Filmmaker and editor focused on documentary and poetic narratives. Holds a Master’s in Documentary Directing from DocNomads.

Brazilian-Salvadoran and non-binary, Moraga graduated in Audiovisual Production from Unisinos (2008) and holds a Master’s in Documentary Directing from the European program DocNomads, held in Portugal, Hungary and Belgium.

Moraga develops documentary and poetic narratives, researching the geographies that shape the body-territory.

Their debut feature, Affective Geography (2024), received the Doc Brasil Meeting award at Brasil CineMundi and premiered at CINEPE 2024, where it won Best Cinematography and Best Sound Design. The film was also awarded Best Feature Film at the Utopías y Memoria Festival in El Salvador.

Their short films have screened at national and international festivals such as É Tudo Verdade (It’s All True), PÖFF Shorts and Mix Brasil, earning several awards along the way. Highlights include the short Lora (2020), awarded at FestIn, Kinoforum, Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema, Festival Curta Campos do Jordão and Encontro Nacional de Cinema e Vídeo dos Sertões.

They are currently releasing the short Onde está TEU Rio? (2026) and finishing the short Arca, while developing the feature film Tamarindo.

In the visual arts, they were an artist-in-residence at Casa FIAT de Cultura and exhibited the work Mineiras. They are part of Duo MEMO, a creative and experimental duo exploring desire and technology.

Moraga is also a film editor with experience across many formats. Their main works include the documentary features Não Sei Viver Sem Palavras (2025), by André Brandão, Itatira (2024), by André Luis Garcia, and Zona Árida (2019), by Fernanda Pessoa; the fiction short Onde Há Pranto Há Mar (2019), by Luciana Baseggio; and the documentary series Mulheres de Encantaria (2022), produced by Cazumbá Filmes, Sociedade do Cansaço (2021), for GNT, and Elas Dançam com o Mar (2020), for OFF chanel.

They also work as an educator, teaching editing workshops at institutions such as the Academia Internacional de Cinema (AIC), and collaborating with training initiatives by SPCine, ProAC, Escola Cazumbá and MAPE.