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Hanami

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde · 2024 · DCP 2K · Color · 96' · o.v. Cape Verdean Creole / Japanese / French / English

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On a remote volcanic island – a place everyone wants to leave – Nana has learned to stay. Her mother Nia, who suffers from a mysterious illness, left soon 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.
Growing up in Europe, I noticed that Cape Verde was often omitted from world maps and globes because of its small size. As one way to make it visible, I made Cape Verde and its people the central theme of my first feature film.

Information

Director

Denise Fernandes

Screenplay

Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro

Cast

Sanaya Andrade, Daílma Mendes, Alice Da Luz, Nha Nha Rodrigues, Yuta Nakano

Producer

Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar

Co-producer

Elda Guidinetti, Alessandro Marcionni

Line producer

Joana Carneiro Reis

Production manager

Vasco Viola

Cinematography

Alana Mejía González

Editing

Selin Dettwiler

Sound

Henri Maïkoff

Sound editing

Etienne Curchod

Sound mixing

Etienne Curchod

Music

Rahel Zimmermann

Art director

Mathé

Costume design

Silvia Grabowski

Hair/Make-up

Cristina Fischer

Post-production

Robin Erard

Visual effects

Giuseppe Di Francisca, Studio Le Truc

Co-production

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