Iberê Carvalho

Winner of the prize of the best latin-american short in the 30º edition of the International Cinema Festival of Havana, Cuba with the film To Ask for Forgiveness (Para Pedir Perdão), he was also awarded the best prize by Cartoon Network, on the movie for children between 7 and 11 years category, in the Festival Prix Jeunesse Iberoamericano 2011 with the movie Los Dog (Procura-se), Iberê accumulates awards and recognition with his works. Born in Brasília in 1976, studied Anthropology, Journalism, and has a masters' degree in Cinematographic Direction in Madrid, in Spain. His first experience in cinema was as an actor in a workshop given by Nelson Pereira dos Santos in 1995. Since then, he has worked as the producer, editor and assistant director on short and feature films. As a screenwriter and director he has made 6 short films. All of which were awarded prizes and selected in festivals in Brazil and abroad. His first fiction short movie, Citizen suicide (Suicídio Cidadão) won the award for the Best 16 mm film in the 36º Festival of the Brazilian Cinema of Brasília. The Last Drive-in Theater (O Último Cine Drive-in), is his first full length feature film, It was the only Brazilian Project selected by the Ibermedia Group to participate in the Laboratory of International Co-production, which took place in the City of Panama.