2015 Retrospective of feature films at the International Film Festival Panama
2014 Retrospective of work at the Wexner Center for The Arts – Columbus, USA
2014 Retrospective of work at the Travelling Film Festival – Rennes, France
2014 Praia do Futuro has its world premiere at the 64° Berlin International Film Festival Competition
2014 Cathedrals of Culture has its world premiere at the 64° Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale Special
2013 Invited to create short film in celebration of the 70th Venice International Film Festival
2012 Retrospective of work at the 14th Festival FILMAR en America Latina – Genève, Switzerland
2011 Retrospective of feature films together with fellow director Marcelo Gomes at Casa de America – Madrid, Spain
2011 The Silver Cliff was selected for the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the Cannes Film Festival and won Best Director at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
2011 Invited to direct a commissioned film for Sharjah Biennial 10
2011 Retrospective of work with Marcelo Gomes at Casa de América – Madrid, Spain
2011 Invited to develop videoinstallation with Olafur Eliasson and to direct a documentary commissioned by Videobrasil Festival
2009 Film I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You won theFIPRESCI Award at the Havana Film Festival and Best Director at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
2006 Film O Céu de Suely was selected for the Venice Film Festival, won the Grand Coral – First Prize at the Havana Film Festival and Best Film at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, among other 50 prizes
2004 Artist-in-residence at the Berliner Kunstler Program/DAAD, Berlin, Germany
2003 Writer-in-residence at the Cannes Film Festival Cinefondation, Paris, France
2003 Project Sertão de Acrilico Azul Piscina awarded production funds from Instituto Itaú Cultural
2001 Film Madame Satã screened at the Cannes Film Festival and also at Sundance, Toronto, Havana, Chicago. The film was more than 40 prizes worldwide and it was distributed in over 20 countries
1998 Project Madame Satã awarded with production financing from the Hubert Bals Fund – Holland
1998 Best short film, Paixão Nacional, Ann Harbor Film Festival – Michigan, USA
1997 Project Madame Satã awarded with financing from Fonds Sud, France
1996 New York Foudation for the Arts, artist fellowship – NYC, USA
1996 Jerome Foundation, grant for the project Hic Habitat Felicitas, Saint Paul, USA
1996 Artist in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts – Alberta, Canada
1996 Art Matters Foundation, grant for the project Paixão Nacional I – NYC, USA
1993 New York State Council on the Arts, grants for the documentary Seams – NYC, USA
1992 Artist in residence, Film/Video Arts Artist/Mentor Program – NYC, USA