Category: Documentary

Synopsis: The musician Tales Melati, travels around the pampa, carrying exotic sounds with the bagpipes of Cabral’s expedition. A powerful sound that reveals the missing link of Galician music in Brazil.

Director: Juan Quintán

Writer: Juan Quintáns

Producer: Juan Quintáns

Edition: Felipe Alvarez de Toledo

Sound: Juan Quintáns

Key Cast: Tales Melati (himself)

Photography: Pedro Clezar

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Runtime: 00:15:00

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Juan Quintán

Spanish filmmaker, born in Galicia (Spain), in 1995 he studied at Escuela de Cine de A Coruña, where he specialized in sound.
He has worked as a direct sound technician and sound designer on several TV series, publicity and cinema. In Brazil he begins to direct his authorial projects.
Juan Quintáns is also a teacher, teaching sound for cinema and TV in several schools and university.
Some of his works were finalists and won awards at international film festivals, as the documentaries “No Amor” (2017) and “Arte Flamenca pasión Brasileira” (2016).

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Synopsis: Imbamba (Uthunyiwe) is an account of black dislocation/sorrow. Through a sound-performance relation in an urban setting, it interrogates the idea of messianic (holy) aesthetics, by way of thinking the Maskandian music form. It makes sense of Maskandian form and its bearing on social decay, its bearing on the contradictory nature of popular culture, politics and the market place. Ultimately, Imbamba (uthunyiwe) is a mode of asking and addressing the seemingly an un-answerable question, ie. whether or not music can condition the possibility or expresses the limits of liberation from politico-cultural domination..

Director Staement: Some songs emerge and find a Maskandi, for instance. They are the Maskandi – not because they want to sound Zulu in remote Kwa-Zulhostu-Natal or at a taxi rank or in a hostel. The hostel and the taxi rank are part of their history, to be sure. An inescapable history that they will want to forget, since a hostel or the rank are a constant reminder of the fact that they emerge from the cracks of life: the ‘urban setting’.

Director: Gabe Letswalo

Writer: Gabe Letswalo, Sive Mqikela

Producer: Gabe Letswalo, Sive Mqikela, Mbe Mbhele

Key Cast:  Manyathela Mvelase, Bheki Khoza, Sibusiso Mbhele

Country of Origin: South Africa

Country of Filming: South Africa

Language: English, Zulu

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 00:08:36

Gabe Letswalo

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Synopsis: Women living in Etrim Village of Bodrum have been weaving carpets for generations. Grandma Gülsüm, 87, is connected to life with the carpet that she has woven. While her 65-year-old daughter Ummuhan carries the burden of the house but she gets rid of all her troubles when she takes over the carpet bench. Ummuhan’s Daughter Belgin, took care of her 3 daughters at the age of 32. She teaches her daughters to weave carpets. These 3 women are closely tied together like the carpets they weave.

Director: Eren Aybars ARPACIK

Writer: Eren Aybars ARPACIK

Producer: Eren Aybars ARPACIK, Ali Tamer YARAR

Key Cast:  Ummuhan Başol, Gülsüm Uyar, Belgin Aslan

Country of Origin: Turkey

Country of Filming: Turkey

Language: Turkish

Subtitles: No

Runtime: 00:16:02

Eren Aybars ARPACIK

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Synopsis: Taste of Tradition delves into the depths of a Quilombola community, where each ingredient tells a story and each dish is a testament to generations.

Director: Lucas Assunção

Writer: Lucas Assunção

Producer: Ana Terra, Débora Campos, Luciene Campos, Laura Augusta, Lucas Assunção

Key Cast:  MARIA FLORIZA VIRISSIMO BRANDÃO, ANTÔNIA CORDEIRO CANDIDO DOS REIS, MARIA BATISTA DA SILVA BRANDÃO, DOLORES VANDA CAMPOS RIBEIRO, ÂNGELA MARÍCIA BRANDÃO, JOSÉ DA CONCEIÇÃO BRANDÃO.

Director of Photography: TULIO CIPÓ,  BETO SILVA

Art Director: RAFAEL CAMPOS

Music: MATEUS BAHIENSE

Co-Producer: Agência Objetiva

Country of Origin: Brazil

Country of Filming: Brazil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Runtime: 00:14:58

Project Website: http://www.quilomboausentefeliz.com.br

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quilomboausentefeliz.2

Lucas Assunção

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Synopsis: This Poetic Documentary has an interesting and musical look at making carpets in Iran.

Submitter Statement: 1. Winner of the Best picture of the Industrial Film Festival (Farda) 2. Winner of the best music video from Isar festival 3. Winner of the best technical achievement of art in the 7th National Student Film Festival in Zahedan 4. Chosen in 54th Regional Youth Film Festival 5. Chosen in 4th Documentary TV Festival 6. Winner of the best Edit in the 7th National Student Film Festival 7. Winner of the best film award from the audience in Fanoos Festival 8. Winner of the Best picture Award from Basij Film Festival 9. Second place in documentary film at the first festival of artistic production of Isfahan artists mobilization 10. Third rank of short film from the provincial cultural festival of arts of Isfahan 11. 3rd place in the Ghoghnoos Revolutionary Music Festival 12. Chosen in Ammar Folk Festivals 13. official Selection of the 14th International Resistance Film Festival 14. Chosen in Razavi’s First Look Festival 15. Chosen in First Mobile Film Festival 16. Chosen in 54th Regional Youth Cinema Festival 17. Chosen in 59th Regional Film Festival of Young Cinema

Director: Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Writer: Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Producer: Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Country of Origin: Islamic Republic of Iran

Country of Filming: Islamic Republic of Iran

Language: None

Subtitles: No

Runtime: 00:05:13

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mm_fekriyan_art

Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan

Mohammad Mahdi Fekriyan Arani was Born in 1994 in the city of Aran & Bidgol. He has a Graphic diploma and a Director Documentary from IRIB University of Tehran.
1. Writer and director of (safe hug) music video signed by Reza Sadeghi.
2. Writer and director of more than 15 documentaries, short films, and medium-term such as Alef Lam Mim, Earth Verses, Mano Tavafogh Yehoyi, Bread and Water, Bishe Eshgh, To Welcome the Father, The Military Service, Mah Jan, the night of the twenty-first, Estar corn, for travel,  Voice of the nation, Farrash, forgotten, etc.
3. Writer and director of three short drama films: Bye Bye, Death Windows, and Vesal.
4. Direct more than 120 live television broadcasts on the national TV networks.
5. Teaching screenplay, directing, and photography at Ayene Tehran and Javane Kashan school.

Synopsis: Josep and Montserrat are the bell ringers from the Parish of Sant Esteve de Granollers de la Plana (Gurb, Catalonia). The film reflects their dedication, the love they feel for the language of bells and their effort to preserve it as a vital part of the identity of their community.

Director: Ingrid Ferrer Homs

Camera: Alba Bresolí Aliberch

Camera: Ingrid Ferrer Homs

Music: Núria Graham

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: Spain

Language: Catalan

Subtitles: No

Runtime: 00:05:38

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ingridfh1

Yngrid Ferrer Homs

Ingrid Ferrer (1995) is a photographer and videographer from Gurb, a town near Barcelona.

Synopsis: The ancient city of Ghadames is considered one of the oldest cities in the world, and it was also approved by UNESCO in the year 1986 as one of the world’s most ancient cities. Ghasuf is a film that tells about the ancient city of Ghadames, which is located in the southwest of Libya, on the Maghreb border between Algeria and Tunisia, for example. It is characterized by the magic of the labyrinths of the ancient city of Ghadames, and its houses attached like beehives Ghadames houses have a special style, as the roofs of the houses are open to women. The passages that connect the rooftops of the houses allow women to move freely and hide them from the eyes of men.
Ghasouf film tells about the origins of the city’s establishment, and it is the story of Ghasouf. Here the film starts from various stories. The city is of the architectural style, the role of women in the city, the leather industries, and the stories of the Ghadames houses.

Submitter Statement: The work is of great importance to me, and it reflects the role of the environment that forms the civilization of that region and is important to me, which made me direct the work

Director: Yassin Ahmed Mohamed

Writer: Yassin Ahmed Mohamed

Producer: MOHMMAD ALI JODH

Country of Origin: Lybia

Country of Filming: Lybia

Language: Arabic, English

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 00:19:00

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004638014645

Yassin Ahmed Mohamed

Anna Yassin Al-Kilani is a journalist,photojournalist and civil society activist. I work in civil society organizations and many local and international media channels. I have some scientific and practical experience and a university graduate with a BA in the field of media,
communication and public relations. Photographer and press reporter at Libya Panorama channel Photojournalist and news reporter at Ap agency Laichitpress Director of the Media Office at Ghadames General Hospital Member of the Trinka Association for Culture, Media and Heritage, Member of Ghadames Association for Development and Charitable Activitie

Synopsis: In a primitive future, Amerindian graphics are being drawn, before a silent and decrepit Guanabara bay.
This very same place witnessed the birth and death of Luz del Fuego, a legendary snake dancer, brutally murdered in 1967.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luz_del_Fuego

Director: Rodrigo Lima, Lucas Parente

Writer: Janaina Trasel Martin

Producer: Fernanda Romero

Country of Origin: Brasil

Country of Filming: Brasil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Runtime: 00:10:55

Rodrigo Lima, Lucas Parente

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In the forests of Chapada Diamantina, in the waterfalls, in the rivers, in the mountains and in the caves, pregnant women meet the guardians of birth and receive blessings through rituals with the four elements of nature: water, air, fire, earth. On a journey through nature towards the womb of the Earth, with the blessings of doulas, midwives, mothers and grandmothers from the rural community, pregnant women go through rites of passage from the gestational cycle to delivery/birth.

Director: Janaina Trasel Martin

Writer: Janaina Trasel Martin

Producer: Janaina Trasel Martin

Runtime: 20 minutes

Country of Origin: Brasil

Country of Filming: Brasil

Language: Portuguese

Subtitles: No

Janaina Trasel Martins

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In Catrimani Village (Brazilian Amazon), a Yanomami family is reunited after passing through dense smoke..

Director: Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Writer: Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Producer: Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Runtime: 5 minutes 27 seconds

Country of Origin: Brasil

Country of Filming: Brasil

Language: English, Portuguese

Subtitles: English

Bruno Villela, Fábio Bardella, Juliana Almeida

Fábio Bardella lives in São Paulo and works as a director, photographer, and audiovisual editor. He develops work focusing on documentaries and experiences between the documentary and fictional borders, in addition to recently beginning a serious relationship with the visual arts. Directorial debut with the short documentary “Estação Bahia” (2012, doc, 23rd Curta Cinema, Best Short at FIIK, among others). He directed the feature films “Osvaldão” (2014, doc, Mostra Internacional de São Paulo, Sesc Melhores Filmes Award) and “Através” (2015, fic, 41st Huleva Festival, 48th Festival de Brasília, Fest. Latino Americano), both features entered the commercial circuit in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia, BH and other capitals. His latest work as a director is “Armazém do Limoeiro” (2017, doc, Best Short MUVI Lisboa, CINEOP). He directed numerous documentary films and advertising campaigns for the Internet and TV for clients such as Globo, Itaú, Mercedes-Benz, São Paulo City Hall, Ministry of Health, UNE, Hospital Sírio Libanês, among others. He directed the music videos “As Cotas” (Lusophone award), “Verão na VR (festclip award). As a photographer, he signed the TV series, “Índio Presente” (Canal Futura and TV Cultura), “A História da Alimentação no Brasil” (Amazon Prime), and “Ocupações” (Cine Brasil TV). For cinema, he photographed the short films “The Best of Lambada” (2013, 16th Tiradentes), “Escola das Águas” (2013, Canal Futura), “Rotação da Terra” (Best Photography Mostra SESC, 21st Tiradentes, and “Segredos do Putumayo”, best photography award ABC Award In addition to being part of short and feature photography teams, as an additional photographer. His latest work in feature film photography is the film “A Língua do Cáos” by Toni Venturi, which is in the editing process.