Moara Passoni

Moara Passoni is a Brazilian born filmmaker based in New York City. She is a MFA candidate at Columbia University where she is a Teaching Fellow. She graduated in Social Sciences at University of São Paulo, and also studied dance, performance, philosophy and aesthetics. She holds two master's degrees on Film & Documentary and studied French language and literature at La Sorbonne. Passoni has begun her career in cinema working as an assistant director. She has also served as a programmer, curator, and coordinator for several film and photo exhibitions in Brazil, Paris, and NYC, and worked as Latin American journalist at Le Monde Diplomatique - Brasil. In her films, Passoni aims to explore both coming of age and political stories always crossing storytelling with language exploration.