Maria Clara Escobar

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 CachoeiraDoc 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 Murats 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 Berlinale17 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