Juraci Júnior
Director and screenwriter focused on auteur cinema from the Amazon, working across fiction, documentary and animation.
His films explore the strength of the land, building a sensitive gaze on culture and human bonds. He is also an actor and an advertising professional, with international training in Content Creation Direction.
First feature · 2025
Concerto de Quintal
A music documentary and the first feature film by Juraci Júnior, produced by Casa do Rio Filmes.
- Director and writer
- Juraci Júnior
- Production
- Casa do Rio Filmes
- Funding
- Chamamento Público nº 001/2023 FUNCULTURAL — Lei Paulo Gustavo
Selected work
The most recent releases.
2027 · Documentary featureIn post-productionDivino Companheiro
Director
Guided by a Master, a group of children travels the waters of the Guaporé during a river pilgrimage on the border between Brazil and Bolivia, in an encounter of faith, redemption, and longing.
2027 · Fiction shortIn post-productionO Som do Lago
Director
Milena turns her frustrations into intense electronic beats. Torn between an exhausting job at a soft drink factory and her late-night sets, she will rediscover sound in the silences of a lake.
2026 · Documentary shortLocomotiva 18: a condutora de sonhos
Director and writer
The documentary “Locomotiva 18: a condutora de sonhos” presents the restoration of the locomotive that lives on in the cherished memories of the people of Porto Velho. The film follows the work over the last 30 days before the train returned to the Madeira-Mamoré yard. With moving testimonies, it brings together memorable figures from the city's history, who share their memories and the accounts of those who faced challenges to bring the legendary locomotive back to life.
2026 · Fiction short12 awardsKika Não Foi Convidada
Director and writer
A girl finds out she isn't welcome at a birthday party. As they learn the value of true friendship, children teach us about empathy and acceptance.
2025 · Documentary shortCatador de Sons
Director
Bira Lourenço revisits memories on a journey in search of noises, sounds, timbres, interference, soundscapes, and polyphonic textures in Porto Velho.
Awards
- 2026Concerto de Quintal
11º Amazônia (fi)Doc Festival Pan-Amazônico de Cinema (Belém, PA); Honorable Mention
- 2026Kika Não Foi Convidada
37º Festival Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo - Kinoforum (São Paulo, SP); Audience Award
- 2026Kika Não Foi Convidada
4º Cine RO (Porto Velho, RO); Itaú Cultural Play Award
- 2025Concerto de Quintal
Cinemato (Cuiabá, MT); Best Documentary Feature
- 2025Resistência
6º Curta na Serra (Bezerros, PE); Honorable Mention
- 2024Resistência
17º Curta Taquary (Taquaritinga do Norte, PE); Best Sound
Born in Mato Grosso and settled by choice in Rondônia, Juraci Júnior directs and writes documentaries, fiction, animation and music videos. Before that, he was a stage actor and a television host.
For eight years he ran the entertainment content of SIC TV, the Record affiliate in Rondônia, and today he is Creative Director at Casa do Rio Filmes. He is a member of ABRA, the Brazilian screenwriters’ association, and the author of the poetry and photography book Pele de Rio.
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“É um ator que todo diretor sonha trabalhar. É hábil e inteligente, que soube, em tempo recorde, entender e dar o melhor de si para seu personagem. A performance de Juraci em ‘Quimera’ é uma grande homenagem à comédia popular brasileira.”
Translation: He is the kind of actor every director dreams of working with. Skilful and intelligent, he managed, in record time, to understand his character and give it his best. Juraci’s performance in ‘Quimera’ is a great tribute to Brazilian popular comedy.
“Juraci tiene un talento natural fuera de lo común, una presencia frente a la cámara muy importante y una facilidad impresionante para adaptarse a diferente tipo de personaje.”
Translation: Juraci has an extraordinary natural talent, a very strong presence in front of the camera and an impressive ability to adapt to different kinds of characters.
“Con él, llegó la elegancia, la clase y el hambre de cámara: se la come.”
Translation: With him came elegance, class and a hunger for the camera: he devours it.
“Sem perder a trilha crítica do humor, desenvolve sua trajetória pelo mundo com um sorriso inabalável, sem temer ‘perder sua força’ por causa disso. Como não sentir o ambiente iluminado quando um ser humano como esse chega nele?”
Translation: Without losing the critical edge of humour, he makes his way through the world with an unshakeable smile, unafraid of ‘losing his strength’ because of it. How can a room not light up when a human being like that walks in?
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