Maya Da-Rin
Maya DA-RIN (1979, Brazil) is a filmmaker and visual artist. At the Pontifical Catholic University, she studied Design and Philosophy of Art. In 2010, she enrolled in the Cinema and Visual Arts programme at Le Fresnoy. By then she had already garnered attention for her documentaries Margem/Margin (2007) and Terras/Lands (2009), both shot in the Amazon region. In 2016, she obtained a master’s degree in Cinema and Art History at Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her films and video installations have been shown and awarded at film festivals and art institutions such as Locarno, DOK Leipzig, and MoMA. Her first feature film, The Fever (2019), was selected by La Cinéfondation in Cannes and gained a Script and Project Development grant from the Hubert Bals Fund. The Fever premiered at Locarno’s international competition, receiving the Leopard for Best Actor and the FIPRESCI prize for Best Film, and went on to win more than 40 awards in film festivals around the world.
Filmography
E agora, José? (2002, short doc), Margem/Margin (2007, doc), Terras/Lands (2009, doc), Versão francesa/French Version (2011, short), Horizonte de eventos/Event Horizon (2012, instal), Camuflagem/Camouflage (2013, instal), A febre/The Fever (2019)
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The Fever
Maya Da-Rin | 98' | Brazil | None
Hypnotic drama about a native Amazonian whose life is disrupted when his daughter tells him she wants to study in Brasilia. -
Nightsong
Maya Da-Rin | 90' | Brazil |
7-year-old Helena lives with her parents on a large soy farm in southern Brazil. She is afflicted with sleepwalking and ever since her mother was… -
The Fever
Maya Da-Rin | 98' | Brazil | None
Hypnotic drama about a native Amazonian whose life is disrupted when his daughter tells him she wants to study in Brasilia. -