Belgian / Brazilian Visual Artist, Film Director, Editor, Cinematographer and Writer, Roberta
Marques was born in Maranguape, Brazil in 1968. She holds a BA in audiovisual from the Gerrit
Rietveld Academy (1997) and a MA in Performances Arts from DAS Theater (2005), both in
Amsterdam. As a filmmaker Roberta Marques won awards for best film for her first feature
“RÂNIA” at the Rio International Film Festival, FEMINA International Women's Film Festival and
at the Cine Ceará International Film Festival. “RÂNIA” was officially selected to the IFFR –
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012.