
Directing
Alice Riff
Born
1984-01-01 (42)
Place of birth
San Paolo, San Paolo, Brasile
Known for
Directing
Credits
19 titles
Known for
7.7Paula, Beatriz, Giu and Fernando live in one of the poorest favelas of São Paulo. A world of marginalization and despair, in which they struggle for their rights as transgenders, but also for survival: according to the statistics from the Transgender Europe NGO, Brazil is the nation with the highest number of murders of transgender people each year. The choice to experience your body in complete freedom is a revolutionary concept and highly risky in this context. It is an affirmation of one's being. it is no coincidence that one of them, who has begun the transition phase writes in his diary: "Each hormone pill is a declaration of ownership of my body. After each pill, I feel much better in my own skin". This movie shows their daily life, their struggles and protests in a world where ignorance becomes oppression and hate: in a word transphobia.
My Body is Political
2017
NRDuring the end-of-semester week, the teachers meet to hold the class council.
Council
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Casa vazia
2010
5.4It's election time for the student body. Four groups of students, with differing opinions and views of the world, create proposals, debate campaign strategies, and strive for improvements in school.
Elections
2018
NRTwo child preachers search for a better life through the power of faith. 17-year-old Daniel, was once Brazil’s most renowned child preacher; today, as he nears adulthood, he grapples with the weight of an uncertain future. Meanwhile, 12-year-old João Vitor is at the height of his fame, reaching millions through his followers. Amidst livestreams and smartphones, he preaches to the masses. The film uncovers the childhoods concealed behind these public personas, reflecting a country in transition — a place where politics and religion frequently intertwine. As one cycle closes and another opens, they navigate a Brazil that has been forever changed.
The Voice of God
2026
Áurea and Vander, maids all his life, reflect on the new law regulating the profession.
Como Se Fosse da Família
2013
Behind the camera
7.7Paula, Beatriz, Giu and Fernando live in one of the poorest favelas of São Paulo. A world of marginalization and despair, in which they struggle for their rights as transgenders, but also for survival: according to the statistics from the Transgender Europe NGO, Brazil is the nation with the highest number of murders of transgender people each year. The choice to experience your body in complete freedom is a revolutionary concept and highly risky in this context. It is an affirmation of one's being. it is no coincidence that one of them, who has begun the transition phase writes in his diary: "Each hormone pill is a declaration of ownership of my body. After each pill, I feel much better in my own skin". This movie shows their daily life, their struggles and protests in a world where ignorance becomes oppression and hate: in a word transphobia.
My Body is Political
2017
7.7Paula, Beatriz, Giu and Fernando live in one of the poorest favelas of São Paulo. A world of marginalization and despair, in which they struggle for their rights as transgenders, but also for survival: according to the statistics from the Transgender Europe NGO, Brazil is the nation with the highest number of murders of transgender people each year. The choice to experience your body in complete freedom is a revolutionary concept and highly risky in this context. It is an affirmation of one's being. it is no coincidence that one of them, who has begun the transition phase writes in his diary: "Each hormone pill is a declaration of ownership of my body. After each pill, I feel much better in my own skin". This movie shows their daily life, their struggles and protests in a world where ignorance becomes oppression and hate: in a word transphobia.
My Body is Political
2017
NRDuring the end-of-semester week, the teachers meet to hold the class council.
Council
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Casa vazia
2010
5.4It's election time for the student body. Four groups of students, with differing opinions and views of the world, create proposals, debate campaign strategies, and strive for improvements in school.
Elections
2018
5.4It's election time for the student body. Four groups of students, with differing opinions and views of the world, create proposals, debate campaign strategies, and strive for improvements in school.
Elections
2018
5.4It's election time for the student body. Four groups of students, with differing opinions and views of the world, create proposals, debate campaign strategies, and strive for improvements in school.
Elections
2018
NRTwo child preachers search for a better life through the power of faith. 17-year-old Daniel, was once Brazil’s most renowned child preacher; today, as he nears adulthood, he grapples with the weight of an uncertain future. Meanwhile, 12-year-old João Vitor is at the height of his fame, reaching millions through his followers. Amidst livestreams and smartphones, he preaches to the masses. The film uncovers the childhoods concealed behind these public personas, reflecting a country in transition — a place where politics and religion frequently intertwine. As one cycle closes and another opens, they navigate a Brazil that has been forever changed.
The Voice of God
2026
NRTwo child preachers search for a better life through the power of faith. 17-year-old Daniel, was once Brazil’s most renowned child preacher; today, as he nears adulthood, he grapples with the weight of an uncertain future. Meanwhile, 12-year-old João Vitor is at the height of his fame, reaching millions through his followers. Amidst livestreams and smartphones, he preaches to the masses. The film uncovers the childhoods concealed behind these public personas, reflecting a country in transition — a place where politics and religion frequently intertwine. As one cycle closes and another opens, they navigate a Brazil that has been forever changed.
The Voice of God
2026
Áurea and Vander, maids all his life, reflect on the new law regulating the profession.
Como Se Fosse da Família
2013
NRThe film follows the daily lives of teachers and staff at a public school in Diadema, in Greater São Paulo.
Sagrado
2026
NRThe film follows the daily lives of teachers and staff at a public school in Diadema, in Greater São Paulo.
Sagrado
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Platamama
2018
6.2Filled with raunchy laughs, this documentary compiles outrageous scenes from sex-comedies that shaped Brazil's "pornochanchada" boom of the 1970s.
Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Policial e a Pastora
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Policial e a Pastora
2026
NRThe story of Osvaldo, the first DJ in Brazil.
Invisible Orchestra Let’s Dance
2016
NRThe story of Osvaldo, the first DJ in Brazil.
Invisible Orchestra Let’s Dance
2016
No synopsis available yet.
100% Boliviano, Mano
2013
