A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Maria Clara Escobar wrote and directed the feature film “Desterro”, her first fiction, selected for the Tiger Awards Competition at the 49th Rotterdam International Film Festival. Before, she directed “The Days with Him”, documentary feature film awarded in festivals like Tiradentes (Brazil), DocLisboa (Portugal), or Cachoeira.Doc (Brazil), and presented in in venues like IBAFF - Murcia International Film Festival (Spain), Directors Week (Brazil), or the International Festival of Nuevo Habana Latin American Cine (Cuba). The film was commercially released in 18 cities in Brazil in April 2014 and released on DVD by Instituto Moreira Salles. Maria Clara also wrote and directed two short films, wrote the screenplay and was the assistant director of Julia Murat’s “Found Memories”. This film had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and has won over 30 awards, having participated in over 40 festivals. She recently worked in casting in two Berlinale’17 films: “Joaquim” by Marcelo Gomes (International Competition) and “Pendular” by Julia Murat (Panorama, where it won the Fipresci Award). In 2019 Maria Clara released her first book of poems “Medo, Medo, Medo”.
Art Direction:
2008 Areia
Assistant Director:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
Casting:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2022 Paloma
Casting Producer:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2017 Pendular
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2022 Paloma
Director:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2014 The Days with Him
2017 Pendular
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
Director of Photography:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2014 The Days with Him
2017 Pendular
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
First Assistant Director:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2014 The Days with Him
2017 Pendular
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
2024 Portrait of a Certain Orient
Screenplay:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2014 The Days with Him
2017 Pendular
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2020 Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
2024 Portrait of a Certain Orient
2024 Serra das Almas
Script Consultant:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2014 The Days with Him
2017 Pendular
2020 Dysphoria
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2020 Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
2024 Portrait of a Certain Orient
2024 Serra das Almas
Second Assistant Director:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2014 The Days with Him
2015 Califórnia
2017 Pendular
2020 Dysphoria
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2020 Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
2024 Portrait of a Certain Orient
2024 Serra das Almas
Sound:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2014 The Days with Him
2015 Califórnia
2017 Pendular
2020 Dysphoria
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2020 Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
2024 Portrait of a Certain Orient
2024 Serra das Almas
Writer:
2008 Areia
2009 Pendular
2012 Found Memories
2014 The Days with Him
2015 Califórnia
2017 Pendular
2020 Dysphoria
2020 Onde Habito
2020 Shine Your Eyes
2020 Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky
2021 Abandonment
2022 Paloma
2024 Portrait of a Certain Orient
2024 Serra das Almas
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