Maya Da-Rin is a filmmaker and visual artist. She received her bachelor’s degree from Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France, holds a master’s degree in Cinema and Art History from Sorbonne Nouvelle, and has participated in film workshops at the Cuban School of Cinema. Her work has been shown in film festivals and art institutions throughout the world, including Toronto, DokLeipzig, MoMA and the Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre. Her 2010 documentary Terras (Lands) was shown at more than 40 film festivals, and her first fiction feature project, A Febre (The Fever) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2019, where it received the Best Actor Pardo, the FIPRESCI Prize for best film, and the ‘Environment Is Quality of Life’ prize.