Lumiá Filmes e Produções LTDA
Lumiá Filmes is an audiovisual production company based in Rio de Janeiro, specializing in documentaries and social issues. Over more than ten years of activity, the company has gained extensive experience in research, production, co-production, and assistant directing for national and international companies.
Among its original productions are the web series EscutaRio, which received four awards, and the short films Intervalo (2020), Doutor Magarinos, advogado do morro (2014), and Proibidão (2012), all of which have also received awards.
Lumiá Filmes is a co-producer of the feature-length documentary Marias, which was selected for the LongaDoc/MinC/SAv Production Call and the Paulo Gustavo Law Distribution Call in Rio de Janeiro. The film premiered in April 2024 at the 7th Porto Femme Festival, in Portugal, and was distributed in more than ten cinemas across Brazil.
Lumiá Filmes is led by filmmaker Ludmila Curi, who holds degrees in Film, Journalism, and History. In 2025, she wrote and directed the program Liga do Natal, produced for Globoplay and InterTV, and directed an episode of the series Não era só mais um Silva, broadcast on TV Globo. She has also directed institutional productions for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), including the Ela Decide and Tá no Rumo campaigns; for UN Women, for the Uma vitória leva à outra campaign; and for the NGO Justiça Global, for the #PrisãoNão and #Desmilitarize campaigns.
As an assistant director, she has worked with Ana Rieper on the series Destino Educação (Canal Futura) and Som Sertanejo (Multishow), as well as on the feature documentary Paraíso Tropical; with Marcio Motokane on the program Cineclube Futura; with Beth Formaggini on the documentary series Memória da Mídia; with Lucia Murat on the award-winning feature film Ana; with Silvio Tendler on the film Dedo na Ferida, which won Best Documentary at the 2017 Rio Film Festival; and with Eryk Rocha on the feature film Campo de Jogo.
