Caru Alves de Souza

Caru Alves de Souza (born 1979 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian director , screenwriter and co-founder of Tangerina Entretenimento together with the filmmaker Tata Amaral. She has a degree in history from the University of São Paulo.

Her debut film De menor premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival before winning Best Picture at the Rio International Film Festival . She directed two medium-length documentaries for Brazilian TV Cultura and ten episodes of the documentary series Causando na rua for CINEBRASiLTV. Her film Meu nome é Bagdá premiered at the Berlinale in February 2020 and was nominated for the Teddy Award .

Movies

• 2011: Assunto de Família (en: Family Affair)
• 2012: The World of Ulim and Oilut
• 2013: De Menor (en: Underage), San Sebastian International Film Festival 2012
• 2018: Causando na rua, documentary TV series
• 2020: Meu nome é Bagdá (en: My Name is Baghdad), Berlinale 2020

Awards

• Best film at the Rio International Film Festival for De menor
• 2020 The international jury of Generation 14plus awarded the great prize for the best film at the Berlinale , donated by the Federal Agency for Civic Education for Meu nome é Bagdá.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meu nome é Bagdá | My name is Baghdad. In: berlinale.de. Berlinale, accessed on February 22, 2020 (English). 
2. ↑ Transparent bears and awards from the Federal Agency for Civic Education for Generation 14plus. In: berlinale.de. February 28, 2020, accessed February 28, 2020 . 

Web links

• Caru Alves de Souza in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Homepage Tangerina Entretenimento (English)