Anita Rocha da Silveira

Anita Rocha da Silveira

History

Anita Rocha da Silveira (Rio de Janeiro, 1985) is a Brazilian filmmaker. She graduated in Cinema from PUC-Rio. Worked as an editor and writer, as well as directing short films. In 2012, he participated in the Film Factory of the World, a project carried out in partnership between the French Institute and the Cannes Film Festival, to be able to film her first feature film Mate-Me Por Favor. The film was awarded at the Festival do Rio and selected for the Venice Film Festival.

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Anita Rocha da Silveira

Movies

Medusa
Writer
By day, Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, and by night they form a vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her views of community, religion, and her peers begin to shift.
Medusa
Director
By day, Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, and by night they form a vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her views of community, religion, and her peers begin to shift.
Kill Me Please
Writer
Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murderers plague the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth, slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a 15-year-old girl. After an encounter with death, she will do anything to make sure she is alive.
Kill Me Please
Director
Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murderers plague the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth, slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a 15-year-old girl. After an encounter with death, she will do anything to make sure she is alive.
The Living Dead
Editor
Rio de Janeiro, May, 2012. João waits for Bia in front of the women’s restroom. However, she mysteriously disappears. Now, he doesn’t know if she died, was raptured or just fell in love with somebody else.
The Living Dead
Writer
Rio de Janeiro, May, 2012. João waits for Bia in front of the women’s restroom. However, she mysteriously disappears. Now, he doesn’t know if she died, was raptured or just fell in love with somebody else.
The Living Dead
Producer
Rio de Janeiro, May, 2012. João waits for Bia in front of the women’s restroom. However, she mysteriously disappears. Now, he doesn’t know if she died, was raptured or just fell in love with somebody else.
The Living Dead
Director
Rio de Janeiro, May, 2012. João waits for Bia in front of the women’s restroom. However, she mysteriously disappears. Now, he doesn’t know if she died, was raptured or just fell in love with somebody else.
Handball
Executive Producer
Bia is a teenager just like the others: she's into rock, handball and blood.
Handball
Writer
Bia is a teenager just like the others: she's into rock, handball and blood.
Handball
Editor
Bia is a teenager just like the others: she's into rock, handball and blood.
Handball
Director
Bia is a teenager just like the others: she's into rock, handball and blood.
O Vampiro do Meio-Dia
Editor
During the hottest summer of his life, teenager discovers pleasure among buses, balloons, Darth Vader and Newton's laws.
O Vampiro do Meio-Dia
Executive Producer
During the hottest summer of his life, teenager discovers pleasure among buses, balloons, Darth Vader and Newton's laws.
O Vampiro do Meio-Dia
Writer
During the hottest summer of his life, teenager discovers pleasure among buses, balloons, Darth Vader and Newton's laws.
O Vampiro do Meio-Dia
Director
During the hottest summer of his life, teenager discovers pleasure among buses, balloons, Darth Vader and Newton's laws.