Maya Da-Rin

She was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1979. She studied Design and Philosophy of Art at the Pontifical Catholic University as well as attended film workshops at the Cuban Film School. In 2010 she moved to France to take part in the Le Fresnoy, where she graduated with honors, and in 2013 she has been an artist in residence at the LABoral Art Center, in Spain. Her films and video installations have been shown and
awarded at film festivals
and art institutions such as Locarno, DokLeipzig, Toulouse, Guadalajara, São Paulo Art Biennial, MoMA and New Museum NY. She is currently preparing her first feature film, The Fever, selected at TorinoFilmLab’s Script&Pitch and FrameWork, the Cinéfondation residence, Cannes’ La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde and awarded by the Hubert Bals Fund for script and development.