Ela Bittencourt

Film Critic, Brazil

Ela Bittencourt is a foreign writer, journalist and film critic based in Brazil. She holds a Masters in Art Management and Creative Writing, both from Columbia University in New York. Her articles are published in several international magazines, including Artforum, Film Comment, Frieze, New York Review of Books, Village Voice, Sight & Sound and Vulture. Bittencourt is a consultant for Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) and a member of the selection committee for It’s All True. She has curated sessions at the True / False Film Festival, São Paulo Int’l Film Festival, CineSesc, Instituto Moreira Salles and Museum of Moving Image, in New York.