My Mother is a Cow

Moara PASSONI
Brazil
DCP
2024
Color
15min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2025 International Competition Best Short Film, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
★ 2024 Venice International Film Festival

Synopsis

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.

Team

director

Moara PASSONI

Moara PASSONI is a Brazilian writer and director, best known for the acclaimed film Extase and co-writing the Oscar-nominated The Edge of Democracy. She was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Filmmaking” by Filmmaker Magazine.

# Kaohsiung International Short Film Competition

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