Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1956. His first documentaries, “Krajcberg, the Poet of the Traces” (1986) and “Socorro Nobre” (1995), won awards at several festivals. He was a member of the 19th Mostra’s international jury, in 1995. In partnership with Daniela Thomas, he directed “Foreign Land” (1995, 29th Mostra), “Midnight” (1998, 23rd Mostra), a segment of “Paris, I Love You” (2006, 30th Mostra) and “Linha de Passe” (2008, 37th Mostra), winner of the best actress award for Sandra Corveloni at the Cannes Film Festival. Salles is also the director of “Central Station” (1998), winner of the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear for best actress for Fernanda Montenegro at the Berlin International Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar, “Behind the Sun” (2001), “The Motorcycle Diaries” (2004), “On the Road” (2012) and “Jia Zhangke, a Guy from Fenyang” (2014, 38th Mostra). At the 41st Mostra, Salles presented the short movie “When the Earth Trembles”, part of the feature film “Where Has the Time Gone?” (2017). In 2020, he received the Fiaf Award from the International Federation of Film Archives for his work in favor of Brazilian cinematographic memory.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1959. Playwright, set designer, screenwriter and art director, she started her career in the early 1980s at La MaMa Experimental Theater, in New York. She co-directed Foreign Land (1995, 29th Mostra) with Walter Salles. The duo also directed Midnight (1999, 23rd Mostra) and Linha de Passe (2008, 37th Mostra). In 2009, she co-directed with Felipe Hirsch the feature Sunstroke, screened at the 33rd Mostra. Vazante (2017, 41st Mostra) was her solo debut in directing a feature. Daniela was also one of the directors of the collective film Half the Sky (2018, 42nd Mostra).