Eryk Rocha is a filmmaker born in Brazil, in 1978. In 2002, he graduated from the film school of Los Baños, Cuba, where he directed his first feature Rocha Que Voa. The film was selected in Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, and other festivals, winning Best Film in Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. Since then, his career has been built up with seven features, collecting a prestigious presence in many international events such as Cannes, Sundance, New York, Montevideo, Guadalajara, Buenos Aires, Marseille, and Amsterdam.

Cinema Novo (2016), the seventh feature, won the L’Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary at the Cannes IFF. In 2019, Eryk launched his latest feature fiction, Burning Night, supported by CNC with Aide Aux Cinema du Monde award for post-production. Some of his works were purchased by MoMA and added to the museum’s permanent collection.