Co-Presented by Présence Autochtone
Cannes Film Festival 2018 Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
There are no spirits or snakes tonight and the forest around the village is quiet. Fifteen-year-old Ihjãc has nightmares since he lost his father. He is an indigenous Krahô from the north of Brazil. Ihjãc walks into darkness, his sweaty body moves with fright. A distant chant comes through the palm trees. His father’s voice calls him to the waterfall: it´s time to organize the funerary feast so the spirit can depart to the dead’s village. The mourning must cease.
Denying his duty and in order to escape a crucial process of becoming a shaman, Ihjãc runs away to the city. Far from his people and culture, he faces the reality of being an indigenous in contemporary Brazil.
Henrique Ihjãc Krahô, Raene Kôtô Krahô and the people from Pedra Branca village - Krahô Indigenous Land
- Directed by: João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
- Production coordination: Isabella Nader
- Cinematography: Renée Nader Messora
- Sound recording: Vitor Aratanha
- Sound design: Pablo Lamar
- Sound mixing: Ariel Henrique
- Editing: João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, Edgar Feldman
- Translations and research: Ana Gabriela Morim De Lima, Ian Packer
- Producers: João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, Ricardo, Alves Jr, Thiago Macêdo Correia
- Production: Entrefilmes, Karõ Filmes, Material Bruto
- Cannes Film Festival 2018 - Winner: Un Certain Regard Jury Prize
- Lima Latin American Film Festival 2018 - Winner: Jury Prize - Best Film and Best Cinematography
- Mar del Plata Film Festival 2018: Winner - Special Jury Award
- Minsk International Film Festival 2018 - Winner: Victor Turov Memorial Award for Best Film - Youth on the March: Feature Films Competition
- Munich Film Festival 2018
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2019
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2018
- T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland 2018
- Torino Film Festival 2018
Co-Presented by Présence Autochtone
