

The Mirror of the Spirit (2014)
Film (Documentary) Director Ayahuasca is a psychedelic brew which has been used for divinatory and healing purposes since, at least, the 16th century. There are now more Westerners than ever traveling to South America in search of this shamanic experience. These are known as 'spiritual tourists' 'The Mirror of the Spirit' primarily follows the life of Don Ignacio, an old shaman from Puerto Maldonado, Sergio, an accidental tourist and Osman, a recovering drug addict seeking healing that later becomes an ayahuasquero himself. They are like tributaries of the same river converging towards this ancient medicine for different personal reasons. Written by João Meirinhos

Olhos Pretos, Cabelo Azul (2012)
Film (Drama, Drama, Romance and Thriller) Director Excess. Split personality. The exaggerations of the modernity surround and mediate every second of each day. The private mind is now a screen everybody can tune in at will. How people see you is not who you are. Desired by the world since birth she hides deprivation and the sweet sensation of random self mutilation. Relationship is a mask. Does everybody know what she hides inside? Carnivorous blue skin and sorrow mixed with a childish fairy tale feeling of meeting the perfect gentleman that will finally calm down this uncontrollable urge of wanting always more and more. This movie is a metaphor for a quest. When the other half leaves the demons flush back to surface. Written by Anonymous