Elekô
A collage of poetic performances leading through an audio-visual experience of being a black woman.
6'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Triggered by the unveiling of a family secret, Aline Motta went on an ancestral quest, traveling to rural areas in Brazil, Portugal, and Sierra Leone, and creating a counter-narrative to what is usually told about the way Brazilian families were formed. A discussion about racism, representation, belonging and identity.
IFFR 2019
- 8'
- Brazil
- 2018
- Director
- Aline Motta
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Bridges over the Abyss
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Aline Motta
- Sales
- Aline Motta
- Screenplay
- Aline Motta
- Cinematography
- Aline Motta
- Editor
- Fernando Lima
- Sound Design
- Bruno Elisabetsky
- Music
- Bruno Elisabetsky
Also in this combined programme
Merê
Film on black female protagonism in the Candomblé Jeje Mahi tradition; investigating its roots in Benin and its links to Brazil.
16'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
NoirBLUE – Déplacements d'une danse
A compelling performative audiovisual essay on the diasporic experience of reconnecting with the African continent to retrieve cultural origins.
27'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Pequena África
Zózimo Bulbul’s fourth film explores neighbourhoods known as 'Little Africa', places of black cultural resistance inhabited by freed enslaved.
14'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Aline Motta
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Bridges over the Abyss
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Aline Motta
- Sales
- Aline Motta
- Screenplay
- Aline Motta
- Cinematography
- Aline Motta
- Editor
- Fernando Lima
- Sound Design
- Bruno Elisabetsky
- Music
- Bruno Elisabetsky
Programme IFFR 2019
Soul in the Eye
Zózimo Bulbul’s legacy and the contemporary emergence of black Brazilian Cinema. With premiering films, a performance, talks and a masterclass by Gabriel Martins Alves.
Read more about this programmeAbolição
Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in Brazil in 1988, one hundred years after slavery was abolished there.
153'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Afronte
The process of transformation and empowerment of a young man, black and gay, whose account is mixed with testimonies of others.
15'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Alma no olho
A metaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through inner transformation, in a game of images inspired by concretism.
11'
Brazil
IFFR 2019