Eryk Rocha,, a filmmaker born in Brazil in 1978, graduated in 2002 from the film school of Los Baños, Cuba, where he directed his first feature: ROCHA QUE VOA. The film was selected in Venice, Rotterdam, and other renowned festivals, winning the award for Best Film in Brazil, Argentina, and Cuba. The next works also collected a prestigious presence in national and international festivals such as Cannes, Sundance, New York, Montevideo, Guadalajara, Buenos Aires, Marseille, and Amsterdam. CINEMA NOVO (2016), his seventh feature, received the L’Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary at the Festival de Cannes.