Directing

Ernesto Loaiza

Born July 26, 2000 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 26)

Ernesto Loaiza (July 26, 2000) is a brazilian director and composer. He directed his debut short film FORTEpiano (2021), that was selected to the 37. Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, and the short film in post production Before the Green Ball. He composed the music score for the short films The Tragedy of the Maned Wolf (2025) and Cilene and the Sea (2025).

Known For

Next Stop: Rio's Suburbs

Next Stop: Rio's Suburbs

Next Stop: Rio's Suburbs

MovieDocumentary

Between Oswaldo Cruz and Marechal Hermes, Vera Caju and Julia Dutra journey through the beating heart of Rio’s suburbs. In kitchens, along train tracks, at dance halls and across encounters between generations, flavors, music, bodies, and memory converge, revealing the North Zone as a living landscape of Blackness, ancestry, identity, and belonging.

FORTEpiano

FORTEpiano · 2021

A person shaken by the catastrophes of the world cannot let go of their chaotic thoughts until they find a bond that was once lost.

fim

the non-control, the end of the image, the end of the world. the last breath of the city. the last attempt to mend what is about to implode. the work to the sound of the symphony of the end.

Dike

A heavy rain hits a dike, leaving it on the verge of a collapse. There is no safety and it is not possible to predict when it’s gonna end.

The Tragedy of the Maned Wolf

The Tragedy of the Maned Wolf · 2025

The Tragedy of the Maned Wolf

MovieDramaAnimation

After losing everything, a sentimental Maned Wolf wanders around Brazil in search of a new home.

Enquanto Você Me Lembrar

Enquanto Você Me Lembrar · 2026

Enquanto Você Me Lembrar

Five, Six, Seven, Eight

Five, Six, Seven, Eight · 2026

Five, Six, Seven, Eight

Juana's parents are getting a divorce. She doesn't know it, but deep down, she does. Amidst absences and small moments, Juana tries to reclaim the love and lightness of her family life. Which is difficult, because her parents are never together. Most of the times, her father just isn't there. Until he is. "Five, Six, Seven, Eight" is a film about love that, even when it seems to no longer be there, never truly ceases to exist.

Before the Green Ball

Before the Green Ball

Before the Green Ball

Tatisa eagerly gets ready to go to the highly anticipated Green Ball, but chooses to ignore her father who is dying in silence in the next room. Her friend Lu, who anticipates this tragic end, tries to help her come to terms with the inevitability of loss. Amidst the sparkle of beads and the obscurity of death, Tatisa finds herself paralyzed in her denial, unable to accept the impending grief.

Filmography

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Next Stop: Rio's Suburbs

Next Stop: Rio's Suburbs

Next Stop: Rio's Suburbs

MovieDocumentary

Between Oswaldo Cruz and Marechal Hermes, Vera Caju and Julia Dutra journey through the beating heart of Rio’s suburbs. In kitchens, along train tracks, at dance halls and across encounters between generations, flavors, music, bodies, and memory converge, revealing the North Zone as a living landscape of Blackness, ancestry, identity, and belonging.

Score Engineer

FORTEpiano

FORTEpiano · 2021

A person shaken by the catastrophes of the world cannot let go of their chaotic thoughts until they find a bond that was once lost.

Director

fim

the non-control, the end of the image, the end of the world. the last breath of the city. the last attempt to mend what is about to implode. the work to the sound of the symphony of the end.

Original Music Composer

Dike

A heavy rain hits a dike, leaving it on the verge of a collapse. There is no safety and it is not possible to predict when it’s gonna end.

Original Music Composer

The Tragedy of the Maned Wolf

The Tragedy of the Maned Wolf · 2025

The Tragedy of the Maned Wolf

MovieDramaAnimation

After losing everything, a sentimental Maned Wolf wanders around Brazil in search of a new home.

Music

Enquanto Você Me Lembrar

Enquanto Você Me Lembrar · 2026

Enquanto Você Me Lembrar

Music

Five, Six, Seven, Eight

Five, Six, Seven, Eight · 2026

Five, Six, Seven, Eight

Juana's parents are getting a divorce. She doesn't know it, but deep down, she does. Amidst absences and small moments, Juana tries to reclaim the love and lightness of her family life. Which is difficult, because her parents are never together. Most of the times, her father just isn't there. Until he is. "Five, Six, Seven, Eight" is a film about love that, even when it seems to no longer be there, never truly ceases to exist.

Original Music Composer

Before the Green Ball

Before the Green Ball

Before the Green Ball

Tatisa eagerly gets ready to go to the highly anticipated Green Ball, but chooses to ignore her father who is dying in silence in the next room. Her friend Lu, who anticipates this tragic end, tries to help her come to terms with the inevitability of loss. Amidst the sparkle of beads and the obscurity of death, Tatisa finds herself paralyzed in her denial, unable to accept the impending grief.

Director

Cilene and the Sea

Cilene and the Sea · 2025

Cilene and the Sea

Recently widowed from a fisherman, Cilene faces both grief and the struggle to survive. She turns to José, the son of a neighbor, who helps her keep the fishing alive. Guided by the ebb and flow of the tide, Cilene and José find a bond in the depths of their emptiness.

Original Music Composer