MAIN FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2019 – Rotherham International Film Festival – Opening film | 2017 - CachoeiraDOC – Best Shot Film | 2017 – 9th Semana de Cinema | 2017 - Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife – Critics Prize and Honorable Mention ABD | 2017 - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema 2017
about the director Safira Moreira
Born in 1991 in the neighborhood of Engenho Velho da Federação (Salvador, BA, Brazil). Works with black people portraits surrounded by politics of memory. She was the director of photography for the short film Eu, Minha Mãe e Wallace (2018), by Eduardo and Marcos Carvalho. Wrote and directed the documentary series Iyas Idanas - Mulheres da Cozinha (2019).FILMOGRAPHY [2017] Crossing
country
Brasil
ratings
Livre
screenplay
Safira Moreira
cinematography
Caíque Mello
editing
Safira Moreira
producer
Omnirá Filmes
contact
safiramoreira1@gmail.com
The film seeks photographic records of black families in this intimate and poetic visual essay, exploring private stories to criticize the stigmatization and almost absence of portraits of these people. A sensitive visual counter-narrative of what remains invisible.
MAIN FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2019 – Rotherham International Film Festival – Opening film | 2017 - CachoeiraDOC – Best Shot Film | 2017 – 9th Semana de Cinema | 2017 - Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife – Critics Prize and Honorable Mention ABD | 2017 - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema 2017
PRINCIPAIS FESTIVAIS E PRÊMIOS
2019 - Festival de Roterdã - Filme de Abertura | 2017 - CachoeiraDOC - Melhor Curta | 2017 - 9ª Semana de Cinema | 2017 - Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife - Prêmio da Crítica e Menção Honrosa ABD | 2017 - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema 2017
MAIN FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2019 – Rotherham International Film Festival – Opening film | 2017 - CachoeiraDOC – Best Shot Film | 2017 – 9th Semana de Cinema | 2017 - Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife – Critics Prize and Honorable Mention ABD | 2017 - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema 2017
PRINCIPAIS FESTIVAIS E PRÊMIOS
2019 - Festival de Roterdã - Filme de Abertura | 2017 - CachoeiraDOC - Melhor Curta | 2017 - 9ª Semana de Cinema | 2017 - Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife - Prêmio da Crítica e Menção Honrosa ABD | 2017 - Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema 2017
about the director Safira Moreira
Born in 1991 in the neighborhood of Engenho Velho da Federação (Salvador, BA, Brazil). Works with black people portraits surrounded by politics of memory. She was the director of photography for the short film Eu, Minha Mãe e Wallace (2018), by Eduardo and Marcos Carvalho. Wrote and directed the documentary series Iyas Idanas - Mulheres da Cozinha (2019).FILMOGRAPHY [2017] Crossing