My Mother is a Cow

My Mother is a Cow

My Mother is a Cow

Brazil / Fiction / 15’ / Color / 2024

Left in her aunt’s care on a family ranch at the edge of the burning Brazilian wetland, 12-year-old Mia is desperate for the touch of her mother’s love but in this volatile natural world, with the impending threat of a deadly Jaguar consuming the family, love comes in unexpected form.

Director: Moara Passoni

Script: Moara Passoni, Fernanda Frotté

Director of Photography: Carolina Costa, AMC

Producer: Sofia Geld, Daniel Liu

Editing: Germano de Oliveira

Sound: Ruben Valdes

Cast: Luísa Bastos, Amorosa, Helena Albergaria, Ana Carolina Guztazazky, Claudio Rodrigues da Silva, Andrey Rener Scala Aquino


Biography

Moara Passoni is a Brazilian writer & director. She wrote and directed the feature-length essay film Extase (CPH:DOX, MoMA’S Doc Fortnight, Visions du Réel) which received critical acclaim and won a gamut of international awards. Moara was co-writer of the Academy Award-nominated The Edge of Democracy. She was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Filmmaking” by Filmmaker Magazine, is an alumna of TorinoScriptLab, La Fémis-Cannes Producing Atelier, GOTHAM Week and NYSCA. She is developing her narrative feature debut Cost of Living (Torino Script Lab, Berlinale Talents Market), and her TV series Strikers. She is recipient of the Jelinek Award for her MFA in directing from Columbia University. She has a B.A. in Social Sciences from University of São Paulo. A Master’s in Documentary Filmmaking from the University of Campinas. She studied Aesthetics at University of Paris 8 and Dance and Performance at Catholic University of São Paulo. She’s a founding member of the BrazilianFilmmakerCollective.

Filmography

Francesca (2017)

Extase (2020)

My Mother Is a Cow (2024)

Festivals Attended

Venice Film Festival

Tirana International Film Festival

Festival do Rio

International Short Film Festival of Cyprus

AFI Fest

Lobo Fest- Festival Internacional de Filmes

El Gouna Film Festival

Stockholm International Film Festival

Zubroffka Short Film Festival

Minimalen Short Film Festival

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival

Awards

Best Director – International Short Film Festival of Cyprus

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