Hanami (film)

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Hanami
Hanami (film) poster.jpg
Promotional release poster
Directed byDenise Fernandes
Screenplay byDenise Fernandes
Telmo Churro
Produced byEugenia Mumenthaler
David Epiney
Luís Urbano
Sandro Aguilar
StarringDailma Mendes
Sanaya Andrade
Alice da Luz
CinematographyAlana Mejía Gonzalez
Edited bySelin Dettwiler
Music byRahel Zimmermann
Production
companies
Alina Film
O Som e a Fúria
Ventura Film
Release date
  • 14 August 2024 (2024-08-14)(Locarno)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesSwitzerland
Portugal
Cape Verde
LanguagesCape Verdean Creole
Japanese
French
English

Hanami is a 2024 drama film co-writtten and directed by Denise Fernandes in her directorial debut. [1] A co-production between Switzerland, Portugal and Cape Verde, the film centres on the coming-of-age of Nana (Dailma Mendes in childhood, Sanaya Andrade in adolescence), a young girl who was left behind in Cape Verde when her mother Nia (Alice da Luz) left for a better life in another country, centring on both her childhood in a community of women who take care of her needs and her reunion with her mother as a teenager. [2]

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Distribution

The film premiered in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. [1] It was subsequently screened in the Vanguard competition at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention for the Vanguard Award. [3] It was also screened in the First Feature competition at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival. [4]

In 2025, the film appeared at the New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław in the "Smart7" section. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Jamie Lang, "Denise Fernandes’ Cape Verde-Set Debut ‘Hanami’ Acquired By MoreThan Films Ahead of Locarno Premiere". Variety , 8 August 2024.
  2. Teresa Vieira, "Review: Hanami". Cineuropa, 15 August 2024.
  3. Gail Johnson, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of 2024 juried awards". Stir, 3 October 2024.
  4. Laurence Boyce, "Full programme announced for the BFI London Film Festival". Cineuropa, 5 September 2024.
  5. "Hanami | Smart 7 | BNP Paribas Nowe Horyzonty". www.nowehoryzonty.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.