Juan Vilar is a Brazilian filmmaker, composer, and researcher based in Paraíba. A graduate student in Cinema and Audiovisual Studies at UFPB, he investigates narrative and regional cinema while exploring themes of identity, language, and artistic practice in his essay and experimental films such as Omniac, Fragmentary, Sick of Moving Images, and Volatile Scintillation. He also works as a sound director and composer for films including Sinais, Preenchida, and Midday Sun. He is currently working on the post-production of his first fictional short-film, Vortex.