Biography

Founder and director of the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, As a film curator, Zita started her career at the Museum of Image and Sound of Sao Paulo (from 1988 to 1995), where she developed a program dedicated to promote shorts and new Brazilian films. In 1995, she created with film colleagues the Associação Cultural Kinoforum and took over the executive coordination in this non-profit association, responsible for running the Sao Paulo Short Film festival, the Kinoforum Video Workshops and other activities for the promotion of Brazilian Cinema. Has been running the production company Superfilmes since 1983. Working with a new generation of Brazilian filmmakers, has produced more than 20 films, including independent features, documentaries and short films awarded in Brazil and abroad.