Affonso Uchôa is a filmmaker based in Contagem, Brazil. He directed the films Mulher à tarde (Afternoon Woman, 2010), A viznhança do tigre (The Hidden Tiger, 2014) and, and Sete anos em maio (Seven Year May, 2019). He is also the co-director of Arábia (Araby, 2017). His films were screened in several important film festivals like as, such as IFFR (Netherlands), Viennale (Vienna), Toronto (Canada), Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Mostra de Tiradentes (Brazil), and del Plata (Argentina).
Affonso Uchôa
Affonso Uchôa participated in “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, a first-ever poll of its kind as a collective love letter to the art of short-form moving image. yanco and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in collaboration with Talking Shorts, invited filmmakers, curators, distributors, critics, and scholars worldwide to nominate 10 audiovisual works under sixty minutes that they personally consider the “greatest” of all time. This was Affonso Uchôa’s submission:
| Movie | Original Title | Director | Country | Year | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| That Old Dream That Moves Ce vieux rêve qui bouge | Alain Guiraudie | France | 2001 | 52’ | ||
| Nuit et brouillard Night and Fog | Alain Resnais | France | 1955 | 32’ | ||
| En Rachâchant | Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet , Danièle Huillet | France | 1982 | 7’ | ||
| Os Queixadas | Rogério Corrêa | Brazil | 1978 | 35’ | ||
| Could See a Puma Pude ver un Puma | Eduardo Williams | Argentina | 2011 | 18’ | ||
| The Vampires of Poverty Agarrando Pueblo | Carlos Mayolo , Luis Ospina | Colombia | 1977 | 29’ | ||
| Wavelength | Michael Snow | Canada, USA | 1967 | 45’ | ||
| My Childhood | Bill Douglas | United Kingdom | 1972 | 46’ | ||
| Nothing with Me When I Die, Those Who Owe Me I’ll Collect in Hell Nada Levarei Quando Morrer, Aqueles Que Mim Deve Cobrarei no Inferno | Miguel Rio Branco | Brazil | 1981 | 20’ | ||
| Lost in the Mountains 첩첩산중 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | 2009 | 31’ | ||