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