There is something about cinema that awakens in me a desire for continuous expression.
I'm a first-time screenwriter and director.
Studies cinema and audiovisual at University of Goiás (UEG), PhD in Cultural Performances from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), currently carrying out post-doctoral research on black cinema and semiotics at ECA/USP.
I was born in Campinas/SP, I was co-founder of Ponto de Cultura Ibaô (2009), where I worked as coordinator of the independent cinema training “nós na Tela” (2015), directed by filmmaker and professor Gilberto Sobrinho (Multimeios/Unicamp) and curator of Cine Cultura Ibaô (2009–2014).
I am a member of APAN (Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals) and director of Zariah Filmes, an independent film production company based in Goiânia, in the state of Goiás.
Currently, in pre-production of the short documentary film “(des) Aparecido”, selected by the Edital Curta Afirmativo 2023 — New Directors (SAV/MINC), in development of the feature film of the same name, winner of the Cora Award in the Feature Film category Documentary and award-winning by the FomentaCine Project Clinic, Cinema and Audiovisual Market-Seminar held by Cine Brasília and Box 24-DF, and the fiction script “Destino” is being developed.
Exotismos (2024), my first short film, premiered at the 10th DIRIGO Student Film Festival (Bristol, UK) and was selected by the Kalamata International Short Documentary Festival (Calamata, Greece), Curta Cinema — Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival — 33rd edition, 4th KIIFFA (Delhi, IN), awarded in the Best Documentary Short and Best Debut Director categories at the 2 11 17 International Film Festival; Best International Short Film and Best Student Film at the Sittannavasal International Film Festival (IN).
Special Jury Award: Best Documentary Short Film and Best Student Short Film
Exotismos
Festival Internacional de Cinema de Sittannavasal
Tamil Nadu
2025
Award: Best Short Script Goiás, Best Short Film Goiás Direction, Best Short Film Goiás
Exotismos
DIGO - Goiás International Festival of Sexual and Gender Diversity
Goiânia, GO
2024
Award
Exotismos
Short Way International Short Film Festival
São Paulo
2024
Official Selection
Exotismos
Kalamata Monthly International Short Documentary Festival
Kalamata
2024
Official Selection
Exotismos
KIIFFA (KASHI INDIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
2024
Award Short Film International and Debut Filmmaker
Exotismos
2 11 17 Festival Internacional de Cinema
Chenai
2024
Official Selection
Exotismos
6th Duemila30
Milan
2024
Official Selection
Exotismos
10Th STUDENT CUTS FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Ljutomer
2024
Official Selection
Exotismos
33th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro
2024
Official Selection
Exotismos
FestCine RO - Rondônia Film Festival
Rondônia
Official Selection
Exotismos
3th Resistimos Festival de Cine Documental
Ciudad de Mexico
Official Selection
Exotismos
6⁠ª Mostra Livre de Cinema
São Paulo
Mundial Première
Exotismos
Dirigo 10o Festival Internacional de Cinema Estudantil
Bristol
Official Selection
Exotismos
21th Fear No Film
Salt Lake City
Official Selection
Exotismos
45th Durban International Film Festival
Durban
High School
State University of Goiás (UEG)
Cinema and Audiovisual
2023Present
High School
Federal University of Goiás (UFG)
Doctorate in Cultural Performances
20172022
High School
Federal University of the São Carlos (UFSCar)
Master in Education
20142016
Nickname
Ale Gama
Birth City
Campinas
Current City
Goiânia
Hometown
Goiânia
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
Black
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Married To
João Prestes
Children
Iuri Gama
Throughout my life, I have experimented with different forms of art, but audiovisual has occupied a latent place in my career. There is something about cinema that awakens in me a desire for continuous expression.
Since 2017, I have been committed to exploring a combination of academic research, film, and audiovisual. My professional trajectory has been centered on these two pillars, always seeking a path encompassing experimentation, achievement, education, and research.
I have a deep interest in people, stories, and everyday subtleties. This interest moves me in search of cinematographic language. I feel fulfilled when I research, analyze, or write about films, developing an authorial perspective on non-fiction.
From a young age, I experienced violence and inequalities in the suburbs on the one hand. At the same time, in opposition to structural racism, I was raised in a family that celebrates blackness. These experiences gave me a sensitive look at the arts and turned into a creative and restless impetus. I found in cinema the language that challenges me as an artist.
There is something about cinema that awakens in me a desire for continuous expression.
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