My Mother is a Cow

Best Short Student Fiction Moara Passoni Brazil, Fiction, Portuguese, 00:14:59

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.

Film block: STUDENT FICTION / ON YOUTH AND GROWING PAINS

Screening:

Saturday 28-06-2025 / 21:00

Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 2

Language Portuguese
Country Brazil
Genre Fiction
Cinematographer Carolina Costa, AMC
Scriptwriter Moara Passoni, Fernanda Frotté
Producer Sofia Geld, Daniel Liu
Editor Germano de Oliveira
Cast Ana Carolina Guztazazky, Helena Albergaria, Luísa Bastos
Year of creation 2024
Duration 00:14:59

Director Moara Passoni

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.