Brazilian-born Kika Serra has worked as writer on over a dozen history documentaries, be them about the urban guerrila in 1970s Brazil, the impact of music recording technologies – from the Phonograph cylinder to digital formats – on Brazilian music, or the evolution of a city like Rio de Janeiro from a marshy colonial outpost into a megalopolis.

Based in Spain since 2014, she wrote and co-directed Farselona (2015), a web-interactive documentary about the historical context surrounding the invention of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. The webdoc has stirred interesting reactions on a territory immersed in the debate over both the effects of mass tourism and nationalism.

For the past 10 years, parallel to her non-fiction writing career, Kika has co-produced and hosted an English-language audio show on offbeat Brazilian culture - the Caipirinha Appreciation Society - a top-ranking podcast worldwide.