Toronto-Winning ‘Charcoal’ Director Carolina Markowicz to Shoot ‘The Funeral’ Starring Maeve Jinkings (EXCLUSIVE)

May 16, 2026 11:03pm PT Toronto-Winning ‘Charcoal’ Director Carolina Markowicz to Shoot ‘The Funeral’ Starring Maeve Jinkings (EXCLUSIVE)

Markowicz is set to take her starry Brazilian cast through São Paulo and Pará to shoot a film exploring thorny upper-class dynamics

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Lauded Brazilian director Carolina Markowicz, who won the TIFF Award for Best Directing in 2023 with “Charcoal,” will start shooting “The Funeral” in Brazil from next week. Production starts in São Paulo, moving to the mythical Fordlândia — the city envisioned by American mogul Henry Ford on the banks of the Tapajós River in the Amazon — for the remainder of the shoot. Biônica Filmes produces in co-production with Portugal’s O Som e a Fúria. Sony Pictures will distribute the film in Brazil. 

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