Carolina Markowicz is a screenwriter and director based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has written and directed two feature films and six short films selected to around 400 festivals such as Cannes, Locarno, TIFF and SXSW, and awarded over 100 times. The Orphan (2018) premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes FF and was the winner of the Queer Palm. In 2019, she was invited to
be part of SEE Factory, where she co-wrote and co-directed the short film Spit (2019), which screened on the opening day of the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2019. In 2021, she was invited to be a member of AMPAS, the Academy responsible for the Oscars. Her first feature, Charcoal (2022), had its world premiere at Platform Competition at TIFF and its European premiere at San Sebastian, and has received more than 10 awards worldwide. Toll (2023), her second feature,
also premiered in Toronto, where Carolina received the Emerging Talent Award at TIFF Tribute Awards. Toll had its European premiere at San Sebastian and has won more than 20 awards so far.