Márcio-André de Sousa Haz is a Spanish-Brazilian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist based between Barcelona and Budapest. His work is known for bridging poetic language and visual grammar, often addressing themes of memory, violence, displacement, and identity.

With an academic background in philosophy, including a Master's in Poetics, his transition into cinema was marked by directing and screenwriting workshops with names such as Roman Coppola, Asghar Farhadi, and Peter Greenaway. He advanced his training with cinematography studies at the Budapest Film Academy (ELTE) and scriptwriting at Sundance Collab.

 

His pursuit of art’s essential boundaries culminated in a seminal performance in Chernobyl, where he read poetry for six hours in the Zone of Exclusion, becoming the world’s first “radioactive poet.” ​This spirit of intellectual courage permeates his cinema, where his films move fluidly between experimental and narrative forms.

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Cozy for Two at Kuleshov St. won the Best Director award at the Málaga Film Festival (Medina Media 4K Award), while The First Time I Saw Francis Taylor He Was in Slow Motion received twelve international awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

 

As a writer, his work has been translated into over twenty languages. His book Apocryphal Poems of Paul Valéry was nominated for the prestigious Jabuti and Oceanos literary prizes, and his essay Poetics of Houses was awarded a grant from Brazil's National Library Foundation.

 

His academic relevance was further solidified when his literary and visual work became the subject of academic classes in US, Brazil and Argentina, a Ph.D. thesis at UNB, theater plays, and exhibitions.

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He has taken part in development labs such as PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and was awarded the top prize at FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival’s Pitching Forum, one of Europe’s most prominent co-production events.

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His debut feature, Above Budapest, is scheduled for release in 2026.