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Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1960. He graduated in cinema and journalism from the Universidade Federal Fluminense, in Rio de Janeiro, and edited the arts and entertainment section at the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. He also studied cinema at the New York Film Academy. He made films like “On the Fringes of São Paulo - Homeless” (2003), “The Amazon Midwives” (2004), “From Grief to Struggle” (2005), “Navegar Amazônia” (2006), “Squatting on the Fringes of São Paulo” (2006), “Jardim Ângela” (2007), “Talking Eyes” (2007), “Skin Felt” (2008), “On the Fringes of São Paulo: Scavengers” (2008), “The Babaçu Breakers of Brazil” (2009), “Cuba Libre” (2010), “The Last Word Is the Penultimate” (2012), “Until Next Sunday” (2016) and “Four Sisters” (2017) —all of them exhibited at the Mostra. Mocarzel also directed the short films “O Menino, o Sabiá e o Rato” (2021) and “Heroicas” (2022).