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Marilia Rocha

b. 1978

Brazilian film director

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Born 1978. Marilia Rocha is a Brazilian film director, painter and documentary filmmaker.

Marília Rocha (born 1978) is a Brazilian filmmaker whose work has focused on the potentialities of documentary film. Her works have been included in the festivals and special screenings of MoMA – Museum of Modern Art (USA), It's All True (Brazil), Rotterdam IFF (Netherlands), Bafici (Argentina), Guadalajara IFF (Mexico), and Doclisboa (Portugal), among others. Since 2003, she has been a member of Teia, along with Clarissa Campolina, Helvécio Marins Jr., Leonardo Barcelos, Pablo Lobato and Sérgio Borges. The group founded a center for audiovisual production and research where they work collaboratively, combining the individual production with projects that involve the whole team and invited professionals.

Filmography Where I Grow Old (2016) A Falta que me Faz / Like Water Through Stone (2009)

Awards Cattle Callers Best film 10th It's All True – International Documentary Festival (Brazil); Best sound track and best sound 9th CinePE (Brazil); Best film 10th Rio de Janeiro International Ethnographic Film Festival (Brazil).

Screenings Like Water Through Stone 39th Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) 42nd Brasília Festival of Brazilian Film (Brazil) 13th Tiradentes Film Festival (Brazil) Acacio 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) 11th BAFICI - Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (Argentina) DocLisboa 2009 (Portugal) 24th Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico) 10th International Film Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) 32nd São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil) SANFIC5 -Santiago International Festival (Chile) 13th Lima International Festival (Peru) 31st Havana Film Festival (Cuba) 12th Tiradentes Film Festival (Brazil) forumdoc.bh.2008 - International Documentary Festival (Brazil) I Semana dos Realizadores (Brazil) Cattle Callers MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art (USA) 21st Guadalajara International Film Festival (Mexico) 41st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic) 9th Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (Canada) 7th Tempo Documentary Festival (Sweden) 10th It's All True – International Documentary Festival (Brazil) Rio International Festival (Brazil) 9th CinePE (Brazil) FICA – International Festival of Environmental Film and Video (Brazil) 10th Rio de Janeiro International Ethnographic Film Festival (Brazil) 10th FAM - Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosul (Brazil) Indie2005 - World Film Festival (Brazil) 9th Tiradentes Film Festival (Brazil) Les Écrans Documentaires (France) Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin (France)

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Who is Marilia Rocha?

Brazilian film director

When was Marilia Rocha born?

Marilia Rocha was born in 1978.

What is Marilia Rocha's occupation?

Marilia Rocha is a film director, painter and documentary filmmaker.

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Marilia Rocha is Brazilian.

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· Wikipedia: Marilia Rocha

· Wikidata: Q6763467

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