Ricardo Mantoanelli

After a family tragedy, the sweet Dulce Maria is cared for by kind nuns at a boarding school. But things change when Dad comes back into her life.

A Caverna Encantada is a Brazilian children's telenovela produced by SBT in partnership with Disney and originally broadcast from July 29, 2024, to September 5, 2025. Created by Íris Abravanel, with collaboration from Andreza Porto, Denise Barbosa, Fany Higuera, Gustavo Braga, and Luiz Felipe Pereira Santos, and directed by Ricardo Mantoanelli, the telenovela is an adaptation of the books A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story follows Anna, a seven-year-old girl whose father, Paulo, a missionary doctor, leaves her at the Rosa dos Ventos boarding school before going on a dangerous mission. When he mysteriously fails to return, Anna begins searching for answers about his disappearance and discovers secrets about her past. At the boarding school, she forms friendships, faces challenges, and experiences adventures filled with mystery, fantasy, and hope.

Poliana Moça is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by SBT from March 21, 2022, to May 24, 2023. Based on the novel Pollyanna Moça (1915) by Eleanor H. Porter, it is a sequel to As Aventuras de Poliana (2018–2020). Adapted by Íris Abravanel, with collaboration from Carlos Marques, Denise Barbosa, Danilo Castro, Fernando Pripas, Grace Iwashita, Gustavo Braga, and Marcela Arantes, and directed by Ricardo Mantoanelli, the telenovela stars Sophia Valverde, Igor Jansen, Dalton Vigh, Thaís Melchior, and Otávio Martins. The story follows Poliana D’Ávila Monteiro, now a teenager, as she faces the challenges of growing up. While continuing to practice the “jogo do contente”, she discovers that adolescence brings new responsibilities, friendships, romances, and conflicts. Alongside her family and friends, Poliana must deal with personal challenges, secrets, and unexpected situations while learning important lessons about maturity, love, and resilience.

Romeo and Juliet are kids that belong to different worlds, rival groups, and enemy families, but they like each other and can’t help the feeling. To stay together, they have to solve mysteries from the past and face those who they love the most to bring back harmony.

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Eduardo, a teacher who heads a theater group at his school, the Troupe dos Seis, made up of students Tecão, Paty, Bruno, Fabi, Zepa and Michele. The group will perform at their school's end-of-year party, but as there is no place available to rehearse, the teacher decides to conduct the rehearsals in the old mansion of Barão Alfredo, his grandfather. What he doesn't know is that the place has two unusual inhabitants: a couple of ghosts who can now go back to scaring and messing with people.