Lílis Soares is a Brazilian cinematographer, winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography at SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Best Cinematography at Guadalajara International Film Festival 2025, Best Cinematography at Dublin Film Festival 2023, at African Movie Academy Awards 2023, FESPACO 2023 and Fantaspoa 2024. In 2023, she was included in the list of best cinematographers of the year by English critic Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian newspaper and the American website The Film Stage.

She studied at the Institut International de l'Image et du Son in France and at UFRJ in Brazil. Her career spans digital media, television, and cinema, with projects in Brazil, France, Russia, Switzerland, Angola, Benin, and the Republic of Congo. As Director of Photography, she has worked on Mami Wata (C.J. Obasi), A melhor mãe do mundo (Anna Muylaert), Narciso (Jeferson De), Salve Rosa (Susanna Lira), Medley (Ana Luisa Azevedo), Um dia com Jerusa and Ó, paí, ó 2 (Viviane Ferreira) and Nosso lar 2 (Wagner de Assis). For streamings, she was lead cinematographer on Amar é para os fortes (Amazon), Passinho (Disney) and Sessão de Terapia (Globoplay).



Awards:


Sundance Film Festival 2023 - World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography

Guadalajara International Film Festival 2025 - Best Cinematography

Dublin International Film Festival 2024 - Best Cinematography

FANTASPOA International Fantastic Film Festival 2024 - Best Cinematography

FESPACO 2023 - Best Cinematography

AMAA - African Movie Academy Awards 2023 - Best Cinematrography

Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival 2023 - Best Cinematrography

Tiradentes Film Festival 2020 - Helena Ignez Award