Sabrina Fidalgo

Sabrina Fidalgo is an award‑winning Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She was named by the U.S. publication BUSTLE as eighth on the list “36 Female Filmmakers Across the Globe Who Are Breaking Ground In Their Own Country.” She studied performing arts at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UNI‑RIO), film at the Munich Academy of TV and Film (Germany), and earned a scholarship for a specialization in screenwriting at Universidad de Córdoba (Spain). Her short and medium‑length films, such as “Black Berlim” (2009) and “Personal Vivator” (2014), have been screened at over 300 festivals worldwide. The fictional mid‑length film “Rainha” (2016) won more than 30 awards and was selected at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, among others. Her short film “Alfazema” (2019) received the Audience Jury Award for Best Film at the 29th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, was awarded Best Direction and Best Soundtrack at the 52nd Brasília Festival of Brazilian Cinema, and was a finalist for the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro in the short film category. In 2020, she was chosen as president of the jury at the 48th Gramado Brazilian Film Festival, becoming the first Black woman to hold that position. In 2022, she served again on the jury at the 50th edition of the same festival. Also in 2022, Fidalgo’s video installation “Voyage, Voyage” was selected by the esteemed art gallery “A Gentil Carioca” to participate in the 17th edition of the group exhibition “Abre‑Alas.” In 2023, her video‑performance “Black Joy” was commissioned by the French museum “La Fab. ‑ Fonds de Dotation àgnés b.” to participate in the group exhibition “Afirmação – l’affirmation d’une génération,” in Paris. “Black Joy” was also commissioned to participate in the video‑art showcase “Brasil Imprevisto” at the largest visual arts festival in the world, “Les Rencontres de la Photographie Arles,” in southern France. Her upcoming projects include two feature‑length premieres: the documentary “Time to Change” — co‑produced with Globo Filmes, GloboNews, and Canal Brasil — and the fiction feature “Karnaval,” both produced by Gullane. Since 2021, Fidalgo has contributed as a columnist to Vogue Brasil.