HANAMI

Denise Fernandes / 95 min. / 2024 / Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde

DIRECTION: Denise Fernandes

SCRIPT: Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Alana Mejía Gonzalez

PRODUCTION: Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar

EDITING: Selin Dettwiler

MUSIC: Rahel Zimmermann

CAST: Sanaya Andrade, Alice Da Luz, Dailma Mendes, Nha Nha Rodrigues, João Galinha, Yuta Nakano

Synopsis

On a remote volcanic island from which everyone wants to leave, Nana learns to stay. Her mother Nia, who suffers from a mysterious illness, left shortly after her birth. When Nana comes down with a high fever, she is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment. There, she encounters a world suspended between dreams and reality. Years later, when Nana is a teenager, Nia returns.

Denise Fernandes

Denise Fernandes was born in Lisbon in 1990 to Cape Verdean parents and grew up in Ticino. In 2011 she graduated in film direction and production from the International Conservatory of Audiovisual Sciences in Lugano (CISA). That same year, her short film Una Notte premiered at the 64th Locarno Film Festival. From 2011 to 2013, he studied directing at the International School of Cinema and Television (EICTV) in Cuba, where he directed the short films Pan Sin Mermelada.

Filmografía

2024 Hanami
2020 Nha Mila [short]
2012 Pan sin mermelada [short]