Maria Clara Escobar
Historia
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”.
Writer
The couple Laura and Israël have a five-year-old son, Lucas. They live together but seem to have lost interest in one another's thoughts and cares. Their relationship seems headed for the rocks, and the only one who seems to still be looking for something from life is Lucas.
Director
The couple Laura and Israël have a five-year-old son, Lucas. They live together but seem to have lost interest in one another's thoughts and cares. Their relationship seems headed for the rocks, and the only one who seems to still be looking for something from life is Lucas.
Director
Script Consultant
Dario is a psychologist who has recently began taking child patients again, after going through a traumatic experience. His first patient is Sofia, a girl who makes others around her feel disturbing sensations.
Casting
Amadi, un músico de Lagos (Nigeria), llega a São Paulo (Brasil) con una misión: localizar a su hermano, Ikenna, quien recientemente ha roto lazos con su familia, y traerlo de vuelta a Nigeria. Amadi, que siempre fue más relajado y despreocupado, en contraste con la personalidad más calculadora de Ikenna, tiene que estar a la altura de las circunstancias para no defraudar a sus padres. También debe hacerlo por razones egoístas: le preocupa que, si no encuentra a Ikenna, recaiga sobre él las responsabilidades del hermano mayor, la responsabilidad de mantener a su familia. Asimismo en Brasil, Amadi sigue los débiles pasos que dejó Ikenna en este paisaje urbano extranjero: se entera de que su hermano no es el distinguido profesor de Matemáticas que aparentaba ser, sino que ha ideado una serie de intrincados esquemas para amasar riqueza en Brasil.
Screenplay
The daily life of a family in which countless factors are disturbing: the father is unemployed, the members need to move house, the mother is abducted, and life continues as if nothing had happened.
Marcelo has just been dumped by his boyfriend, who doesn't answer his messages. In a desperate try to get his attention, he puts the life of their dog Greta at risk.
Casting Producer
The trajectory of a romantic couple of contemporary artists reveals how the limits, contradictions and obsessions of a romantic relationship are reflected in each of their artistic endeavors.
Sound
The discoveries and frustrations on accessing a memory of a father and of a time in the Brazilian history that are rarely public. The young filmmaker plunges into this unknown past of her almost unknown father. He, a Brazilian intellectual, imprisoned and tortured during the military dictatorship, is silent about this since that time. A father and a fatherland that does not like to answer any questions, that loves but rarely talks.
Director of Photography
The discoveries and frustrations on accessing a memory of a father and of a time in the Brazilian history that are rarely public. The young filmmaker plunges into this unknown past of her almost unknown father. He, a Brazilian intellectual, imprisoned and tortured during the military dictatorship, is silent about this since that time. A father and a fatherland that does not like to answer any questions, that loves but rarely talks.
The discoveries and frustrations on accessing a memory of a father and of a time in the Brazilian history that are rarely public. The young filmmaker plunges into this unknown past of her almost unknown father. He, a Brazilian intellectual, imprisoned and tortured during the military dictatorship, is silent about this since that time. A father and a fatherland that does not like to answer any questions, that loves but rarely talks.
Director
The discoveries and frustrations on accessing a memory of a father and of a time in the Brazilian history that are rarely public. The young filmmaker plunges into this unknown past of her almost unknown father. He, a Brazilian intellectual, imprisoned and tortured during the military dictatorship, is silent about this since that time. A father and a fatherland that does not like to answer any questions, that loves but rarely talks.
Writer
Rita, una fotógrafa, llega a Jotuomba intentando capturar el encanto especial de la aldea en una película. Mientras está ahí, ella aprende a hacer pan con Madalena y es bienvenida hasta que empieza a preguntar sobre un cementerio cerrado.
Assistant Director
Brazilian short film, directed by Julia Murat.
Art Direction
