Júlio Alves (Lisbon, 1971) is a director whose work consists of 18 films divided between the fiction, documentary and experimental genres. His most prominent recent work includes Diálogo de Sombras [Dialogue of Shadows] (2021), Arte de Morrer Longe [The Art of Dying Faraway] (2020), Chantal + Pedro (2020) and Sacavém (2019). All of his films have had national and international premieres. He has also directed advertising films in different European markets. He has a PhD in Communication Sciences and an MA in Film Studies, and lectures at Universidade Lusófona on the BA courses on Film and Media Arts, Communication Sciences and Photography and the MA programme on Film Studies. He is also a member of the Centre of Research in Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (CICANT).