Feature documentary
Brazil, 2021 | 86’
Brazil, 2021 | 86’
Alzira E is a woman who defies time. She broke away from the conservatism of her surroundings to become a free artist. Born in the countryside of Mato Grosso do Sul, she moved to São Paulo at a young age, where she built a solid career as an instrumentalist and composer, collaborating with icons such as Itamar Assumpção, Ney Matogrosso, and her sister Tetê Espíndola. Irreverent and sophisticated, her compass is the present — what can never be lost.
Alzira is the force of nature itself. One current — no beginning, no end. A river you can't tell the depth or surface. Alzira E ‘undulates.’ A good story doesn't move forward or backward, it undulates. — Marcelino Freire | Folha de São Paulo
In times of incomplete memories, the film compensates a mistake: how come we knew so little about this woman. — David Obarrio - BAFICI | Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
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Directed by: Marina Thomé
Produced by: Marcia Mansur
Support: Rumos Itaú Cultural, PROAC, QUANTA POST
Produced by: Marcia Mansur
Support: Rumos Itaú Cultural, PROAC, QUANTA POST
Brazil Distribution: Descoloniza Filmes
Festivals:
— World Première: 22nd BAFICI - Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (Official Selection - Argentina - March 2021)
— European Première: 61º Krakow Film Festival (Official Selection - Poland - May 2021)
— Brazilian Première: 13th IN-EDIT Brasil (Jury Prize for Best Documentary - Brazil, June 2021)
— 16th CINEOP - Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Official Selection - Brazil, June 2021)
— SANFIC 17 - Santiago International Film Festival 2021 (Official Selection - Chile, August 2021)
— 3rd Cabíria Festival - Mulheres e Audiovisual (Official Selection - Brazil, October 2021)
— 27th Womex Porto (Film Programme - October 2021)
— 19th IN-EDIT Barcelona (Spain - November 2021)
— 36º Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano de Trieste (Official Competition - Contemporary, Latin World - Italy, November 2021)
— 33º Girona Film Festival (Official Selection - Spain, November 2021)
— 12th FESTin Lisboa 2021 (Official Selection, Mostra Cinema Brasileiro - Portugal, November 2021)
— 9th FIDBA, Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival (Official Selection - Argentina, December 2021)
— 29th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (Official Selection - USA, March 2022)
— 30th MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering (Competitive Session - Hungary, May 2022)
— European Première: 61º Krakow Film Festival (Official Selection - Poland - May 2021)
— Brazilian Première: 13th IN-EDIT Brasil (Jury Prize for Best Documentary - Brazil, June 2021)
— 16th CINEOP - Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Official Selection - Brazil, June 2021)
— SANFIC 17 - Santiago International Film Festival 2021 (Official Selection - Chile, August 2021)
— 3rd Cabíria Festival - Mulheres e Audiovisual (Official Selection - Brazil, October 2021)
— 27th Womex Porto (Film Programme - October 2021)
— 19th IN-EDIT Barcelona (Spain - November 2021)
— 36º Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano de Trieste (Official Competition - Contemporary, Latin World - Italy, November 2021)
— 33º Girona Film Festival (Official Selection - Spain, November 2021)
— 12th FESTin Lisboa 2021 (Official Selection, Mostra Cinema Brasileiro - Portugal, November 2021)
— 9th FIDBA, Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival (Official Selection - Argentina, December 2021)
— 29th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (Official Selection - USA, March 2022)
— 30th MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering (Competitive Session - Hungary, May 2022)
Awards:
— Best Film (IN-EDIT BRASIL 2021)
— Best Editing (17th edition of the Vale do Ivinhema Film Festival)
— Best Sound Editing (17th edition of the Vale do Ivinhema Film Festival)
— Selected for the ABC Award 2022 - Best Editing Feature Documentary (Marina Thomé)
— Selected for the ABC Award 2022 - Best Sound Team Documentary Feature Film (Victor Jaramillo, Ricardo Zollner, Simone Alves and Ariel Henrique)
— Best Film (IN-EDIT BRASIL 2021)
— Best Editing (17th edition of the Vale do Ivinhema Film Festival)
— Best Sound Editing (17th edition of the Vale do Ivinhema Film Festival)
— Selected for the ABC Award 2022 - Best Editing Feature Documentary (Marina Thomé)
— Selected for the ABC Award 2022 - Best Sound Team Documentary Feature Film (Victor Jaramillo, Ricardo Zollner, Simone Alves and Ariel Henrique)
