Juliana Rojas
1981 (43 года)She graduated in cinema from the School of Communication and Arts of USP. Still in the university met the director Marco Dutra, with whom she initiated a partnership. The two directed together in 2004 the short film O Lençol Branco, selected in the Cinéfondation of the Festival de Cannes.
Her first feature, Trabalhar Cansa (2011), again in partnership with Dutra, was also shown at Cannes, at the show Un Certain Regard. Worked as an editor, in films such as the documentary Pulsações (2011), by Manoela Ziggiatti.
She won the Critics Award for best Brazilian film at the Gramado Festival in 2014, with Symphony of the Necropolis.
A Passagem do Cometa
Juliana Rojas
Gilda Nomacce, Ivy Souza
1986. In the waiting room of a clandestine abortion clinic, the receptionist, a patient and a accompanying await the passage of Halley's comet, while the doctor faces difficulties with one of the procedures.
A Passagem do Cometa
O Duplo
Juliana Rojas
Sabrina Greve, Gilda Nomacce
Silvia is a young teacher at an elementary school. One day, her class is interrupted when the students notice her double walking on the other side of the street. Silvia tries to ignore the apparition, but this strange event begins to permeate her daily life and transform her pesonality.
Doppelgänger
Desassossego (Filme das Maravilhas)
Helvécio Marins Jr., Raphael Mesquita
Rômulo Braga, João Pedro Zappa
An experimental collective film lasting little more than an hour, compiled from 10 episodes by a total of 14 different young Brazilian filmmakers. The project was an initiative of the directing duo Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande, who sent a ‘letter of concern’ to inspire the participants. In it, a 16-year-old girl wrote about her dreams, which have been translated by the directors into films about love, youth and the possibilities of cinema.
Neverquiet (Film of Wonders)
Sinfonia da Necrópole
Juliana Rojas
Eduardo Gomes, Luciana Paes
In the city of São Paulo, the routine of gravedigger apprentice Deodato changes when a new working girl arrives at the cemetery. Together, they must re-register the abandoned tombs, but strange events make the apprentice wonder about the consequences of messing with the dead.
Necropolis Symphony
Good Manners
Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.
Good Manners
