Wlisses Alves is a filmmaker born in the city of Itabira, in Minas Gerais. In Belo Horizonte, he graduated in Cinema and Audiovisual from Centro Universitário UNA. He has already made some short films, including "Bank Robbery" and "Rural", a science fiction that reflects on soil contamination by the use of pesticides. Recently, he made the short film "The Naked Land" as a project of the Cinematographic Direction (TCC) discipline.