Juliana Rojas

Juliana Rojas is a Brazilian filmmaker and editor born in Campinas, São Paulo (June 23, 1981). She graduated in Cinema in School of Communication and Arts of University of São Paulo (Escola de Comunicação e Artes da USP).

In 2011, her first feature film Hard Labor had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her film, Good Manners won the Silver Leopard at the 2017 Locarno Film Festival. In 2024, her latest film Cidade; Campo, won the Best Director award at the Encounters section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.

Career

She graduated from USP in 2005, with specialization in Editing, Screenplay and Sound (1999-2005). Juliana Rojas started her career while she was still in school. In the same year, it was part of Cinéfondation in Cannes Film Festival.

This event brought attention to the duo. In 2007, they directed another short film Um Ramo and was nominated to Semaine de la Critique and won Best Short Film. Um Ramo was made with government of São Paulo funding, through an "Edital" (public notice) and produced by Sara Silveira from Dezenove Som e Imagens production company. Juliana Rojas had the opportunity to meet Sara Silveira through a friend in common.

With Dutra, she codirected As Sombras, a short movie in 2009, and then Desassossego – filme das maravilhas in 2010. After being nominated for Best Short Film in Cannes (2007), Sara Silveira proposed that they brought a feature film screenplay project to show at the Festival. It featured a frequent actress in their work, Helena Albergaria, who was a longtime friend they met working with Cia. do Latão However, Rojas did not base her career in only co-directed films with Dutra, she also had some works directed by herself, and also in 16th Mostra de Cinema Tiradentes, 2013. In 2014, she won Critics Category Award in Gramado Film Festival with her feature film called Sinfonia da Necrópole.

Besides her directing career, she also used her skills as an editor in some important films in Brazilian Cinema, such as: documentary Pulsações (2011) directed by Manoela Ziggiati; Os dias com ele (2012) directed by Maria Clara Escobar and O sol nos meus olhos (2012) directed by Flora Dias, both shown in 16th Mostra de Cinema Tiradentes; TV movie Corpo Presente (2012) by Paolo Gregori and Marcelo Toledo; O que se move (2012) by Caetano Gotardo and Quando eu era vivo (2013) by her Cinema partner Marco Dutra. She has been compared to and listed with internationally known Brazilian filmmakers and films - as Neighboring Sounds by Kleber Mendonça Filho, for example.

Filmography

As Director

As Editor

Awards and nominations Nominated - Cinéfondantion, 2004 Cannes Film Festival, with O Lenço Branco Best Short Film at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week, with Um Ramo Nominated - Un Certain Regard, 2011 Cannes Film Festival, with Hard Labor Nominated Best Movie, Best Director and other categories in 2012 FIESP/SESI SP's Prize with Hard Labor Havana Star Prize for Best Screenplay, 2012 Havana Film Festival New York with Hard Labor Nominated - Best Short Film at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week, with O Duplo Won Critics Category Award in Gramado Film Festival (2014) with Sinfonia da necrópole Won Silver Leopard in 2017 Locarno Film Festival with Good Manners Best Director in the Encounters section of the 2024 Berlinale for Cidade; Campo