Alê Abreu

Alê Abreu is a Brazilian animator, director and screenwriter from São Paulo who made his first film, Memória de Elefante, in 1984 after a course at the city's Museu da Imagem e do Som. His short Sírius premiered at Anima Mundi in 1993 as the only Brazilian animation that year. He followed it with the shorts Espantalho and Passo, and Anima Mundi honoured him in 2007. His feature O Menino e o Mundo (Boy and the World) won the Cristal for Best Feature at Annecy and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. His next feature, Perlimps, premiered at Annecy in 2022.