
Directing
Alessandra Gama
Place of birth
Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Screenwriter and director currently releasing her second short film. She made her directorial debut with Exotismos (2024), screened at the 33rd Curta Cinema and the 45th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), and awarded at national and international festivals. She is currently releasing Cidão (2026) and developing her first fiction feature, Tarifárium. She holds a PhD in Cultural Performances from UFG, is pursuing a BA in Film and Audiovisual at UEG, is the director at Zariah Films in Goiânia, Brazil, and a member of APAN, the Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals.
Known for
NRDeath stole her father; cinema gave her voice. Between silences and fabulations, a daughter dances with the shadows of memory, transforming paternal absence into a visual poem against forgetting.
Cidão
2026
10.0Exotismos arises from Yoná's ambition to confront stereotypes associated with beauty and aesthetics, which explore the insecurities of self-esteem. With an artistic approach, she creates cuts and colors that transcend visual changes. In a vibrant and intimate setting, the film portrays dialogues and transformations that reveal not only the expression of hair, but also the individuality of dissident bodies in the cultural effervescence of the capital of Goiás.
Exotismos
2024
7.0In the midst of conservative politics in the city of Goiânia, an anti-prohibitionist collective mobilizes for the legalization of marijuana against government repression.
Blessed be the Joint
2024
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRDeath stole her father; cinema gave her voice. Between silences and fabulations, a daughter dances with the shadows of memory, transforming paternal absence into a visual poem against forgetting.
Cidão
2026
NRDeath stole her father; cinema gave her voice. Between silences and fabulations, a daughter dances with the shadows of memory, transforming paternal absence into a visual poem against forgetting.
Cidão
2026
10.0Exotismos arises from Yoná's ambition to confront stereotypes associated with beauty and aesthetics, which explore the insecurities of self-esteem. With an artistic approach, she creates cuts and colors that transcend visual changes. In a vibrant and intimate setting, the film portrays dialogues and transformations that reveal not only the expression of hair, but also the individuality of dissident bodies in the cultural effervescence of the capital of Goiás.
Exotismos
2024
10.0Exotismos arises from Yoná's ambition to confront stereotypes associated with beauty and aesthetics, which explore the insecurities of self-esteem. With an artistic approach, she creates cuts and colors that transcend visual changes. In a vibrant and intimate setting, the film portrays dialogues and transformations that reveal not only the expression of hair, but also the individuality of dissident bodies in the cultural effervescence of the capital of Goiás.
Exotismos
2024
7.0In the midst of conservative politics in the city of Goiânia, an anti-prohibitionist collective mobilizes for the legalization of marijuana against government repression.
Blessed be the Joint
2024
