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My current Project Title:
The School Girl
About me - current project:
Eduardo Rufeisen is an award-winning filmmaker and educator. His films and documentaries have participated and won multiple awards in the United States, Canada, Germany, England, France, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Romania, Israel, India, Russia, and Brazil.
His commercials have been seen nationally on ABC, MTV, Lifetime, WB, and Fox. He was the marketing manager of MTV-Brazil where he created television ad campaigns and managed the sales team. He was a TV Producer for BAND, a Brazilian Television Network, working on more than 100 shows and documentaries. He has also produced and directed corporate videos for HP, Google, Yahoo, Oath, and Apigee.
He was the Director of the School of Motion Pictures and Television at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he oversaw the curriculum development, department budget, ran the day-to-day operations and the university film studios. At the university he taught Producing, Directing, Directing Actors, Blocking, Cinematography, Photography, Film Language, and Acting for Camera classes for MFA and BFA programs. He was also the in-house director for acting portfolios scenes and films.
Eduardo Rufeisen has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the prestigious South American University, UNICAMP (Universidade Estadual de Campinas), a Graduate degree in Marketing from the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing in São Paulo, Brazil, and a Master’s of Fine Arts degree (MFA) in Motion Pictures and Television from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California.
Laurels, awards and other accomplishments:
Quarter-Finalist - San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards. 2023. Script: The School Girl
Honorable Mention – Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards. 2023. Script: The School Girl
Finalist - Paris Screenplay Awards | Les Prix du Scénario de Paris. 2023. Script: The School Girl
Quarter-Finalist - New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards. 2023. Script: The School Girl
Quarter-Finalist - Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest! U.S. 2023. Script: The School Girl
Official Selection Paris World Cinema Festival, France, 2023. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Winner of Best Drama, 2022 Padova 4th Wall Indie Filmmaker Festival, Italy. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Semi-Finalist 2022 Near Nazareth Festival - Afula, Israel. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection New Filmmakers Film Festival, New York, 2022. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Quarter-Finalist - San Francisco International Screenwriting Competition 2022, California. Feature Film Script: Bamboozled
Finalist Boden International Film Festival, Sweden, 2021. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Winner of Best Short Film. Auber International Film Festival 2021, Paris. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Finalist Out of The Can International Film Festival 2021, UK. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT – Shot in Paris
Honorable Mention - Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards 2021, California. Feature Film Script: Bamboozled
Nominee 15th edition of Grand OFF festival! 2021 WARSAW Poland. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection 18th Annual 2021 Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection DAVINCI International Film Festival 2021. COVIDaVINCI Selection. Film: LEMONADE
Winner of Best Magic Moment in a Film. Canada Yes! Let’s Make a Movie Film Festival 2021. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection Love International Film Festival 2021. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Winner of Best Local Film. San Francisco Indie Shorts Film Festival 2021, California. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Winner Finalist Best Music Composition - 3 Minute Film Festival 2021- Santa Barbara, California: LEMONADE
Official Selection Prestige Film Festival 2021, Fox Cineplex in Banning, California. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Winner of the Avalonia Photography Competition Best Selfie – PHOTO: Son of Man, June 11, 2021
Official Selection PTFF Port Townsend Film Festival 2021 - Port Townsend, WA. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection Marina Del Rey Film Festival 2021 CineMark 18 and XD, LA, California. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection LETNetworks presents: #AmLatino Film Festival 2021 - LARRIMINA
Finalist Shiver Shorts Film Festival 2021. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection Love Actually International Short Film Festival 2021 NY. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Winner of the Honorable Mention Best Inspirational Short - Imagine Rain Independent Film Awards 2021 LA. Film: LEMONADE
Official Selection Standalone Film Festival & Awards 2021. Film: LEMONADE
Official Selection Cambria Film Festival of Romance, Love and Rom-Coms 2021 California. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 2021. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT.
Winner Best LInes/Dialogue Love Story Category - So Limitless and Free International Film Festival 2020, Canada. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Winner Best Cinematography- So Limitless and Free International Film Festival 2020, Canada. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection Sao Paulo Film Festival 2020. Brazil. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection Florence Cinefest 2021 Italy. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT
Official Selection BLOW-UP · International Arthouse Filmfest Chicago 2020 Film: LARRIMINA
Semi-Finalist Luminous Frames Festival 2020. Denmark. Film: LARRIMINA
Winner Best Romance Film - Feedback Romance Film & Screenplay Festival 2020. California. Film: THE DECISIVE MOMENT