Marília Rocha

Marília Rocha is a filmmaker based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She made the films Aboio [Cattle Callers] (2005), Acacio (2008), and A falta que me faz [Like Water through Stone] (2010). Her works have been selected and awarded in countless Brazilian and International Film Festivals, having also been screened in museums such as MoMA (USA), New Museum (USA) and Musée d’ethnographie Neuchâtel (Switzerland). In 2011, the Dockanema festival (Mozambique) held a retrospective of her work and she was honored at Visions du Réel (Switzerland), which dedicated a special show to her films.

Like Water Through Stone (2009)

In the Espinhaço Mountains one winter, a group of small-town Brazilian girls are experiencing the end of their youth. Impossible romances leave marks on their bodies and the surrounding landscape. Each of the friends finds her own particular way to overcome the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
CAST:  Alessandra Ribeiro  •  Priscila Rodrigues  •  Shirlene Rodrigues  •  Valdênia Ribeiro

In the Espinhaço Mountains one winter, a group of small-town Brazilian girls are experiencing the end of their youth. Impossible romances leave marks on their bodies and the surrounding landscape. Each of the friends finds her own particular way to overcome the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
CAST:  Alessandra Ribeiro  •  Priscila Rodrigues  •  Shirlene Rodrigues  •  Valdênia Ribeiro

Where I Grow Old (2017)

Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil. Teresa is newly arrived; Francisca has been there a while. This sure-footed, loving portrait of two counterparts, attracting and repelling, is also an ode to Belo Horizonte: a city with no tourist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
CAST:  Elizabete Francisca  •  Francisca Manuel  •  Paulo Nazareth  •  Wanderson dos Santos

Two young Portuguese women try to put down roots in Brazil. Teresa is newly arrived; Francisca has been there a while. This sure-footed, loving portrait of two counterparts, attracting and repelling, is also an ode to Belo Horizonte: a city with no tourist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
CAST:  Elizabete Francisca  •  Francisca Manuel  •  Paulo Nazareth  •  Wanderson dos Santos

Acácio (2008)

After thirty years living in Angola, the Portuguese ethnologist Acácio Vieira, along with his wife Conceição, moves to Brazil bringing with him an extensive archive of the life of people of Angola and Portuguese colonizers. Weaving memories, images and personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
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After thirty years living in Angola, the Portuguese ethnologist Acácio Vieira, along with his wife Conceição, moves to Brazil bringing with him an extensive archive of the life of people of Angola and Portuguese colonizers. Weaving memories, images and personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
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Descaminhos (2007)

A road movie by rail through four Brazilian states, 55 cities and 8.000 km of railways. A documentary, eight directors and six episodes taking place in natural landscapes and urban settings that proposes an anthropological voyage through cities and the lives of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha  •  Leandro HBL  •  Armando Mendz  •  Luiz Felipe Fernandes  •  Cristiano Abud  •  João Flores  •  Maria de Fátima Augusto  •  Alexandre Baxter
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A road movie by rail through four Brazilian states, 55 cities and 8.000 km of railways. A documentary, eight directors and six episodes taking place in natural landscapes and urban settings that proposes an anthropological voyage through cities and the lives of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha  •  Leandro HBL  •  Armando Mendz  •  Luiz Felipe Fernandes  •  Cristiano Abud  •  João Flores  •  Maria de Fátima Augusto  •  Alexandre Baxter
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Aboio (2005)

Brazilian outback, cowboys preserve their age-old customs, communicating with their cattle in a form of plaintive singing known as Aboio. The chant resounds an improvised, ancient form that is an entrance to the life and the imaginary of the ancient Brazilian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
CAST:  Elomar Figueira Mello  •  Naná Vasconcelos

Brazilian outback, cowboys preserve their age-old customs, communicating with their cattle in a form of plaintive singing known as Aboio. The chant resounds an improvised, ancient form that is an entrance to the life and the imaginary of the ancient Brazilian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marília Rocha
CAST:  Elomar Figueira Mello  •  Naná Vasconcelos

Everybody has its own way (2014)

Documentary about the director's father and his passion for photography.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Dumans
CAST:  Cláudia Guedes  •  Dimas Guedes  •  Marília Rocha

Documentary about the director's father and his passion for photography.  (more)

DIRECTION:  João Dumans
CAST:  Cláudia Guedes  •  Dimas Guedes  •  Marília Rocha