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THE BURITI FLOWER
CROWRA
JOAO SALAVIZA & RENEE NADER MESSORA
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THE BURITI FLOWER
CROWRA
JOAO SALAVIZA & RENEE NADER MESSORA
Country
BRAZIL
language
KRAHO | PORTUGUESE
2023 year
124 Minutes

SCHEDULE

01.03.2024 / 12:20 PM/ Audi 4 PVR INOX ORION MALL
06.03.2024 / 10:00 AM/ Audi 4 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

Through her child’s eyes, Patpro will go through three periods of the history of her indigenous people in the heart of the Brazilian forest. Tirelessly persecuted, but guided by their ancestral rites, their love of nature, and their fight to preserve their freedom, the Krahô never stop inventing new forms of resistance.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Joao Salaviza, Renee Nader Messora, Ricardo Alves Jr., Julia Alves
Screenplay: Joao Salaviza, Renee Nader Messora, Ilda Patpro Kraho, Francisco Hyjno Kraho, Henrique Ihjac Kraho
Director of Photography: Renee Nader Messora
Editor: Edgar Feldman Joao Salaviza, Renee Nader Messora
Music: NA
Sound: Pablo Lamar, Ariel Henrique
Cast: Ilda Patpro Kraho, Francisco Hyjno Kraho, Solane Tehtikwyj Kraho, Raene Koto Kraho, Debora Sodre, Luzia Cruwakwyj Kraho
Awards - Winner: Cannes FF (Ensemble Prize), Munich FF (CineVision Award - Best Film by an Emerging Director), Huelva Latin American FF (Special Jury Award), Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (Heterodox Award)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Cannes FF (Un Certain Regard Award), El Gouna FF (Feature Documentary Competition)
Director's Biography
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JOAO SALAVIZA & RENEE NADER MESSORA

Born in 1984, João Salaviza earned the Palme d’Or at Cannes for his debut short, ARENA, and the Golden Bear at the Berlinale for RAFA. His first feature, MOUNTAIN, premiered at Venice, and he co-directed THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS, which premiered at Cannes. Renée Nader Messora, a cinematographer, worked on MOUNTAIN and engaged with the Krahô community. Her co-direction of THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS at Cannes 2018 gained international recognition, leading to THE BURITI FLOWER, her second feature with João Salaviza, shot over fifteen months in Krahô Indigenous Land.