Hanami
Switzerland / Portugal / Cape Verde, August 2024
FILM,
Fiction,
96 min.
- directed by
- Denise Fernandes
- Written by
- Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro
- Status
- In distribution
On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns to stay. Her mother, Nia, went into exile right after she was born and Nana grows up in the family of her father. One day, the family learns that Nia is ill. Nana begins to develop high fevers and is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment. There she encounters a world steeped in magical realism, between dreams and reality. Later, when Nana is a teenager, her mother Nia finally returns to the island.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2024
- Original Version
- Portuguese, Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based, colour, DCP, 96 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-044B-0000-T-0000-0000-O
- Production
- Alina film, O Som e a Fúria, ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Sandro Aguilar, Luis Urbano
- directed by
- Denise Fernandes
- Written by
- Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro
- Cinematography
- Alana Mejia Gonzalez
- Editing
- Selin Dettwiler
- Location Sound Mix
- Henri Maïkoff
- Sound Editing
- Etienne Curchod
- Re-Recording Mix
- Etienne Curchod
- Music
- Rahel Zimmermann
- Production Design
- Rafael Mathé
- Lighting Design
- Elias Fernandez Salomon
- Costumes
- Silvia Grabowski
- Make up
- Cristina Fischer
Cast
Alice da Luz as Nia
Dailma Mendes as Nana
Sanaya Andrade as Nana
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- MoreThan Films
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Cineworx GmbH Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
-
Locarno, Locarno Film Festival,
Best Emerging Director Award (Concorso Cineasti del Presente)
2024
(Winner)
Denise Fernandes - Locarno, Locarno Film Festival, Special Mention (First Feature) 2024 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Locarno, 77° Locarno Film Festival
07.08.2024 - 17.08.2024