DAVI
KINSKI

Davi Kinski is a Brazilian filmmaker, writer and actor whose work moves across cinema, theatre and literature. A graduate of the Academia Internacional de Cinema (AIC), he has directed several short films, including Cineminha, awarded and screened at festivals in Italy and the United States.

His first feature documentary, Poemaria (2024), received first place in a grant program by the São Paulo State Secretariat of Culture for its completion and had its world premiere in the Feature Documentary Competition at the 52nd Gramado Film Festival. In 2025, the film won Best Feature Documentary Director at the Tokyo Film Awards and Best Documentary Film at the Search Light International Film Festival, in Mumbai, alongside further awards and honorable mentions.

Poemaria went on to screen at festivals throughout Brazil, Europe, Asia and the United States, with presentations in China, India, Italy, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Germany and the United States.

In 2025, Kinski directed Alice, Cinco Minutos Antes do Pôr do Sol, selected for its U.S. premiere at the Culver City Film Festival. His second feature documentary, No Armário, co-directed with Franthiesco Ballerini and produced with the support of Universidade Belas Artes de São Paulo, is currently in post-production.

His feature screenplay Corações em Transe / Hearts in a Trance has received Best Original Screenplay at the New York Movie Awards and Best LGBTQIA+ Screenplay at the Indian Independent Film Festival, and was a finalist at the Cannes, Oxford and Cambridge script festivals. In 2026, Kinski was included in The Hollywood Reporter's selection of independent filmmakers published during the Cannes Film Festival.

As an actor, Kinski was nominated for Best Actor at the 2008 Gramado Film Festival for Murilo Salles' Nome Próprio. His stage work includes several productions, among them the monologue Lixo e Purpurina.

As a writer, he published Corpo Partido and Pasolini, do Neorrealismo ao Cinema Poesia, a finalist for the Jabuti Prize, and organized 70 × Caio. He also works as a lyricist, with compositions featured in internationally awarded projects including Buscando Buskers and A Trilha Sonora da Cidade.

Beyond his artistic practice, he has taught at institutions including Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade and collaborated on curatorial and cultural initiatives connected to FLIP, MASP and Instituto Mix Brasil.