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Mariana Machado is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, photographer, and producer. Since 2017, she has worked across fiction, documentary, and video art. She holds a Master’s degree in Film Directing from LUCA School of Arts in Belgium and a Bachelor’s degree in Film Studies from UFMG in Brazil. Her films have been screened and awarded internationally, including "Ângelo" (2020) and "I’ll Take Just What’s Needed". In 2024, her fiction short "Everything You Want" was selected for Bozar’s Next Generation, Please! programme in Belgium and went on to screen at more than 20 film festivals across the world. In June 2026, her first feature film, “MAXITA”, premiered in the International Competition of the Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival, one of Brazil’s leading film festivals. This film is currently in distribution.