Hanami
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Closed captions online
OC
Open captions in-person
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On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns how to stay.
Thank you to our screening partners: Undocumented Filmmakers Collective
Directors Spotlight
Denise Fernandes
Director
Denise Fernandes (1990) was born in Lisbon to Cape Verdean parents and grew up in Switzerland. Her latest short film, «Nha Mila» (2020), premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, and was European Film Awards candidate and has been screened at over 40 international film festivals. Hanami, filmed in Cape Verde, is her feature directorial debut.
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 96 minutes
- Country
- Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde
- Language
- Capeverdian Creole, English, Japanese, French
- Director
- Denise Fernandes
- Producer
- David Epiney, Eugenia Mumenthaler, Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
- Co Producer
- Elda Guidinetti, Alessandro Marcionni
- Cast
- Alice Da Luz, Daílma Mendes, Sanaya Andrade
- Cinematographer
- Alana Mejía Gonzalez
- Editor
- Selin Dettwiler
- Production Design
- Mathé
- Composer
- Rahel Zimmermann
- Sound Design
- Etienne Curchod
- Music
- Rahel Zimmermann
- Premiere
- Philadelphia