ABOUT
In what has become a steadily ascending directing career, Aksa Lima is currently developing her debut feature film, Vortices, supported by the PROAC SP Development Fund, while expanding her experience in narrative filmmaking after being selected by Disney/ABC to shadow a director on the show Station 19.
Aksa Lima is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter working between Los Angeles and São Paulo. Alongside her narrative work, she has built a solid career directing commercial campaigns for major Brazilian and international brands, including Adidas, Samsung, Lindt, Sony, Pepsi, Philadelphia, Modelo, IKEA and Disney. She collaborates with production companies and agencies in both markets to create campaigns for diverse audiences and platforms.
Her fiction short Quagmire (2023) screened internationally and received multiple awards, including Best Drama at the Texas Short Film Festival and Best Cinematography at the São Paulo International Film Festival. In 2024, her creative short An Immeasurable Void was featured on the Director’s Library platform. Her earlier music videos, Alguém na Janela (2018) and Arritmia (2021), earned more than 15 national awards for Best Direction and Best Music Video.
Aksa’s documentary background includes co-directing and writing Memoirs of Cláudio Fulco (2015), produced while she was still in film school. The film was selected for the PrimeirOlhar Festival in Portugal and later aired on Canal Brasil. She also worked as a screenwriter and editor on the documentary Em Mim, Oceano (2021), available on Canal Off.
She accumulated industry experience at the American Cinematheque, gaining close exposure to the professional directing ecosystem. In 2024, she was selected by Disney/ABC to shadow director David Greenspan on Station 19 (episode 707), observing the creative and production decision-making process of a major television set.
Aksa holds a BFA in Film from Universidade Anhembi Morumbi (2016), a specialization in Audiovisual Business and Cinema from ONG Contato (2020), and completed the Directing Program at UCLA in 2023. She is a native Portuguese speaker, fluent in English, proficient in Spanish, holds an O-1 Visa in the United States, and is available to work worldwide.
Growing up with limited resources and supported by social and scholarship programs, Aksa believes deeply in art and education as powerful engines for social and economic transformation, values that continue to inform both her narrative and commercial work.
CONTACT
aksa.limaa@gmail.com
PRESSAWARDS / OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Vortices / Feature in Development
PROAC SP Fund for Literary Adaptation to Cinema
Selected at Apex Roundtable pitching ExportaMais
Selected at Brasilia Film Festival Open Pitching
Quagmire / Short Film
Winner - Best Cinematography at São Paulo International Film Festival, 2023
Finalist - Best Drama at Texas Short Film Festival, 2023
Winner - Best Drama at Film Haus Berlin, 2023
Nominee - Best Directorial Debut at Film Haus Berlin, 2023
Semi-Finalist - Best International Film at Film Haus Berlin, 2023
Winner - Best Photography at Santa Fe Springs Film Festival, 2024
Winner - Best Editing at Santa Fe Springs Film Festival, 2024
Nominee - Best Drama at Santa Fe Springs Film Festival, 2024
Guided Narration, GOL Airlines / Storytelling and Branded Content
Winner - Gold (Category Storytelling e Branded Content) at El Ojo de Iberoamérica, 2020
Shortlisted - Unconventional use of the traditional medium at El Ojo de Iberoamérica, 2020
Shortlisted - Innovative use in audio platforms at El Ojo de Iberoamérica, 2020
Winner - Silver (Category Streaming) at Creation Club São Paulo, 2020.
Winner - Bronze (Branded Content) at Creation Club São Paulo, 2020.
Shortlisted -Categories Social/Environmental, Travel and Streaming at NY Festivals, 2021
Alguém na Janela, Gustavo Rosseb / Music Video
Vercine RJ, 2019
Formemus ES, 2019
23°FAM SC, 2019
26° Festival de Cinema de Vitória/ES, 2019
FICC RJ, 2019
Sessão Volver SP, 2019
3° Festival de Cinema de Paranoá/DF, 2019
Festival Curta Bragança/PA, 2019
Festival Cine Lobeira/GO, 2019
TendaLab, 2021
Arritmia, Projeto Capela / Music Video
Winner - Best Director at Comunicurtas UEPB, 2022.
Winner - Best Music Video at 12ª Festival de Cinema de Teresópolis, 2022
Winner - Best visual effects at FESTCC - FESTIVAL CC INTERNACIONAL e CRIA LITERÁRIA, 2022
Semifinal at 15º PRÊMIO CINECLUBE JACAREÍ - Corvo de Gesso
Selected at 10º Festival de Cinema de Pinhais - FESTCINE @semelpinhais
Selected at FEST CURTA MOSSORÓ
Selected at FORMEMUS 2022
Selected at 29º Festival de Cinema de Vitória
Selected at 11º FEST CLIP - Festival Nacional de Cinema de Videoclipe
Selected at XVII FESTIVAL AUDIOVISUAL COMUNICURTAS UEPB
Memories of Claudio Fulco / Documentary Short Film
Selected at Prémio PrimeirOlhar Portugal, 2016
Selected at 2º Festival Cine Inclusão SP, 2017.