Carolina Markowicz

Carolina Markowicz is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter,[1] whose debut feature film Charcoal (Carvão) premiered in 2022.[2]

Based in São Paulo, she directed a number of short films in her early career, most notably winning the Queer Palm at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for The Orphan (O Órfão).[3] She was subsequently a co-creator of the television series Nobody's Looking (Ninguém Tá Olhando).[4]

Charcoal premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

Her second film, Toll (Pedágio), was screened in the Centrepiece program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[6][7] where Markowicz was named as the recipient of the Emerging Talent Award.[8]

Filmography
  • 69 Luz Square (69 Praça de Luz) — 2007
  • Tatuapé Mahal Tower (Edifício Tatuapé Mahal) — 2014
  • Postponed (Postegrados) — 2016
  • Long Distance Relationship — 2017
  • Spit — 2019
  • The Orphan (O Órfão) — 2018
  • Nobody's Looking (Ninguém Tá Olhando) — 2019
  • Charcoal (Carvão) — 2022
  • Toll (Pedágio) — 2023

References
  1. John Hopewell, Callum McLennan, Anna Marie de la Fuente and Holly Jones, "Brazil: 10 Next Gen Talents to Track". Variety, February 18, 2023.
  2. Holly Jones, "Urban Sales Swoops on Carolina Markowicz’s Toronto-San Sebastian Title ‘Charcoal’". Variety, August 11, 2022.
  3. Rhonda Richford, "Cannes: Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl’ Awarded Queer Palm Prize". The Hollywood Reporter, May 18, 2018.
  4. Emiliano Granada, "Daniel Rezende on Netflix Brazilian Series ‘Nobody’s Looking’". Variety, December 6, 2019.
  5. Jeremy Kay, "Frances O’Connor’s ‘Emily’ to open TIFF Platform alongside films from Maïmouna Doucouré, Rima Das". Screen Daily, August 3, 2022.
  6. Lazic, Elena (2023-08-14). "Toronto unveils the rich line-up of its Centrepiece programme". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  7. John Hazelton, "TIFF sets Centrepiece line-up of international cinema". Screen Daily, August 10, 2023.
  8. Jeremy Kay, "TIFF adds Carolina Markowicz, Lukasz Zal, Andy Lau to tribute line-up". Screen Daily, August 22, 2023.


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