Brazil, documentary, 2013, 85min. Dir: Tiago Campos. A Vídeo nas Aldeias production. Japan Premiere!
Synopsis & UPAF Memo:
Two filmmakers portray life in the village and mission of Sangradouro, Mato Grosso: Adalbert Heide, an eccentric German missionary, who soon after contact with the Indians in 1957, starts to film with his Super-8 camera; and Divino Tserewahu, a young Xavante filmmaker, who’s been producing films for television and cinema festivals since the 90s. Shifting between complicity, competition, irony and affection, they give life to their historical records, revealing what’s behind-the-scenes of indigenous conversion in Brazil.
What makes this film so unique is that there is a third filmmaker -Tiago, who observes the relationship between the two as a filmmaker from the city who taught Divino how to make films. It is a story of three men who make films, each for totally different reasons.
Viewing notes for young audiences: There are no violence or sexual scenes in this film. Recommended for all ages as long as they can read subtitles. In Portuguese with English and Japanese subtitles.
Festivals and prizes:
– Best documentary feature, Best editing and Best music prizes – Festival de Brasília, Brazil, 2013
– Best film prize at ForumDoc, Brazil, 2013
– Best film prize at Pachamama, Brazil, 2013
– CachoeiraDoc, Hors concours, Brazil, 2013
– Semana dos realizadores, Closing night, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013
– Mostra do filme etnográfico do Rio, Opening night, Hors concours, Brazil, 2013
– Mostra do filme etnográfico de Recife, Hors concours, Brazil, 2013
– RIDM, Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada, 2013
– FIPA, Official competition, Biarritz, France, 2014
– Cine-Latino, Hors concours, Toulouse, France, 2014
– BAFICI, Panorama, Argentina, 2014
– Cine Las Americas, Texas, USA, 2014
– IV Festival Internacional de Cine Verde, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 2014
– II Mostra de Filmes “Memória em Movimento”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014
– Mostra Faetec de Cinema e educação, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014
– Dia de Brasil – Muestra de Cine Barcelona, official selection, Spain, 2014
– Foire de Marseille, France, 2014
– Festival Brésil en mouvement, Paris, France, 2014
– Margareth Mead Film Festival, Official selection, New York, USA, 2014
– Encuentro de Producciones Audiovisuales Alternativas y Comunitarias La Imagen de los Pueblos, Ecuador, 2014.
– Festival Internacional de Valvidia, Chile, 2014
– Berlinale NATIVE, Berlin, 2015
Contact:
Tiago Campos: titorres@gmail.com +55 (81) 8123 7794
Vídeo nas Aldeias: olinda@videonasaldeias.org.br +55 (81) 3493 3063
Team:
Production: Vídeo nas Aldeias
Direction: Tiago Campos
Cinematography: Ernesto de Carvalho
Sound: Nicolas Hallet
Editing: Amandine Goisbault
Executive producer: Vincent Carelli
Production director: Amandine Goisbault
Production assistent: Olívia Sabino
Sound editing: Amandine Goisbault
Original Soundtrack: Johann Brehmer
Mixing: Gera Vieira, Junior Evangelista
Mixing supervisor: Nicolas Hallet
With: Adalbert Heide e Divino Tserewahu
Other information:
Formats: H.264 and Prores (Stereo and 5.1)
Languages spoken in the film: Português, Xavante, Alemão
Subtitles: Portuguese, English, Spanish or French