Hanami

Switzerland / Portugal / Cape Verde, August 2024
FILM, Fiction, 96 min.

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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.

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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, Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
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
Release date: 19.03.2025

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