VANESSA HEEGER

(b. 1994 Salvador, Bahia)

Berlin-based film editor, sound designer and filmmaker.

BIOGRAPHy →

vmheeger@gmail.com

THE FLOWER-HEADED BOY

El chico pelo-de-flor [ES] / O Menino Cabeça-de-Flor [PT]
2″ animation
(Argentina / Brazil, 2017

Position: Writer / Director / Editor / Sound Designer

Synopsis

The flowers on top of the flower-headed boy’s head always brought him smiles but everything changed when he encountered bullies on his first day of school.

Team

Writer / Director / Editor / Sound Designer: Vanessa Heeger
Production: Universidad del Cine

Selected screenings

64 Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage
32 Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Mostra Internacional de Cinema Infantil Florianópolis [Jury’s Honorable Mention]
CCK Centro Cultural Kirschner – Ciclo Cantera
LoboFest Brasília [Best National Short Film]
Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema [Best National Children Short]
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Münster / Berlin
Mostra Itaú Cultural de Cinema Latinoamericano Mostra Itaú Cultural Curta Curtinhas
Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage – Der Andere Blick – Geflüchtete kuratieren
SHNIT Buenos Aires
Quito International Film Festival
Anim!Arte Co Production award
AnimaLatina
Muestra Cine en Grande Tierra del Fuego
Mostra Cultural Audiovisual Campinas
VIDEOMEDEJA International Film Festival
ANIMAÍ – Encontro Baiano de Animação e Games [Honorable Mention – Young Filmmaker]
Mostra Luz Mágica de Cinema Infantil
Brasilianisches Kulturfestival Wien
TVE Bahia (Public Television Broadcast Brazil, 2021)
Mostra Matinê Imbassaí
Centro Cultural Borges - Cuadro a Cuadro (2026)