Hanami

New Directors Competition

Hanami

Hanami

Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde 2024 Fiction cor 96 min.

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.

Winner of the best emerging director award and of the special mention in the first feature competition at the Locarno Film Festival.

Portugal Cape Verde Switzerland youth motherhood awarded films international film festivals female directors parenthood

direction

Denise Fernandes

screenplay

Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro

cinematography

Alana Mejía González

editing

Selin Dettwiler

sound

Henri Maïkoff

sound design

Etienne Curchod

music

Rahel Zimmermann

art direction

Mathé

cast

Sanaya Andrade, Daílma Mendes, Alice Da Luz, Nha Nha Rodrigues, João “Galinha” Mendes, Yuta Nakano

production

Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar

co-production

Elda Guidinetti, Alessandro Marcionni

produced by

Alina Film, O Som e a Fúria

co-produced by

ventura film, RSI Radiotelevisione

world sales

More Than Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

14