Ricardo Alves Jr

Ricardo Alves Jr

Ricardo ALVES JR. (1982, Brazil) studied Cinema Directing in Buenos Aires. His short films were selected for Critic's Week at the Cannes Film Festival and the film festival of Oberhausen. Alves Jr.'s debut, Raw Material (2006), has brought him many awards. His second film, Invitation Dinner with Comrade Stalin (2007), won an award for Best Experimental Short Film at the Rio de Janeiro film festival. In 2016, he made his first feature, Elon Doesn't Believe in Death.

Filmography

(selection) Material bruto/Raw Material (2006, short), Convite para jantar com o camarada Stalin/Invitation to Dine with Comrade Stalin (2007, short, co-dir), Permanências/Permanences (2008, short), Sentinela (2008, short), Tremor (2013, short), Elon não acredita na morte/Elon Doesn't Believe in Death (2016), Russa (2018, short), Vitória (2020, short)