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
A collage of poetic performances leading through an audiovisual experience of being black. Looking at the black history of the port region in Rio de Janeiro, the film affirms the beauty of this black zone of the city, compiled to strengthen the feminine and the sacred sense of being.
IFFR 2019
- 6'
- Brazil
- 2015
- Director
- Coletivo Audiovisual Elekô
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 6'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Monique Rocco, Erika Cândido, Roberta Costa
- Sales
- Amanda Palma
- Cinematography
- Ana Rovatti
- Editor
- Amanda Palma, Adriana Bassi
- Sound Design
- Raquel Lázaro
Also in this combined programme
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
Pontes sobre Abismos
Triggered by an unveiled family secret, Aline Motta’s ancestral quest confronts the traditional paradigms about miscegenation related to racism in Brazil.
8'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Coletivo Audiovisual Elekô
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 6'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Monique Rocco, Erika Cândido, Roberta Costa
- Sales
- Amanda Palma
- Cinematography
- Ana Rovatti
- Editor
- Amanda Palma, Adriana Bassi
- Sound Design
- Raquel Lázaro
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