Petra Costa
Directing
Biography
Petra Costa is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress. She first directed the short film Undertow Eyes (2009) which screened at the MoMA and was winner of best short film at Rio Film Festival, Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, London International Documentary Festival among others. She then directed the feature Elena (2012) which premiered at IDFA, followed by SXSW and HotDocs. Elena won many prizes such as best film at Havana Film Festival (2013), was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2014 Cinema Eye Honors and was the most watched documentary in Brazil in 2013. In 2013 Petra…
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Apocalypse in the Tropics
2025 · Movie
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Movie
The Edge of Democracy
2019 · Movie
Reading the World
2025 · Movie
Nobody's Watching
2017 · Movie
Elena
2013 · Movie
Ecstasy
2020 · Movie
Secrets of the Tribe
2010 · Movie
Olmo and the Seagull
2015 · Movie
Life in Gray
2017 · Movie
The Edge of Theocracy
2020 · Movie
Beba
2022 · Movie