Petra Costa tells stories in the crossroads between the personal and the political. In 2020, The Edge of Democracy, was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Peabody and Platino Award. In 2012, she directed Elena, which premiered at IDFA and won best film at Havana Film Festival (2013). In 2015, she co-directed Olmo and the Seagull with Lea Glob, winning the young jury prize in Locarno. She was involved in the production of Ecstasy, Babenco and Beba.
Alessandra Orofino
Alessandra Orofino is a writer, director and producer who for the past 6 years has been the showrunner on the weekly hit comedy news show Greg News, on HBO Latin America. She is also an experienced co-founder and non-profit leader with a background in community organizing and activism. In 2011, she launched NOSSAS, a Brazilian NGO, and grew to its current size, with 54 staff and a substantial budget - mostly raised through international philanthropy. Prior to that, she was a founding team member and head of the Brazil office at Purpose, a NYC-based agency. In 2014, she spoke at the TED Global stage. In 2019, she was selected as a fellow by the Obama Foundation. In 2022, she was honored with the Skoll Social Innovation Award. Her thoughts have been published in Folha de São Paulo, Le Monde, Libération, El País, Stanford Social Innovation Review and The New York Times. She is the Executive Producer of Beba (2021).
Petra Costa, Director