Alê Abreu (born March 6, 1971) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. ''Sírius'', his first short film, debuted at the 1993 Anima Mundi as the only Brazilian animation that year. It won the Best Film Award at the Festival de Cine para Niños y Jovenes and was also screened at the Mostra Internacional de Cinema São Paulo and at the section Animation for Children of the

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. His second short film, ''Espantalho'' (lit. "Scarecrow"), released in 1998, won the 3rd Best Brazilian Animation at the Anima Mundi, the Best Art Direction Award at the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami, and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the

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. His first feature film, '' Garoto Cósmico'', debuted at the 2007 Anima Mundi. In 2013, at the

Ottawa International Animation Festival The Ottawa International Animation Festival is an annual animated film and media festival that takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OIAF was founded in 1975, with the first festival held from August 10 to 15 in 1976. Initially organized by ...

, he released his second film, '' Boy and the World''. This film became an international success, was nominated at the

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for Best Animated Feature, and won several prizes, including the Best Feature Film at the

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and the Best Animated Feature-Independent at the

Annie Awards The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in Film, cinema and television. Originally ...

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* * 1971 births Brazilian animators Brazilian film directors Brazilian animated film directors Brazilian male screenwriters Living people Writers from São Paulo {{Brazil-film-director-stub