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A woman stands with a shell to her ear.

Hanami

  Denise Fernandes

  Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde     96 minutes

Synopsis

Nana is a young girl living on a remote volcanic island that much of her family, including her mother, have long since fled. When Nana falls ill to a strange fever, she is sent to the foot of the island’s volcano for treatment by the local healer. There, she encounters a world steeped in magical realism, suspended between dream and reality.

Hanami is a stunning, surreal look at family and community in Cabo Verde, an island nation whose diaspora far outnumbers its residents. Exploring the necessity of migration and the void it leaves behind, filmmaker Denise Fernandes paints a sweeping portrait of the inherited echoes between daughters and mothers — all set against the otherworldly landscape of Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde and its volcano.

 Cape Verdean Creole, Japanese, French, English with subtitles

Screenings & Events

Screening

Tue, Oct 22 @ 6:00pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 04

Scheduled to Attend:
Director Denise Fernandes & producer Alice da Luz

Screening

Wed, Oct 23 @ 5:00pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 01

Scheduled to Attend:
Director Denise Fernandes & producer Alice da Luz

Film Credits

  •   Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
  •   Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro
  •   Selin Dettwiler
  •   Alana Mejía González
  •   Sanaya Andrade, Daílma Mendes, Alice Da Luz, Nha Nha Rodrigues, Yuta Nakano
  •   Rahel Zimmermann
  •   Alina film, O Som e a Fúria
  •   https://www.alinafilm.com/hanami-eng

Sponsors

Black Perspectives Program Sponsor

Logo: AllState

New Directors Program Patron

Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation