Category: Selection 2024

“Deep in the Amazon, the last remnants of the Noke Koi ethnic group live, which is loosely translated as ‘True People’. Their ancestral knowledge about the powerful Medicine of the Forest remains alive, even though it is under threat of disappearing. It is an anthropological record of the culture, spirituality, and ancient medicines. It is a way to learn from the forest’s indigenous peoples, how to find healing and inner peace through self-knowledge and spiritual connection.”.

Director: Arthur Ribeiro

Writer: Daniel Henrique Lopes

Producer: Panã Kamãnawa, VarîViná Kamãnawa, Hoshonawa Kamãnawa

Key Cast: Edna Aguiar

Runtime: 30 minutes

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: Portuguese

Arthur Ribeiro

The creative man is always in search of. Everything created by him is his part, his undividable world, where everything is necessary. He finds himself in everything.

Director: Arsen Arakelyan

Writer: Arsen Arakelyan

Runtime: 10 minutes 50 seconds

Country of Origin: Armenia

Country of Filming: Armenia

Language: Armenian

Subtitles: English

Arsen Arakelyan

The musician Tales Melati, travels around the pampa, carrying exotic sounds with the bagpipes of Cabral’s expedition. A powerful sound that reveals the missing link of Galician music in Brazil..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director: Juan Quintán

Writer: Juan Quintáns

Producer: Juan Quintáns

Edition: Felipe Alvarez de Toledo

Sound: Juan Quintáns

Key Cast: Tales Melati (himself)

Photography: Pedro Clezar

Runtime: 15 minutes

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Juan Quintán

Spanish filmmaker, born in Galicia (Spain), in 1995 he studied at Escuela de Cine de A Coruña, where he specialized in sound.
He has worked as a direct sound technician and sound designer on several TV series, publicity and cinema. In Brazil he begins to direct his authorial projects.
Juan Quintáns is also a teacher, teaching sound for cinema and TV in several schools and university.
Some of his works were finalists and won awards at international film festivals, as the documentaries “No Amor” (2017) and “Arte Flamenca pasión Brasileira” (2016).

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Women living in Etrim Village of Bodrum have been weaving carpets for generations. Grandma Gülsüm, 87, is connected to life with the carpet that she has woven. While her 65-year-old daughter Ummuhan carries the burden of the house but she gets rid of all her troubles when she takes over the carpet bench. Ummuhan’s Daughter Belgin, took care of her 3 daughters at the age of 32. She teaches her daughters to weave carpets. These 3 women are closely tied together like the carpets they weave.

Director: Eren Aybars ARPACIK

Writer: Eren Aybars ARPACIK

Producer: Eren Aybars ARPACIK, Ali Tamer YARAR

Key Cast:  Ummuhan Başol, Gülsüm Uyar, Belgin Aslan

Runtime: 16 minutes 2 seconds

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Eren Aybars ARPACIK

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Taste of Tradition delves into the depths of a Quilombola community, where each ingredient tells a story and each dish is a testament to generations.

Director: Lucas Assunção

Writer: Lucas Assunção

Producer: Ana Terra, Débora Campos, Luciene Campos, Laura Augusta, Lucas Assunção

Key Cast:  MARIA FLORIZA VIRISSIMO BRANDÃO, ANTÔNIA CORDEIRO CANDIDO DOS REIS, MARIA BATISTA DA SILVA BRANDÃO, DOLORES VANDA CAMPOS RIBEIRO, ÂNGELA MARÍCIA BRANDÃO, JOSÉ DA CONCEIÇÃO BRANDÃO.

Director of Photography: TULIO CIPÓ,  BETO SILVA

Art Director: RAFAEL CAMPOS

Music: MATEUS BAHIENSE

Co-Producer: Agência Objetiva

Runtime: 5 minutes 13 seconds

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Lucas Assunção

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This Poetic Documentary has an interesting and musical look at making carpets in Iran.

Director: Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Writer: Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Producer: Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Runtime: 5 minutes 13 seconds

Country of Origin: Islamic Republic of Iran

Country of Filming: Islamic Republic of Iran

Language: None

Subtitles: No

Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan Arani was Born in 1994 in the city of Aran & Bidgol. He has a Graphic diploma and a Director Documentary from IRIB University of Tehran.
1. Writer and director of (safe hug) music video signed by Reza Sadeghi.
2. Writer and director of more than 15 documentaries, short films, and medium-term such as Alef Lam Mim, Earth Verses, Mano Tavafogh Yehoyi, Bread and Water, Bishe Eshgh, To Welcome the Father, The Military Service, Mah Jan, the night of the twenty-first, Estar corn, for travel,  Voice of the nation, Farrash, forgotten, etc.
3. Writer and director of three short drama films: Bye Bye, Death Windows, and Vesal.
4. Direct more than 120 live television broadcasts on the national TV networks.
5. Teaching screenplay, directing, and photography at Ayene Tehran and Javane Kashan school.

In the forests of Chapada Diamantina, in the waterfalls, in the rivers, in the mountains and in the caves, pregnant women meet the guardians of birth and receive blessings through rituals with the four elements of nature: water, air, fire, earth. On a journey through nature towards the womb of the Earth, with the blessings of doulas, midwives, mothers and grandmothers from the rural community, pregnant women go through rites of passage from the gestational cycle to delivery/birth.

Director: Janaina Trasel Martin

Writer: Janaina Trasel Martin

Producer: Janaina Trasel Martin

Runtime: 20 minutes

Country of Origin: Brasil

Country of Filming: Brasil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Janaina Trasel Martins

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In Catrimani Village (Brazilian Amazon), a Yanomami family is reunited after passing through dense smoke..

Director: Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Writer: Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Producer: Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Runtime: 5 minutes 27 seconds

Country of Origin: Brasil

Country of Filming: Brasil

Language: English, Portuguese

Subtitles: English

Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Fábio Bardella lives in São Paulo and works as a director, photographer, and audiovisual editor. He develops work focusing on documentaries and experiences between the documentary and fictional borders, in addition to recently beginning a serious relationship with the visual arts. Directorial debut with the short documentary “Estação Bahia” (2012, doc, 23rd Curta Cinema, Best Short at FIIK, among others). He directed the feature films “Osvaldão” (2014, doc, Mostra Internacional de São Paulo, Sesc Melhores Filmes Award) and “Através” (2015, fic, 41st Huleva Festival, 48th Festival de Brasília, Fest. Latino Americano), both features entered the commercial circuit in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia, BH and other capitals. His latest work as a director is “Armazém do Limoeiro” (2017, doc, Best Short MUVI Lisboa, CINEOP). He directed numerous documentary films and advertising campaigns for the Internet and TV for clients such as Globo, Itaú, Mercedes-Benz, São Paulo City Hall, Ministry of Health, UNE, Hospital Sírio Libanês, among others. He directed the music videos “As Cotas” (Lusophone award), “Verão na VR (festclip award). As a photographer, he signed the TV series, “Índio Presente” (Canal Futura and TV Cultura), “A História da Alimentação no Brasil” (Amazon Prime), and “Ocupações” (Cine Brasil TV). For cinema, he photographed the short films “The Best of Lambada” (2013, 16th Tiradentes), “Escola das Águas” (2013, Canal Futura), “Rotação da Terra” (Best Photography Mostra SESC, 21st Tiradentes, and “Segredos do Putumayo”, best photography award ABC Award In addition to being part of short and feature photography teams, as an additional photographer. His latest work in feature film photography is the film “A Língua do Cáos” by Toni Venturi, which is in the editing process.

Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi influenced humanity and strengthened the friendship and brotherhood of peoples with the magnetic and universal personality of his thought, love, and tolerance is universal. This attitude and behavior, along with his works, has enabled the spread of love, brotherhood, and peace Decently among people.

Director: Mevlut Karabulut

Writer: Mevlut Karabulut

Producer: Mevlut Karabulut

Key Cast: Nazar Aslan

Runtime: 9 minutes

Country of Origin: Turkey

Country of Filming: Turkey

Language: Turkish

Subtitles: English

Mevlut Karabulut

He was born in Konya in 1994. He studied Media and Communication Department of Istanbul Ayvansaray University. Documentary production at Eyüp Film Academy and Academy Beyoğlu and he took short film education, production and management courses.

It is during calamities that the true nature of a person takes shape. Social activist Birubala Rabha is one such courageous woman, whose willpower, tenacity, and determination have helped her to overcome all the difficulties in life. This courageous tribal woman has been working tirelessly to eradicate the social stigma of witch-hunting, which has been persisting in Assam for almost five decades today.
Birubala with an army of lady volunteers under the umbrella of her voluntary organization Mission Birubala has been rehabilitating a number of victims of witch-hunts, traveling across the state’s remote areas to create awareness campaigns, inspiring people to pursue scientific knowledge and emphasizing the need for community involvement in eradicating superstitions. Her mission has saved many alleged ‘witches’ from being killed in Assam.
A symbol of sacrifice and struggle, this tireless human rights activist, relinquishing personal interests and human aspirations, often putting her own life at risk, has been working day and night for the welfare of women and spreading awareness amongst people against the malpractices of witch-hunting and superstitious beliefs in society for a better and healthy future. The road has been long and hard for Birubala Rabha, who, when confronted with life’s extreme adversities, never cowered down, but instead rose up to face them head-on, alone, revealing the wondrous strength of human power and indomitable spirit.

Director: Dhiraj Kashyap

Writer: Dhiraj Kashyap

Producer: Ricky Daulla

Runtime: 26 minutes

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: Assamese

Subtitles: English

Dhiraj Kashyap

Dhiraj Kashyap is a 52-year-old filmmaker in India. He had completed MA Degree from Guwahati University. He has already made five numbers of feature films, twenty numbers of Documentary films, ten numbers of television serials, and seven numbers of short films.