João Cândido Zacharias

Directing

João Cândido Zacharias

Born

1981-11-14 (44)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

João Cândido Zacharias (Rio de Janeiro, 1981) is a director and screenwriter. His short film Sandra Calling (2017) won the Felix Award at the Rio Film Festival and was selected to festivals in Brazil, Europe and the US. His following short, The Last Romantics (2019), screened in over 35 film festivals around the globe. He has recently directed his first feature, the queer horror A Herança (Birthright). His main focus of interest is genre cinema, ranging all scope from horror to thriller, action, crime and fantasy. As an LGBTQIAPN+ person, he is also very interested in portraying characters from that community and addressing, in cinematic and narrative ways, issues and themes regarding them.

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

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Girl meets boy. Boy wins Eurovision. Boy has a heart transplant. A musical documentary.

Jenna & Salvador

2027

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Girl meets boy. Boy wins Eurovision. Boy has a heart transplant. A musical documentary.

Jenna & Salvador

2027

Sandra Calling poster
4.8

A reflection on loss, pain, sex and breathing.

Sandra Calling

2017

Sandra Calling poster
4.8

A reflection on loss, pain, sex and breathing.

Sandra Calling

2017

Birthright poster
5.9

When he learns of his mother’s death, Thomas returns to Brazil with Beni, his partner, and is told he now owns a country house that used to belong to a grandmother he never met. Curious to connect with his family history, they visit the house and Thomas is welcomed by two aunts that treat him like a long-lost child. As Thomas becomes increasingly enchanted with the place, Beni begins to suspect that something lurks beneath the façade of a quiet country life.

Birthright

2024

Birthright poster
5.9

When he learns of his mother’s death, Thomas returns to Brazil with Beni, his partner, and is told he now owns a country house that used to belong to a grandmother he never met. Curious to connect with his family history, they visit the house and Thomas is welcomed by two aunts that treat him like a long-lost child. As Thomas becomes increasingly enchanted with the place, Beni begins to suspect that something lurks beneath the façade of a quiet country life.

Birthright

2024

The Last Romantics poster
5.2

Two young men share different points of view of the same sexual encounter in a public space.

The Last Romantics

2019

The Last Romantics poster
5.2

Two young men share different points of view of the same sexual encounter in a public space.

The Last Romantics

2019

Danado de Bom poster
5.5

Born in Arcoverde, in the backlands of Pernambuco, the lonely boy who was raised by his father after his mother left, João Silva soon discovered a passion for the northeastern rhythms, such as the baião, xote and forró. He went to Rio de Janeiro when he was still a little boy to meet the idol Luiz Gonzaga. Both men, who were not very fond of each other when they first met, became not only great friends but also partners in many hits like “Doutor do Baião”, “Nem se Despediu de Mim” and “Pagode Russo”.

Danado de Bom

2016

The Best of All Worlds poster
8.5

Lisbon, 2027. Marta and Miguel are both researchers that are part of a scientific group and a couple in their private lives. Their relationship will be put to the test on one decisive night when the parameters that Marta is analyzing point to the very high probability of a major earthquake hitting Lisbon. The group splits, debating whether or not to warn the population of the possible impending tragedy.

The Best of All Worlds

2024