Aly Muritiba

Admired arthouse auteur,
specialist in pivoting
point of view.

ALY MURITIBA

Born in Mairi, a small town in the interior of Bahia, Brazil where there are no movie theaters to this day, Muritiba was already an adult when he first plunged into the darkness of a theater to watch a movie. The son of a truck driver and a housewife, the filmmaker studied History in São Paulo, and later moved to Curitiba, where, without finding a job, he applied for a job in the State Justice System, where he worked as a jailer for seven years. While still working as a jailer, Muritiba learned that he could have his working hours in the public service credited if he was enrolled in some college course. He then went to study Cinema and, between one class and another, decided to merge the two worlds through which he passed: that of jail and that of the art of filmmaking. This is how his Prison Trilogy was born, made up of two short films and a documentary feature, projects that served as a release from prison life and the gateway to his cinematographic career.

With stints at Sundance ("Rust," 2018), Venice ("Tarantula," 2015, "Private Desert" 2021) San Sebastian ("To My Dead Beloved," 2015, "Rust," 2018) and Cannes - Critics Week ("Quadrangle," 2013), the films written and directed by Aly Muritiba have won over 200 awards at film festivals. For TV and streaming channels, Muritiba has directed the series "The Hypnotizer" - S02 (HBO), "Jailers" S02 (Globo), "Freitas Brothers" (Turner) and "Brotherhood" (Netflix) and "The Evandro Case" (Globo Play) and "Cangaço Novo"(Amazon Prime).

In 2013 his short film "The Factory" was on the Oscar shortlist. OscarIn 2021, in addition to directing "The Evandro Case," the true crime series nominated for International Emmy AwardsAly released the feature films "Jesus Kid", (best direction and screenplay in the Festival de Gramadoand “Private Desert" (audience award at the Venice Film Festival and Brazilian representative in the 2022 Oscars race).

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Pre-selected for the Oscar with the film "The Factory" in 2011. The film "Private Desert" was selected to compete for a nomination in 2022.

Nominated for an International Emmy Award in 2022 for the series "The Evandro Case" which was nominated for Best Documentary.

In 2013 the film “Quadrangle" was selected in the short film competition at the Critics' Week in Cannes.

The film "Rust" was selected by the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, where it had its world premiere.

FILMOGRAPHY

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  • Com as Próprias Mãos

    With One's Own Hands

    In a huge abandoned shed, a woman inflicts the most diverse tortures on a man in order to get answers.

  • Reminiscências

    Reminiscences

    Leo finds an old photograph dated the same day he was born. Intrigued, he goes in search of what he believes to be a fragment of his past.

  • A Revolta

    The Revolt

    The only victorious armed agrarian uprising in our country's history. The posseiros' revolt ended a severe dispute that had dragged on for years.

  • A Fábrica

    The Factory

    An inmate convinces his mother to risk her own safety to bring him a cell phone inside the penitentiary.

  • Circular

    Circular

    How many days fit into a single day? In 24 hours, there are those who struggle to save themselves from the tedious routine of each day, there are those who dope themselves to endure the pain of the slow hours of poorly slept dawns.

  • Pátio

    Quadrangle

    In the Quadrangle they play ball, capoeira, and talk about freedom.

  • A Origem da Inspiração

    The Source of Inspiration

    The series The Source of Inspiration celebrates the 60th anniversary of Petrobras' founding with four stories of Brazilians who found inspiration to change their lives and who continue to inspire people around them.

  • A Gente

    Custodians

    For seven years, Aly Muritiba worked in a prison. There he was part of the Alpha Team. After studying cinema and directing a few short films, Muritiba returns to his old job to reunite with his colleagues and make a film. The Alpha Team is made up of 28 people, men and women of different origins and backgrounds who are the guard and custodian of about one thousand criminals in a Brazilian penitentiary. Walkiu becomes the head of the team and hopes to do a good job. But he realizes that his hands are handcuffed.

  • Brasil

    Brazil

    It is an exciting night in the lives of Nelson and Lucas: both are preparing to march on the seat of government. Nelson is a policeman with the military police's shock battalion. Lucas, his brother, prepares posters and Molotov cocktails to inflame the crowds.

  • Tarântula

    Tarantula

    In a remote manor house, lives a religious and seemingly incomplete family: a mother and her two daughters. Until the arrival of a new member, who brings with him an imminent threat.

  • Para Minha Amada Morta

    To My Dead Beloved

    After the loss of his wife Ana, Fernando has become a quiet and introspective man who takes care of his son Daniel. Every night, while the boy sleeps, he remembers his wife organizing his personal belongings. One day, Fernando discovers a tape that will change his life.

  • Parque Pesadelo

    Nightmare Park

    The white flowers on the boy's back began to darken. In the war to save the legends. Jurupari is about to disappear.

  • O Hipnotizador

    The Hypnotist

    Arenas is a hypnotist who is dedicated to putting people to sleep and unearthing their deepest secrets. Mysterious, lonely, and distant, he suffers from eternal insomnia, behind which hides a great secret.

  • Ferrugem

    Rust

    Tati and Renet were already sharing photos, videos and music through their cell phones and on the last school trip they began to exchange glances. However, what could have been the beginning of a love story becomes an end.

  • Nóis Por Nóis

    Us by Us

    The ball is rolling and while the rap is echoing from the speakers, four friends wander around the dance floor with very different goals. What they don't know is that their destinies will be sealed forever after this night.

  • Carcereiros

    Jailers

    Inspired by Dráuzio Varella's work, the Cannes award-winning series shows the vision of Adriano, a prison agent who lives among walls, bars, weapons, and threats.

  • Irmandade

    Brotherhood

    An honest lawyer faces a moral dilemma after police officers force her to rat out her brother, who is in prison and leads a rising criminal faction.

  • Irmãos Freitas

    Freitas Brothers

    Six-time champion and Brazilian sports legend Acelino "Popó" Freitas left behind his hometown of Salvador and the differences with his brother Luis Cláudio, the first boxer in the family, to build a successful career.

  • O Caso Evandro

    The Evandro Case

    The series tells the story of the disappearance of a boy in Paraná and the investigation of the case.

  • Jesus Kid

    Jesus Kid

    Eugene is a struggling western writer. His most famous character, the Jesus Kid, is doing badly in sales. Then what could be his salvation appears: he is hired to write the script for a film.

  • Deserto Particular

    Private Desert

    Daniel is an exemplary police officer, but ends up making a mistake that puts his career and honor at risk. No longer seeing any sense in continuing to live in Curitiba, he goes in search of Sara, the woman with whom he has a virtual relationship.

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