Journalist, film critic and presenter, Flavia Guerra studied social communication at the University of São Paulo and holds a masters degree in screen documentary from Goldsmiths – University of London. After working as a film reporter and critic in O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper for more than a decade, she created Plano Geral Podcast/Videocast, specialized in cinema and TV, and is a columnist for Splash UOL. She is also a TV and radio commentator for TV Bandeirantes and Band News TV/radio. Flavia has also been covering the main film festivals of the world for 20 years, such as Cannes, Venice and the Oscars for outlets including Estadão, Canal Brasil, Canal Like, CNN Brasil, UOL, commenting/reviewing films in competition and interviewing the main talents. In recent years, she has been to the Sundance, Berlinale, Locarno, Premios Platino. She is also the cinema curator of Numéro Brazil (Brazilian edition of the French fashion, culture and lifestyle magazine). Since January 2024, she is the vice-director of Abraccine (Brazilian Association of Film Critics). In cinema, Guerra has worked on several projects as a writer, narrator, producer and director. She directed the documentary “Karl Max Way” (awarded in It’s All True Film Festival); co-produced and was the AD of “My Father’s Truck” (by Mauricio Osaki, shortlisted for Short Film Oscar 2015) and of “Poemaria”. Flavia has been part of the selection committee for Brazilian Film Festival of Miami, Kinoforum – International Shorts Film Festival of SP, Gramado Festival, Brasília Festival, Amazônia (FI)Doc – Pan-Amazônico Festival. She has also been a member of the jury for the Canal Brasil Short Film Award, (dedicated to short films in festivals all over Brazil) for several years. She has also been a member of the Fipresci jury at Rio Film Festival, and in Tiradentes Festival and It’s All True Film Festival – for Canal Brasil. Currently, she is the curator of Feed Dog Brasil – International Fashion Documentaries Festival and teaches cinema and TV documentary in Centro Cultural Barco and other film schools. She collaborated on books as “Brazilian Documentaries-100 Essential Films”, “Brazilian Animation-100 Essential Films” and “Women Behind the Cameras – Brazilian Filmmakers from 1930 to 2018”. In 2024, she was one of the curators of “Filmmakers-Feminine Substantive” in Brazilian Cinemateque and currently teaches courses about the history of women directors, both in Brazil and internationally.