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Maria Clara Escobar

Overview

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”.

Known for

Acting

2017 Bitch Actor 59
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2017 Joaquim Actor Cantora 59
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2014 The Days with Him Actor 59
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Directing

2024 Portrait of a Certain Orient Directing First Assistant Director 58
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2021 Abandonment Directing Director 59
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2020 Onde Habito Directing Director N/A
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2015 Califórnia Directing Second Assistant Director 59
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2014 The Days with Him Directing Director 59
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2009 Pendular Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing

2024 Serra das Almas Writing Screenplay 58
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2021 Abandonment Writing Writer 59
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2020 Dysphoria Writing Script Consultant 58
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2020 Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky Writing Screenplay 59
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2012 Found Memories Writing Writer 59
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Production

2022 Paloma Production Casting 58
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2020 Shine Your Eyes Production Casting 59
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2017 Pendular Production Casting Producer 58
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Sound

2014 The Days with Him Sound Sound 59
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Art

2008 Areia Art Art Direction N/A
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Camera

2014 The Days with Him Camera Director of Photography 59
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