Moara Passoni is a Brazilian writer & director who received an MFA from Columbia University.    She wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature-length essay film Extase (CPH:DOX, MoMA, Visions du Réel). 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. She is developing her narrative feature debut Cost of Living (Torino Script Lab, Berlinale Talents Market), and her TV series Strikers.