Maria Clara Escobar

Maria Clara Escobar is a film director, screenwriter and a poet. Her first fiction feature "Desterro" was released at the Tiger Awards Competition at the 49th Rotterdam International Film Festival. Also in Viennale, Taipei Film Festival among others. Maria Clara wrote and directed "The Days with Him", a documentary feature film awarded in festivals like Mostra de Tiradentes (Brazil), DocLisboa (Portugal), IBAFF (Ibn Arabi International Film Festival) and Habana Film Festival (Cuba). The film was 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: "Domingo" selected for the school session of the San Sebastian Film Festival, and "Passeio de Família". In 2019 Maria Clara published her first book of poems "Medo, Medo, Medo".