Ricardo Alves Jr.
Directing
Biography
Ricardo Alves Jr is from Belo Horizonte. Graduated in Cinematography at the Universidad del Cine (Buenos Aires) and director of many award winning films.
Known For

Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
Love, Death & Robots

Gilberto and Jacira promised to grow old together – for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. Till death them do part.
If I Were Alive

As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and files a report, runs into hospitals, morgues. Alone, he wanders through a metropolis, searching for news about the sudden and mysterious disappearance of his wife.
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

Through her child’s eyes, Patpro will go through three periods of the history of her indigenous people, in the heart of the Brazilian forest. Tirelessly persecuted, but guided by their ancestral rites, their love of nature and their fight to preserve their freedom, the Krahô never stop inventing new forms of resistance.
The Buriti Flower

Denying his duty and in order to escape a crucial process of becoming a shaman, IhjĂŁc runs away to the city. Far from his people and culture, he faces the reality of being an indigenous in contemporary Brazil.
The Dead and the Others

It’s Aisha’s last day in Belo Horizonte. We follow her farewell in the company of her best friends: Bramma, Igui and Will. Through the everyday life and encounters between the characters, the film weaves an affectionate portrait of a family that is built by choice, through the value of friendship.
All That You Could Be
Through the recovery of found Super-8mm footage captured by his brother during the 70´s dictatorship, André tries to revive the memories of his father, who’s been waiting for his missing son for over 30 years.
People Forward

The rise of the extreme right in Brazil from the perspective of artists whose works were censored.
Who Is Afraid?

Anonymous figures pass through the gates of a park at night, seeking adventure in its dark alleys. An amusement park is ruled by the laws of desire.
Amusement Park

After having invaded liquid, gaseous and solid substances, a strange voice takes possession of a woman's body and for the first time experiences the taste of something truly human. Together, the voice and the body seek for belonging and an identity of their own as they question their roles within society.
Dazed Flesh

Olga and Marilu are waiting for a guest to have dinner.
Convite para jantar com camarada Stalin

Russa returns to Bairro do Aleixo, in Oporto, visiting her sister and friends with whom she celebrates her son's birthday. In this short encounter, Russa returns to her neighbourhood's collective memory, where three of the five towers still exist.
Russa

Nausea Woman walks in the hallways. From the inside Hair Man, Man Cigarette and Man Music wait for the moment of escape, an instant to leave itself. "Material Bruto" was filmed with users of the public mental health network in the city of Belo Horizonte.
Material Bruto

A documentary about Brazilian singer Elza Soares and her long career singing samba and jazz.
My Name Is Now, Elza Soares

One day in a man's life. He is looking for his wife, he is looking for some answers, he is looking for a life.
Tremor

On a remote beach on the Brazilian coast, grandmother and granddaughter meet the extraordinary that inhabits the high seas.
Zephyrs

VitĂłria decides to stop taking the abuse at the factory and goes in search of someone who will listen to female workers. Made with employees from a textile company in rural Minas Gerais. An urgent story, now that Brazil's extreme right-wing government is destroying social structures at a rapid rate.
VitĂłria

Rita was fired from work and has no courage to tell her family. Your chance to have a nice Christmas dinner for the family is to win the prize for a music cover contest. For that, she needs to remember her youth, when she imitated Rita Lee, and revive her band with her husband, Roberto and her friend MarguĂŞ.
O Natal de Rita
An Indian reveals his discoveries about Western religion and power. Freely inspired by Voltaire's short story “The Letters of Amabed”.
Coisas Úteis e Agradáveis

Inside the air is denser.