Born in 1989, Juliana Antunes graduated in Filmmaking at UNA university, in Belo Horizonte. She is a founding partner at VENTURA with Marcella Jacques and Laura Godoy. Juliana debuted as film director with her feature film Baronesa, which won Best Picture at the Tiradentes Film Festival in 2017 and was awarded 3 prizes at FIDMarseille, including the Audience Award. She subsequently directed two short films and is currently developing her second feature film, Hit and Back Copacabana.