# Maria Giménez Cavallo **URL:** --- Maria Giménez Cavallo (BA, Columbia, 2014) is an independent filmmaker and film scholar whose work—including several short films and a feature—engages deeply with the natural world. Based internationally, she worked with Abdellatif Kechiche as artistic collaborator, assistant director, casting director, and editor for the _Mektoub, My Love_ trilogy in Paris. She then moved to Rome to collaborate with Pietro Marcello, Alice Rohrwacher, and Francesco Munzi on the documentary _Futura_ and later served as artistic director for Marcello’s _L’Envol_. She has since opened her own production company _Anima Films_ with Jo Ann Cavallo in order to produce her own work, including a few short films which depict rural traditions: _Jeanne, petite bergère,_ _La Grande Quercia_, and _La Visita_. Her debut feature film _Anime galleggianti_, a reimagining of Ovid’s _Metamorphoses_, had its premiere at the Alice nella città Festival in Rome in October 2024. ([ani​mafilms​.net](https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://animafilms.net__;!!BDUfV1Et5lrpZQ!X-tIuGpQgHBIk15AaD8iJ1ZIRUYm6k6kwEukMxiY_CW2PWBhV_zyGz-S7C2f4Qu91KsbTtPSwZtrpxv5ybCGFNZSCuZr$___.YXAzOmNhdG9pbnN0aXR1dGU6YTpvOjYzYzBmZWNjODNkM2EzNjJlZDIzYTkzZWZjMGIyNmM5Ojc6ZWQ5ZDoxN2FiNWI4OTJlNmUyNjlhMWY5YTM3ZTJhZjM5Y2Y1ZTI1MmVmMjliOGQyMzFmZDRlMzA3NDMxYTFmYTRlYjliOmg6VDpO))