Eami

OT: Eami

Paz Encina // Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, USA, Germany, Netherlands, France, 2022
// FF2022

Story

HYBRID Nowhere in the world is rain forest being destroyed as radically as in Chaco, Paraguay. Marked by its magical realism, the film tells of an indigenous Ayoreo-Totobiegosode girl who is forced to leave her home. After her village is destroyed, Eami wanders through the forest one last time and plunges into a hypnotic soundscape. In her native tongue, she explains that she is the bird god, who records the history of her community and wants to retain a spiritual place which can neither be destroyed nor removed. »Remember everything,« says the lizard, who accompanies Eami on her journey. »Once we’ve gone, we can never return.«

Paraguay’s official entry for the 2023 Academy Awards

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Director

PAZ ENCINA (*1971 in Paraguay) is one of the most interesting voices in contemporary Latin American cinema, her films have won many awards. Her film Hamaca Paraguaya (2006) was shown at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section and won the FIPRESCI prize. The film was also shown in the same year at FILMFEST HAMBURG. Eami was awarded the Tiger Award at the 2022 Rotterdam Film Festival.

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Info

Original title: Eami

Film type:

Original language: Guarani

Section: Vitrina//FF2022

Production country: Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, USA, Germany, Netherlands, France

Produced: 2022

Runtime: 85 min

Language and subtitles: OV with English subtitles

Director: Paz Encina

Screenplay: Paz Encina

Cast: Anel Picanerai, Curia Chiquejno Etacoro, Ducubaide Chiquenoi, Basui Picanerai Etacore, Lucas Etacori, Guesa Picanerai, Lazaro Dosapei Cutamijo, Catebia Picanere Chiqueño, Jonatan Chiqueño Etacore, Hernán Bego Dosapei Cutamijo

Producer: Paz Encina, Gabriela Sabaté

DoP: Guillermo Saposnik

Sound: Javier Umpierrez

Editor: Jordana Berg

Music: Joraine Picanerai, Fernando Velázquez Vezzetti

World Sales: MPM Premium

Production Company: Silencio Cine

Co-Production: Black Forest Films; Gaman Cine; Revolver Amsterdam; MPM Film; Eaux Vives Productions; Louverture Films; Piano; Barraca Producciones; Sagax Entertainment; Sabaté Films / Christoph Hahnheiser, Josune Hahnheiser, Joslyn Barnes, Julio Chavezmontes, Nicolás Gil Lavedra, Marie-Pierre Macia, Raymond van der Kaaij, Lorena Villarreal, Emiliano Torres, Kirsi Saivosalmi, Susan Rockefeller, Carlos Reygadas, Xénia Maingot, Ilse Hughan, Luc Hardy, Claire Gadéa, Darian De La Fuente

Film contact: MPM Premium, Natalia Isotta: natalia@mpmpremium.com

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