Nha Mila
Portugal / Switzerland, August 2020
FILM,
Fiction,
19 min.
- directed by
- Denise Fernandes
- Written by
- Denise Fernandes
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- http://www.osomeafuria.com/filmes/info/107
After fourteen years away from her homeland, Salomé is forced to return to Cape Verde to see her dying brother. During her stopover at Lisbon airport, Águeda a cleaning lady recognizes Salomé as Mila, her childhood friend. Águeda invites Salomé to leave the airport and spend the stopover at her home, with the women of her family. The neighbourhood transports her on a spiritual journey, whose destination unfurls a painful bond with her homeland.
Dopo 14 anni di assenza, Salomé è costretta a tornare a Capo Verde per salutare il fratello morente. Dalla Svizzera fa scalo all’aeroporto di Lisbona, dove Águeda, addetta alle pulizie, la riconosce come “Mila”, una vecchia amica d’infanzia. Águeda la invita a lasciare l’aeroporto e a trascorrere le poche ore di scalo a casa sua, con le donne della sua famiglia. Il quartiere capoverdiano trasporta Salomé in un viaggio spirituale, la cui destinazione fa emergere il doloroso legame con la sua terra natale.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2020
- Original Version
- Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (italian/english/portuguese subtitles), colour, DCP, 19 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-B6C7-0000-O-0000-0000-2
- Production
- O Som e a Fúria, ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffli
- directed by
- Denise Fernandes
- Written by
- Denise Fernandes
- Cinematography
- Marta Simões
- Editing
- Pedro Felipe Marques
- Sound Design
- Miguel Moraes Cabral
- Re-Recording Mix
- António Porém Pires
Cast
Yaya Correia as Salomé / Mila
Maria Luisa Sanches as Águeda
Cleo Tavares as Sheila
Lourença Semedo as Celina
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Agencia da Curta Metragem
Awards
(a selection)
- Vila do Conde, Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Candidate to the nominees for the European Film Awards, short film category 2020 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Brussels, 24th Brussels Short Film Festival
28.08.2021 - 05.09.2021 -
Edinburgh, 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival
18.08.2021 - 25.08.2021 -
Vila do Conde, 29th Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival
16.07.2021 - 25.07.2021 -
Hamburg, 37. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg
01.06.2021 - 07.06.2021 -
New York, 50th New Directors New Films Festival New York
28.04.2021 - 08.05.2021 -
Nijmegen, 13th Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
14.04.2021 - 18.04.2021 -
Tampere, 51st Tampere Film Festival
10.03.2021 - 14.03.2021 -
Solothurn, 56. Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2021 - 27.01.2021 -
Bilbao, 62 ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film (hybridCorona)
13.11.2020 - 20.11.2020 -
Tallinn, 24th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
13.11.2020 - 29.11.2020
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Uppsala, 39th Uppsala International Short Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
19.10.2020 - 25.10.2020 -
Vila do Conde, 28th Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival (postponed/hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
03.10.2020 - 11.10.2020 -
Locarno, 73° Locarno Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
05.08.2020 - 15.08.2020