HANAMI
a film by Denise Fernandes, 95', 2024, DCP, colour
with Sanaya Andrade, Alice Da Luz, Dailma Mendes, Nha Nha Rodrigues, João Galinha, Yuta Nakano
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.
FESTIVALS:
Locarno Film Festival 2024 - Cineasti del Presente (Switzerland) - Best Emerging Director Award, First Feature Awards – Special Mention
Vancouver International Film Festival 2024 - Vanguard (Canada)
BFI London Film Festival 2024 - First Feature Competition (UK)
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, selected for the Upcoming Talent at the Solothurn Film Festival, and Idyllium, which won an award at the Winterthur International Film Festival.
In 2020, she directed the short film Nha Mila , which was shown at Locarno, Vila do conde, Uppsala, Zinebi, Black Night Tallin, Tampere, New York film festival, etc.
With the support of Eurimages, the Federal Office of Culture (FOC)), l'Instituto do cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA), Cinéforom, Loterie Romande, of RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Suissimage, TI/RSI/SSA Grant, and the development support of Media Desk Suisse.
SELECTED TO OXBELLY RESIDENCE 2020, to Upcoming Lab Journées de Soleure, 2016
INDIELISBOA Lisbon Screenings, ECAM Forum
Production: Alina film (Suisse), O Som e a Fúria (Portugal)
Coproduction: RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera
ventura film (Switzerland)
Direction: Denise Fernandes
Script Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro
Producers: Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
Co-producers: Elda Guidinetti, Alessandro Marcionni
DOP: Alana Mejía Gonzalez
Production manager: Joana Carneiro
Location manager: Vasco Viola
Soound: Henri Maïkoff
Production designer: Mathé
1st direction assistant: Ângela Sequeira
Artistical adviser: Inês Garcia Marques
Costumes: Silvia Grabowski
Hair and Make-up: Cristina Fischer
Gaffer: Elias Fernandez
Editor: Selin Dettwiler
Original score: Rahel Zimmermann
Sound edit and mix: Etienne Curchod
Colorgrading: Robin Erard
VFX: Giuseppe Di Francisca, Studio Le Truc
Swiss Distribution: Cineworx
International Sales: More Than Films
