• Saudade

    Saudade



  • Saudade

    Saudade



  • Saudade

    Saudade



  • Saudade

    Saudade



  • Saudade

    Saudade



Saudade

by Denize Galiao

Saudade

Germany | 2019 | 30:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
When Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Denize Galiao starts feeling that sorrow of loss again, her father sighs and says, “Forget about saudade and carry on.” An old Brazilian legend says that the African gods created the feeling of saudade to remind people where they come from and where they are. And that’s just what she’s suffering from. Twenty years ago Galiao emigrated to Germany, where her dream of becoming a filmmaker came true. But the papayas there never taste as good as in Brazil.

Galiao’s parents live in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, and thanks to Skype her birth country is never far away. Now that her parents need more support, the sense of dislocation is really making its presence felt. “You are physically present, while your mind is somewhere else.” This short film explores and defines the feeling in various ways, both positive and negative.

Saudade is a richly layered film about emigration and identity, and about how culture forms your worldview. Will returning to Brazil liberate Galiao from this feeling? (IDFA)
Festivals/Awards
a.o.
2019
Winner of the IDFA Competition for Student Documentary
Best Camera Student – Asocijacija Snimatelja BiH for Dino Osmanovic
2020
President's Award beim Full Frame USA
Millenium IDFF, Brussels
It's All True IDFF, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Provinziale - Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany
dotdotdot Festival, Austria
Fünf Seen Film Festival, Germany
Best of Short Films Festival, France
EUREKA University Film Festival, Colombia
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, England
Verzio FF, Budapest
2021
sehnsüchte, Potsdam, Germany
OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg, Germany
Cast and Crew
  • Director Denize Galiao
  • Producer Michael Kalb
  • Director of Photography Dino Osmanovic (ASBH)
  • Editor Valeria Valenzuela
  • Sound Design Andreas Goldbrunner
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