My first shortfilm
I had never considered making films until recently.
In fact, when people ask me, I don’t know how to define myself because I like photography, cinema, and journalism.
Sometimes I switch between each one, which sometimes frustrates me because I’m not as consistent as I’d like to be.
However, when I manage to do it and see the result, I feel encouraged to continue.
This was my first fiction short film, called Merit…what?, and it talks about meritocracy, set in a classroom where different students spontaneously debate the topic while waiting for a peculiar teacher to arrive.
This project went through two iterations, the first being inefficient in terms of production. As a director, I made some mistakes, which I still make, but I learn from them and improve.
Here are some frames from the short film, directed and written by me.
I am grateful to the team of artists who helped make it possible.