2021 Atlanta Film Festival

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6 films in package
Simone: A Survivor's Story
A visually poetic diary of Ugandan model Simone Awor’s intimate journey to overcome breast cancer and find healing within herself and her community.
Scarlet Medusa
At the edge of Shirahama, a coastal tourist town in Japan, an ageing scientist works to unlock the biological secret of immortality held in the life cycle of a tiny jellyfish. At a temple in Kyoto, a Zen priest contemplates the metaphysical immortality held within a single breath.
Stunned, I Remain Alert
Journalist Dermi Azevedo has never stopped fighting for human rights. Now, more than three decades after the end of the military dictatorship in Brazil, he's witnessing the return of those same practices.
Ten Leaves Dilated
A documentary that uses the make-believe world crafted by Cabbage Patch Kids to examine discourses surrounding childbirth in the South.
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How to Disappear
An anti-war movie in the true sense of the word, searching for possibilities for peace in the most unlikely place of a war game. It’s a tribute to disobedience and desertion - in both digital and physical-real warfare.
Closed captions available
Seeking Aline
Rokhaya, a young director, returns to her home in Senegal to make a film about a local historical figure. Throughout her research, which consists of interviews with local personalities, discussions with her team and fictional scenes shot on location, we discover the story of Aline Sitoe Diatta.
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Journalist Dermi Azevedo has never stopped fighting for human rights. Now, more than three decades after the end of the military dictatorship in Brazil, he's witnessing the return of those same practices.


This film contains content that may be triggering to some viewers. To view a full list of trigger warnings, visit the following link (these warnings may contain spoilers): https://airtable.com/shriAkJ0UGrg5HKep


MEET THE FILMMAKER: LUCAS H. ROSSI DOS SANTOS 

Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos is a producer on feature films such as "Kabadio", "Canastra Suja" and "Death Inhabits at Night" (Premiering at the 2020 Rotterdam Film Festival), as well as award-winning short films "Ao Final da Conversa Eles se Despedem com um Abraço" and "Repulsa". "O Vestido de Myriam", his first narrative short as a director, has been selected for more than 90 international festivals. In 2020 he released two acclaimed documentary short films: "Stunned, I Remain Alert" and "Happy in the Gap". He's currently in editing his first feature as a director, writer and producer, a documentary about legendary Brazilian actor Grande Othelo.


MEET THE FILMMAKER: HENRIQUE AMUD

Henrique Amud is a screenwriter and image researcher working in Rio de Janeiro. His first feature debut as a writer is the documentary "Como Você Me Vê?" (Canal Brazil, 2017), and his next documentary as a writer and researcher will be the upcoming "Othelo, O Grande", by Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos. "Stunned, I Remain Alert" is his debut film as a director.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    Portuguese
  • Country
    Brazil
  • Director
    Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos & Henrique Amud
  • Screenwriter
    Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Henrique Amud
  • Producer
    Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Henrique Amud
  • Cast
    Dermi Azevedo
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