Ale Gama is a debut screenwriter and director. She holds a PhD in Cultural Performances from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) and is currently pursuing a BA in Film and Audiovisual Studies at the State University of Goiás (UEG). She is a member of APAN (Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals) and director of Zariah Films. Her debut short film, Exotismos (2024), premiered at the 10th DIRIGO Student Film Festival (Bristol, UK) and was selected for important festivals such as the 33rd Curta Cinema (RJ) and the 45th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), being screened and awarded at several national and international festivals. She is currently releasing the short film Cidão, produced through the Debut Directors Short Film Fund (SAV/MINC).
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.
