Alê Abreu ( born March 6 , 1971 ) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter . '' Sírius '' , his first short film , debuted at the 1993 Anima Mundi as the only Brazilian animation that year . It won the Best Film Award at the Festival de Cine para Niños y Jovenes and was also screened at the Mostra Internacional de Cinema São Paulo and at the section Animation for Children of the Hiroshima International Animation Festival . His second short film , '' Espantalho '' ( lit . " Scarecrow " ) , released in 1998 , won the 3rd Best Brazilian Animation at the Anima Mundi , the Best Art Direction Award at the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami , and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil . His first feature film , '' Garoto Cósmico '' , debuted at the 2007 Anima Mundi . In 2013 , at the Ottawa International Animation Festival , he released his second film , '' Boy and the World '' . This film became an international success , was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature , and won several prizes , including the Best Feature Film at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the Best Animated Feature-Independent at the Annie Awards
88th Academy Awards
88th Academy Awards
Alê Abreu