Marília Hughes was born in Vitória da Conquista, in the state of Bahia, in 1978. With Cláudio Marques, she directed the short films O Guarani (2008), Nego Fugido (2009), Carreto (2010), Sala de Milagres (2011), Desterro (2012) and the feature films After the Rain (2013, 37th Mostra), The City of the Future (2016, 40th Mostra) and The Cotton Wool War (2018, 43rd Mostra).