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Original name: Hanami
English name: Hanami
Year: 2024
Run time: 96 minutes
Language: Cape Verdean Creole / Japanese / French / English
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde
Director: Denise Fernandes
Producer: Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
Cast: Sanaya Andrade, Daílma Mendes, Alice Da Luz, Nha Nha Rodrigues, Yuta Nakano
Screenplay: Denise Fernandes, Telmo Churro
Cinematographer: Alana Mejía González
Editor: Selin Dettwiler
Sound Designer: Henri Maïkoff
Music Composer: Rahel Zimmermann
Costume Designer: Silvia Grabowski
Production Designer: Mathé
Production Company: Alina film, O Som e a Fúria
World Sales: MORETHAN Films
Denise Fernandes was born in Lisbon, to Cape Verdean parents, and grew up in Switzerland. Her latest short film Nha Mila (2020) was presented in Locarno, New Directors/New Films, among others, and was a European Film Awards candidate. Hanami, filmed in Cape Verde, is her feature directorial debut.
On a remote volcanic island – a place everyone wants to leave – Nana has learned to stay. Her mother Nia, who suffers from a mysterious illness, left soon after her birth. When Nana comes down with a high fever, she is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment. There, she encounters a world suspended between dreams and reality. Years later, when Nana is a teenager, Nia returns.
