Bárbara Velloso
Director and Screenwriter
Bárbara Velloso is a screenwriter and editor. She studied cinema at UNESA and began editing musical films such as the opera Alabê de Jerusalém and institutional films, but it was in Angola that she established herself as a scriptwriter from 2011, developing TV programs for TPA and TVZIMBO and historical documentaries such as "Langidila, diário de um exílio sem regresso" and "Vitória é Certa", about the country's independence.
Since 2019, she has been part of the scriptwriting team for the Globoplay series Arcanjo Renegado (Season 2), Divisão (Seasons 3 and 4), and was one of the scriptwriters for the Disney+ series Tarã and an Amazon series. In 2024, she scripted seasons 1 and 2 of the documentary series "Afro Fluxo" for Canal Bis and the docv "Viver Lunar" (to be released), Canal Off.
She has curated festivals and public notices (Sesc Pulsar, Sesc Argumenta, Fade To Black, Cine Tamoios). He won the Popular and Technical Jury awards at the Rota Festival for his feature film Afrika, which was also selected for the Globo/Flup Black Narratives LAB in 2018. She was one of the screenwriters selected for the Netflix programs "Segundo Ato" in 2023 and "Estalo Criativo - Creative Spark Romance Ideation Workshop" in 2025.