2023-08-21 17:22:00
Filmmaker Morzaniel Ɨramari Yanomami during the Rio+20 conference|Cláudio Tavares/ISA
The strength of Yanomami cinema will be highlighted at the 80th Venice Film Festival, in Italy, which takes place from August 30th to September 9th.
The parallel exhibition Giornate degli Autori will dedicate the 4th of September to the first Yanomami filmmaker, Morzaniel Ɨramari, and to recent productions of Yanomami cinema.
This year, the exhibition’s partnership with the cultural association Isola Edipo and the Cartier Foundation celebrate Yanomami Cinema with the title “Eyes of the forest” and featuring three short films: Thuë Pihi Kuuwi – A Woman Thinking, Yuri u xëatima thë – Fishing with Timbó e Mãri Hi – The Dream Treeby Morzaniel Ɨramari.
Morzaniel announced that he intends to use the opportunity to appeal to the international public to fight for the rights of the Yanomami.
“I’m also going to talk about the fight we have today against the invaders and Marco Temporal. I’ll talk about the health and education needs of my people, but I’ll also talk about good things, like the fact that our traditional culture still exists. I’m going to talk about all this, telling the story of the tree of dreams and how our shamans dream,” he told ISA.
The Yanomami filmmaker won Best Cinematography and the Jury Prize at the Gramado Festival this year. Also, Morzaniel’s film won the It’s All True Festival 2023 in the category Best Documentary Short Film in Brazil, and is eligible to compete for an Oscar in the category Best Documentary in Short Film.
The work features the participation of Yanomami shaman and leader Davi Kopenawa, who talks about his people’s knowledge of dreams.
Aida Harika, Roseane Yariana and Edmar Tokorino are responsible for the other two films. In addition to being among his first productions, they are also the first films with Yanomami women in the production and that will premiere at an International Film Festival.
All three productions were made in Watorikɨ, in the Demini region. They were produced by Aruac Filmes during the filming of The Fall of Heaven, freely inspired by the book by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert. The direction of the feature, which is in the finalization phase, is signed by Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha.
Aida Harika Yanomami and shaman Edmar Tokorino Yanomami, working on edits for the film A Woman Thinking|Aruac FilmesWorkshops and awards
In 2022, Aruac organized, together with the Hutukara Associação Yanomami and the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), an audiovisual assembly workshop that gave rise to the production of the three short films that will be at the Venice Film Festival.
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“The objective of this year’s initiative is to highlight the direct and intimate vision of filmmakers from the Yanomami community, one of the most well-known indigenous populations in the Amazon, and its growing importance in the international film scene. A political act giving back to the forest its eyes, bodies and voices to raise awareness about the current Yanomami situation and the urgent need to protect their territory and their way of life”, says Aruac Filmes.
The films are produced by Aruac Filmes, co-produced by Hutukara Associação Yanomami and associated production by Gata Maior Filmes.
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