Marco Dutra

Bury Your Dead (2025)

Edgar Wilson, a roadkill collector in rural Brazil, dreams of escaping his small-town existence with Nete, the love of his life. When Nete decides to join her family in an apocalyptic cult, Edgar finds himself at a crossroads. With the world on the brink o ...

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans (2025)

Close to turning forty and away from his job as a librarian due to depression, Marcos needs to take care of Baby, his sister's pet dog. Isolated in an apartment in the city center, Marcos relies on the support of analyst Dr. Juliana R., who sees him in the ...

Nobody Leaves Alive (2024)

"Nobody Leaves Alive" by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up, this seems to be a trend this year among the maestros of cinema. The film is inspired by true events that took place in the last ...

Tinnitus (2023)

Marina Lenk is an experienced synchronized diver. However, an attack of Tinnitus — an unbearable ringing sound in the ears — drags her from the top of her game to the edge of madness. ...

Raquel 1:1 (2023)

Raquel is a religious teenager who moves with her father to a small town in search of a new life. During her first days there, she has a mysterious experience which leads her to believe she's been given an important and controversial mission by God. ...

All the Dead Ones (2020)

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times th ...

Quietness (2018)

The passing of the years is merciless for everyone. In the film, seven seemingly ordinary characters lead their lives seeking, each one, what they believe brings personal satisfaction. But, even with different and distant lives, they come closer by the way ...

Good Manners (2017)

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. ...

The Wound (2017)

Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate ...

My Only Earth Is in the Moon (2017)

Sergio answers 36 questions to make Gabriel fall in love. Did you know Glauber was a Pisces? ...

The Silence of the Sky (2016)

After being a victim of rape within their own home, Diana chooses to keep the trauma secret. Mario, her husband, also has something to hide. The silence takes the couple's account over the day turns gradually into a peculiar form of violence. ...

Sunday (2015)

A short documentary by Marco Dutra. ...

Necropolis Symphony (2014)

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 m ...

The Life of Matches Is Not a Piece of Cake, Kitty (2014)

Marcos hosts Robert in his house – and falls in love with him. When Michael Jackson dies, Marcos goes sick and Lígia, his sister, comes to help them. ...

Estátua! (2014)

Isabel is a babysitter pregnant of her own child and can't wait to be a mother. Until she meets Joana. ...

Futuro Beach (2014)

Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him. ...

When I Was Alive (2014)

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession ...

We Were Born Today, When the Sky Was Heavy with Iron and Poison (2013)

After heartbreaks and professional disappointments on planet Earth, Julio and Clara decide to flee together into space. ...

Sleeping Hammock (2013)

Rede de Dormir starring Gilda Nomacce, Vitor Dutra, and Cida Augusto. A tale about the hammock and its forgotten use as a shroud. ...

The Comforting Hand (2012)

At her only child's 9th birthday, Lucas, Estela, a telemarketing operator, plans a party that has minimal chances of success. ...

My Country (2011)

A film about the reunion of a family broken by the pain and because of the pain can be reunited. An intense story, told in a soft and sensitive way, showing the search and dedication of a man rediscovering family and the love that unites the brothers, fina ...

Hard Labor (2011)

After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity. ...

To Sleep Quietly (2011)

Luis is an 8 year old boy. Dora, his nanny, passed away a few weeks ago. When Dora reappears hidden in Luis's closet, the boy must make great efforts to quench the nanny's hunger. ...

Uma Primavera (2011)

At Lara's 13th birthday, her mother takes her to a picnic in the park. Everything goes well until the girl disappears, leaving the mother in complete despair. ...

Neverquiet (Film of Wonders) (2011)

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 ...

A Sutil Circunstância (2011)

A subtle morning, in the subtle life of Judite and the subtle Eduardo, marked by macabre and not at all subtle circumstances. ...

Alice Especial, Part 1: The First Day of the Rest of My Life (2010)

Two years after her arrival in São Paulo, Alice continues her relationship with Nicholas and has begun to look for a place where they can live together. She has also launched a business that produces children's shows, and a stable life seems to be taking ...

Castaways (2010)

Odete tries to guess where her husband would be hidden. But there is no possible hiding place. ...

The Shadows (2009)

In a country house, the patient and her husband get involved with the young psychiatrist. The noises of the forest surround them. ...

Eye of the Storm (2009)

The story of a burglary and its tragic aftereffects. ...

Areia (2008)

A Stem (2007)

Clarisse notices a small green leaf growing out of her right arm. ...

Sentimental Memories of a Footstep Sound Editor (2006)

His job was to place every little step sound in sync with the video. Looked like it wouldn't take him very far. ...

Concert Number Three (2004)

A son and father must tell the mother the sad news. ...

The White Sheet (2004)

A young mother has to face the death of her newborn son. ...

Nightwalker (2003)

A young woman has to face the silence and horror of the empty house after the suicide of her brother. ...

Nossos Parabéns ao Freitas (2003)

The story of Freitas, a repressed and conservative family man, who has a tragic surprise on his birthday. ...

The Open Diary of R. (2003)

Rafael sleeps. Rafael waits. Rafael hugs. Rafael lies down. Rafael cries. ...

Espera (2003)

A brief occurrence at the hospital waiting room. ...

Dancing Queen (1999)

This is Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra's second school project. The short film features members of the school's class in the cast. They are credited as Ju Chiquitita Rojas and Marco Mamma Mia Aurélio. The short features an appearance (in drawings) by Casal ...

Three Shots, Nine Shots (1999)

Buying a book in 3 shots, buying a book in 9 shots. Or: a man finds the right book. ...

Like that's Cinema? (2018)

A documentary centred on discovering what prevents non-American filmmakers from creating ambitious horror or science-fiction movies in their home countries... ...

The Silence of the Sky (2016)

After being a victim of rape within their own home, Diana chooses to keep the trauma secret. Mario, her husband, also has something to hide. The silence takes the couple's account over the day turns gradually into a peculiar form of violence. ...

Doppelgänger (2012)

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 lif ...

Eva Nil, Cem Anos Sem Filmes (2009)

Essay on Eva Nil, the first star of Brazilian cinema. ...

A Criada da Condessa (2006)

Tales of the Countess' maid, who helps her with a dark secret ...

Dancing Queen (1999)

This is Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra's second school project. The short film features members of the school's class in the cast. They are credited as Ju Chiquitita Rojas and Marco Mamma Mia Aurélio. The short features an appearance (in drawings) by Casal ...

Three Shots, Nine Shots (1999)

Buying a book in 3 shots, buying a book in 9 shots. Or: a man finds the right book. ...