Adriana Yañez
Adriana was born in São Paulo. She graduated in Social Communication from PUC-SP and studied Documentary through courses at PUC-SP, USP, and the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (Cuba). Her latest documentary, “The First Women” premiered at the Tiradentes Film Festival 2024, where it won the Best Film award from the audience jury. The film has been selected for various festivals worldwide, including in Ireland, South Korea, Canada, Italy and the Czech Republic.
Her three short films have also been selected for several festivals, such as the It’s All True, the Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, and the Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). In 2020, she released "A Crime Amongst Us" (60 min), a documentary about sexual violence against children and adolescents, which gained significant media attention and was acquired by Globoplay.
For television, she has directed series and special projects for channels such as ESPN, SporTv, and Rede Globo. Recently, she directed episodes for the series "Sociedade do Cansaço," available on Globoplay, and "The World According to Football" – available on Showtime and Paramount+ (USA) – which won a Sports Emmy Award in 2024.
In 2025, she will also release “Paid in Blood” (96 min), a film about the largest massacre of the century in the Amazon, a project by Repórter Brasil for which she wrote the script.
