LUISA HOLANDA is a Brazilian animation and art director, illustrator, and animator based in Spain. She studied Philosophy, Cinema, and Visual Arts. The greatest motivation is to tell animated stories that positively impact people’s lives through inspiring, playful, poetic, and fantastic projects. Each animation presents distinct visuals that combine analog and digital techniques, including subtle details that connect all of her productions. Blending universes and experimenting, she has been blooming her style.

 

Her work has been gaining recognition around the world, including the official selection of the FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D’ANIMATION D’ANNECY 2025, in France, with the commissioned film THREE SISTERS, produced for TED-Ed. Just as the short film MY NAME IS MAALUM was present at the PRIX JENEUSSE INTERNATIONAL 2024, in Germany, through the International Award received at the COMKIDS FESTIVAL 2023, it was also nominated for the 22nd GRAND PRIX OF BRAZILIAN CINEMA 2023, and awarded by ABCA (Brazilian Association of Animated Cinema) as BEST BRAZILIAN SHORT FILM at the 12th FESTIVAL ANIMAGE, in addition to many other festivals and exhibitions, and now, based on the short film, an animated television series show is being produced, directed by Luisa. Among all works, she develops animations for TED-Ed and NEARPOD, both educational platforms. At the moment, with Brazilian government funding, Luisa is in production with her first authorial short films: SECRET RIDE, an animation based on the childhood adventure of his maternal grandmother, and WILDHEART, an animation and live-action film that tells the story of Ayra (daughter, in the Tupi language), a girl born from the seed of the Amazonian Samaúma tree, a daughter of the Forest.