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PRISMA DA MULHERES

O “ Prisma das Mulheres” é dedicado a filmes feitos por mulheres ou focados nas experiências das mulheres. Essa categoria busca ampliar as vozes das mulheres cineastas e contar histórias que reflitam a diversidade das experiências femininas em todo o mundo. É um espaço para explorar e celebrar a perspectiva feminina no cinema, promovendo a igualdade e a representação de gênero.

Here ends the world we've known Director and writer: Anne-Sophie Anne-Sophie Nanki With: Lorianne Alamijawari Alamijawari Guadeloupe / 2022 / 24'52 1645. Wars between Amerindians and French rage in Guadeloupe. Ibátali, a young woman indigenous Kalinago, meets Olaudah, a brown fugitive Yoruba. She starts a long way from alienation to colonial society to emancipation. But is it willing to pay the heavy price of the freedom?	Grace Director and writer: Johanna MAKABI Producers: Loubna Traoré, Johanna Makabi With: Alyana Lungu Fance / 2022 / 14'05 Grace, 8, hates her neighborhood, she hates cheerleading and today she decided to join her father in space.	The Couple Next Door Director and writer: Abbesi Akhamie Producers: Abbesi Akhamie, Nagham Osman With: Baboucarr Camara, Ellie Foumbi United States / 2023 / 11'42 A single woman's feelings of loneliness begin to stir when an eccentric African couple moves in next door to her.
Sirene - Mermaids Director and writer: Sarah Malléon Producer: Nicolas Lecx With: Julien Beramis, Patrick Hierso, Jade Cyrille Martinique / 2023 / 16' Daniel is a widowed father who lives in northern Martinique with his 8-year-old daughter, Soraya. Fisherman and restaurateur, he tries to make ends meet in a town hit by a strong economic and social crisis. His daily life is turned upside down the day his daughter decides to summon mermaids using a conch of lambi.	Atopias Directors: Daniela Yohannes, Julien Beramis Writers: Daniela Yohannes, Julien Beramis Producers: Guadeloupe / 2023 / 27' In 'Atopias: The Homeless Wanderer,' a Black woman embarks on a meditative journey through the wild Caribbean landscapes, confronting dreamlike memories and traumatic experiences. This exploration of migration, generational memory, and trauma reshapes her voyage, taking her deep into her subconscious, where she encounters her inner child and ventures into ancestral realms.	Nyanga Director and writer: Medhin Tewolde Serrano Producers: Daniela Contreras, Nicolas Défossé With: Álvaro Nel Hernández Almario Productions: Terra Nostra Films Mexico / 2023 / 20' During the colonial era, Nyanga was kidnapped off the coast of Africa, brought to Mexico and enslaved. Though forced to work on the master's plantation, he never stopped dreaming of freedom. Based on historical facts, and using shadow theater and handmade cinema, ‘Nyanga’ is an homage to resistance against colonial...
Attente Director and writer: Divana Cate Radiamick Producer: Darnièlys Armel Mboumba Madingou Nkata With: Aude MAY, Louis MOUMBOUNOU, Adelbert MATONDO, Herman KIMPO Congo / 2024 / 97'58 Kozela 'Waiting' tells the captivating story of Sandra, a young woman from Congo, who makes the courageous choice to wait for her fiancé, who has gone to France despite her family's opposition. Settling in a challenging suburb, she encounters characters such as Ben, Rufin, and a wise man, all carrying distinct...	Descarrego Director and writer: Joana Claude Producer: Maria Alencar Director of photography: Letícia Batista Brazil / 2023 / 10' As I see it, I undo my memories. Searching to purge a bad memory, Joana decides to return to the place where she suffered an act of violence in 2013 to free herself of the last trigger that bounds her to this incident from the past - a wardrobe. In this self-portrait, the director appropriates the essayist traits of the documentary as a process to deal with inner ghosts.	Deixa Director and writer: Mariana Jaspe Producer: Marco Pigossi With: Zezé Motta, Dan Ferreira, Wilson Rabelo, Jéssica Ellen, Daniel de Souza Brazil / 2023 / 15' Una mujer vive su último día de libertad antes de que su marido salga de prisión.
Skettel Director and writer: Moon Lee Ferguson Producers: Kiara Diana, Shania Banton Executive Producers: Moon Lee Ferguso, Lucien Christian Adderley With: Alicia Pilgrim Director of photography: Kennard Medina Editor: Moon Lee Ferguson United States / 2024 / 13'05 A young mother struggles to keep her head above water as she navigates motherhood, her neurodivergent toddler, and the gritty Atlanta nightclub where she works. All on a quarter tank of gas.	Beento Director: Nancy Mac Granaky-Quay Writers: Florian Wimmer, Nancy Mac Granaky-Quay Producer: Florian Müßene With: Annette Strasser, Oliver Akwe, Hendrik Arnst, Stefanie Mühle Germany / 2007 / 24' This story is based on true events. Beento is a West-African term used to describe a person who has “Been to” a foreign country, returning as a successful man. East Germany 1963. Sammy is a guest student from West-Africa. Katharina is a local girl, and they are in love. This is neither the right place...	Chocolate with Sprinkles Director and writer: Huriyyah Muhammad Producers: Okema T. Moore, Cole Sanchez, Yha Mourhia Wright With: Reno Wilson, Keisha Thompson, Camron Jones, Lillian Gilbert, Nate Allen Smith United States / 2024 / 19'05 On their 25th wedding anniversary, a bickering couple is given one day to do something they haven't done in 25 years - work on their marriage.
Mangata Director and writer: Maja Costa Producers: Antonio Padovani, Mario Nuzzo With: Stefany Fruzzetti, Ayo Aloba, Afnan Ehoran Original score: Renato & Ronaldo Gama, Tropical Diaspora Records Director of photography: Carola Rodríguez Sanchez Germany / 2023 / 15'38 As a child, little Alya is the only survivor of a tragic Mediterranean crossing from Africa to Europe. Many years later, as an astronaut of an important lunar mission, Alya loses communication with her base. She is confronted with her past	Degenere Director and writer: Sara Asprilla Palomino Producers: Karol Mora Albarracín, Sara Asprilla Palomino, Sinsonte Estudio With: Misael Córdoba Sánchez, Doroty Palmers (R.I.P.) (Q.E.P.D.) Colombia / 2023 / 18'56 Doroty's dream was to dance and be recognized as the woman she was but death came first. Her best friend Misael, a 60 year old gay man, will make it happen. Misael forms the first diverse folk dance group, questioning traditions that are defended by cultural values in order to erase their	Itzia Tango & Cacao Director: Flora Martinez Writers: Jose Reinoso Producer: Jose Reinoso With: Flora Martinez, Gerardo Romano, Hermes Camelo, Julián Diaz, Jose Acosta, Carmiña Martínez Colombia / 2023 / 88'58 Itzia, a deaf woman, claims she can listen to a peculiar music that always comes from the same cardinal point: the south. Her family question her sanity, but she is determined to prove them wrong and affirm her sanity. Leaving her cacao farm farm behind, she embarks on a journey to find the music's source.
Unless we dance Directors: Hanz Rippe Gabriele, Fernanda Pineda Palencia Writers: Hanz Rippe Gabriele, Fernanda Pineda Palencia, Daniel Alberto Sánchez Producer: Fernanda Pineda Palencia Colombia / 2023 / 14'34 Jonathan (Bonays), an Afro dance teacher, undertakes an initiative to rescue young people from the crime that stalks Quibdó, a city with the highest homicide rates in Colombia. This is how Black Boys Chocó emerged, a dance company where hundreds of young people face brutal destinies through a passion.	Nao tem mar nessa cidade Director, writer and producer: Manu Zilveti With: Edneia Brazão, Paulo N'Dermei Brazil / 2024 / 22'15 Very soon Paulo and Edneia will no longer be together: He decides to return to Guinea-Bissau to finish his research, while she intends to continue studying music in Brazil. The two young immigrants experience the end of their relationship in the winter of Brazilian’s South, where their conflicts are crossed by freshwater beaches and longing for the sea.	Puentes en el mar Director and writer: Patrcia Ayala Producer: Margarita Herrera With: Jailer Cortes, Pedro Luis Dajome Colombia / 2023 / 89' Alicia knows that misfortune has arrived when her adolescent son does not arrive from school on time. Michael has taken a wrong step in a place surrounded by dangerous powers, a leap into the void that completely transforms their lives.
Pepo Kali Director and writer: Lydia Matata Producer: Lydia Matata, Debra Aroko With: Millicent Ogutu, Michelle Chebet Tiren, Lorna Lemi Kenya / 2024 / 14'24 After a biker dies in a motorcycle accident, a grieving mother attempts to process her loss by taking motorbike riding lessons.	Pirinha Director and writer: Natasha Craveiro Producer: Emilia Wojciechowska With: Luciény Kaabral, Paola Rodrigues, Vicência Delgado, Rosy Timas, Mayra Almeida, Rony Fernandes Cabo Verde / 2024 / 60' Pirinha is a young woman's journey through the recesses of her subconscious in search of herself and coming to terms with her past. On her journey, she encounters the so-called 'evil' creatures from Cape Verdean folklore that she feared so much as a child, only to discover that "true evil" has its roots	Silent Sighs Director and writer: Meryem Jabbour Producer: Mustapha el haouch With: Mohamed Khouyi Morocco / 2024 / 20' The events of the film take place in a working-class neighborhood near the sea, where Younis lives with his father, the fisherman Idris. Younis, 28, suffers from autism, which confuses him and locks him into his own world, while Idris spends most of his day at sea. Idris, with his own abilities and simple culture, tries to treat his son in the traditional way.

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