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Alessandra Meleiro
Alessandra Meleiro is Associate Professor of Image and Sound at Universidade Federal de São Carlos, in Brazil (Department of Arts and Communication). She completed postdoctoral studies at SOAS (London). She is the author of The New Iranian Cinema: Art and Social Intervention (Escrituras, 2006) and editor of two book series with Escrituras (on World Cinema and the Brazilian Film Industry). She is Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Film and Audiovisual Analysis and Cebrap (Brazilian Centre for Planning and Analysis). She is President of FORCINE (Brazilian Forum for Film and Audiovisual Education). She leads the Cultural Initiative Institute, established in 2007, with the aim of fostering the development of creative industries in Brazil.
