Lorenna Montenegro is a journalist, film critic, curator, screenwriter, and screenwriting instructor at the International Film Academy (AIC). She is a member of the Elviras Collective, ABRA (Brazilian Screenwriters Guild), and Abraccine. Affiliated with FORCINE, Lorenna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, studied Audiovisual Production at PUCRS, and earned a postgraduate specialization in Cinema and Audiovisual Language at Estácio de Sá. She also teaches Documentary Screenwriting at Célia Helena Superior School of Arts in the graduate program in Performing Arts. Lorenna offers courses and workshops on film history and criticism, screenwriting and audiovisual storytelling, building affirmative characters, the heroine’s journey, and feminist filmology — such as Pioneers of Cinema, co-taught with film critic, cultural journalist, and documentarian Flavia Guerra. She is an international voter for the Golden Globes and publishes film reviews and coverage of festivals and showcases on her blog Kinemacríticas.com. Since 2020, she has curated the As Amazonas do Cinema Festival.
Profession
- Screenwriter
Jury Member – Festivals and Film Showcases
- Festival de Cinema de Gramado – 52nd Edition (2024) – Official Jury, Gaúcho Feature Film Section
Curator – Festivals and Film Showcases
- Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro – 57th Edition (2024) – Selection committee for the national short film competition
- Mostra Curta Circuito Transgressoras Brasileiras do Cinema (2024) – Curator
- Mostra Cineastas, Substantivo Feminino (2024) – Curator
- Mostra Mulheres Que Norteiam – FIM Cine 2024 (2023) – Curator
- Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro – 56th Edition (2023) – Selection committee for the national feature film competition
- FIM Cine 2023 – Feature Film Showcases (2023) – Curator
- Mostra Luna Alkalay – Fantasias do Real (2024) – Curator
- Mostra Seis Vezes Mulher (2023) – Curator
Courses, Workshops, and Lectures
- Course: Outsider Cinema of the 1940s/50s (2024) – Instructor
- Workshop: Techniques for Screenwriting, Fiction and Other Forms (2024) – Instructor
- Workshop: Film Criticism and Feminist Cinemas (2024) – Instructor
- Masterclass: Film Curating from a Diverse and Decolonial Perspective (2024) – Instructor
- Workshop: Audiovisual Screenwriting – From Basics to First Draft (2024) – Instructor
- Masterclass: Animated Cinema (2024) – Instructor
- Workshop: Film Criticism and Cinephilia (2024) – Instructor
- Course: Filmmakers, a Feminine Noun (2024) – Instructor
- Course: Women – How Far Have We Come? (2024) – Instructor
- Course: The Modern and Feminist Fables of Greta Gerwig (2024) – Instructor
- Course: Building Affirmative Characters (2023) – Instructor
- Course: The Feminist Fables of Greta Gerwig (2023) – Instructor
- Film Criticism Training (2023) – Instructor (Module II)
Panels and Public Engagements
- Talk: Body Horror – Collapsed Bodies and Minds on Screen (2024) – Participant
- Panel on Tata Amaral’s Web Series (2024) – Participant
- Debate on A Flor do Buriti (2024) – Moderator
- Pre-release Debate: 20,000 Species of Bees (2024) – Moderator
- Special Screening + Debate: Dogtooth (2024) – Moderator
- Conversation on Barbie (2024) – Participant
- Seminar: Women 60+ in Audiovisual (2023) – Participant
- Colloquium: Cinema in the Amazon Made by Women (2023) – Participant
- Special Screening + Debate: Gerontophilia (2023) – Moderator
- Event: Unboxing Barbie (2023) – Participant