Petra Costa

Petra Costa
Born (1983-07-08) 8 July 1983
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
EducationUniversity of São Paulo
Barnard College
London School of Economics
OccupationsSinger, filmmaker
Years active2005–present
Notable workThe Edge of Democracy

Ana Petra Costa (Belo Horizonte, July 8, 1983) is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and narrator, and a co-founder of the production company Busca Vida Filmes. Petra has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018. She is internationally recognized for her hybrid, essayistic approach, in which intimate themes such as grief, memory, trauma, and identity intertwine with historical events and contemporary political tensions. Her films have screened in more than 40 countries and received recognition at festivals such as Sundance, Venice, IDFA, Locarno, and CPH:DOX, among others . In 2020, her documentary film The Edge of Democracy was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards and won a Peabody Award.

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