Juliana Rojas

Juliana Rojas is a Brazilian filmmaker and editor born in Campinas, São Paulo (June 23, 1981).

[1] According to an interview with her, she said yet on the first year of college she became close friends with Marco Dutra and realized both had shared interests such as scary movies, animation, musicals.

She directed her first film with Dutra in 2004, a short movie called Lenço Branco as their final assignment project for school.

[5] Um Ramo was made with government of São Paulo funding, through an "Edital" (public notice) and produced by Sara Silveira from Dezenove Som e Imagens production company.

It brings fantasy elements to portray urban life of nowadays middle class society and this characteristic is a constant in Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra’s work.

[12][failed verification] She has been compared to and listed with internationally known Brazilian filmmakers and films - as Neighboring Sounds by Kleber Mendonça Filho, for example.

Rojas with the Encounters award for best director at the Berlinale 2024