Sandro Silva

Sandro Silva is a Brazilian & Canadian citizen. Co-founder of Dona Ana Films & Multimedia, he produced international award-winning documentaries and acted as a local producer for the Brazilian components of international productions. Before working in the arts, Sandro worked as a copyright lawyer in São Paulo.  After moving to Canada, Sandro has written, directed, and produced various documentary shorts for CBC’s Creator Network since the fall of 2021. He was part of the 2021 Hot Docs DOC Accelerator program, the 2023 Hot Docs Podcast Creators Lab, and a selected protégé for the 2021 Own Voices Alberta mentorship designed by the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society. Sandro was also selected as part of the Telus Storyhive 2021 Black Creators Edition, where he wrote, directed, and produced his latest documentary short “Retraining the Brain” (2023). Sandro is working on his first memoir book and has several podcasts and feature documentary projects in production for 2025.