Ricardo Alves Jr. (b. 1982, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a filmmaker, screenwriter and theatre director whose work spans cinema and the performing arts. His early short films, including Raw Material (2006), Invitation Dinner with Comrade Stalin (2007), Permanências (2010) and Tremor (2013), established his presence on the international festival circuit, with screenings at Cannes Critics’ Week, Rotterdam, Locarno and Oberhausen. In 2013, the Cinémathèque française in Paris devoted a retrospective to his short films. His debut feature, Elon Doesn’t Believe in Death (2016), supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, premiered internationally at the Macao International Film Festival, where it received the award for Best Artistic Contribution, and in Europe at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, in the Bright Future section. It went on to screen at festivals including IndieLisboa, FICUNAM and BAFICI. At the 20th LEFFEST, Ricardo Alves Jr. presents The French Teacher, co-produced by Portuguese filmmaker João Salaviza.
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