Rachel Daisy Ellis
About
Rachel Daisy Ellis holds a Master's degree in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and previously worked in international development until 2009. In 2010, she co-founded DESVIA with director/writer Gabriel Mascaro. Rachel is a creative producer whose work focuses on all phases of production, from script & project development through post-production & distribution. Her work has a particular focus on international co-production. She has worked with directors such as Gabriel Mascaro, Benjamin Naishtat, Tatiana Huezo, Manuel Abramovich, and Sonia Kronlund. The films she has produced have all screened in competition at important festivals including Venice, Sundance, Berlin, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastian & IDFA, winning over 100 awards and critical acclaim.
Rachel also co-wrote DIVINE LOVE (Sundance, 2019) with Gabriel Mascaro, AUGUST WINDS (Locarno, 2014) and the short EBB & FLOW (IDFA, 2012). In 2018, she premiered her first documentary short as a director, MINI MISS, which screened in over 30 festivals, including True/False, Sheffield, and AFI Docs.
Pornomelancholia
Lalo is a prolific online sex influencer from Oaxaca, Mexico who shares homemade erotic videos to his thousands of followers on social media. Filmmaker Manuel Abramovich uses Lalo’s pornography as a starting point to reflect on the complex relationship between intimacy and performance and the duality of our virtual and everyday lives in an ever-connected world.