Cecilia Barroso is a Brazilian film critic and cultural journalist. She founded the influential website “Cenas de Cinema” in 2001, establishing herself as a digital pioneer in Brazilian film criticism. Her critical approach emphasizes structural analysis, social commentary, and contextual criticism, with particular attention to auteur cinema and independent productions. She is an active member of Abraccine – Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (Brazilian Association of Film Critics) and Online Film Critics Society (OFCS). Barroso is a Golden Globe Awards voter. Her most transformative contribution is co-founding the Elviras – Coletivo de Mulheres Críticas (Women Film Critics Collective), in 2016, which now includes over 110 women critics and addresses gender imbalance in Brazilian cinema criticism. She has contributed to publications including “Mulheres atrás das câmeras: As cineastas brasileiras de 1930 a 2018” (Women Behind the Camera: Brazilian Female Filmmakers from 1930 to 2018), “Trajetória da Crítica de Cinema no Brasil” (Trajectory of Film Criticism in Brazil) and Abraccine’s “100 Filmes Essenciais” (100 Essential Films) series.