Transamazonia

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Transamazonia
Directed by Pia Marais
Screenplay by
  • Pia Marais
  • Willem Droste
Produced by
  • Sophie Erbs
  • Tom Dercourt
  • Murielle Thierrin
  • Pierrick Baudouin
  • Claudia Steffen
  • Christoph Friedel
  • Jean-Marc Fröhle
  • Stefano Centini
  • Chuti Chang
  • Camilo Cavalcanti
  • Viviane Mendonça
  • Jorane Castro
  • Pia Marais
  • Alex C. Lo
  • Guilherme Cezar Coelho
  • Fernando Loureiro
  • Christine Vial-Collet
  • Thomas Jaubert
  • Annette Fausbøll
  • Jean-Alexandre Luciani
  • Joanne Goh
  • Keong Low
Starring
  • Helena Zengel
  • Jeremy Xido
  • Sabine Timoteo
  • Hamã Luciano
  • Rômulo Braga
  • Philipp Lavra
  • Iwinaiwa Assurini
  • Pirá Assurini
  • João Victor Xavante
  • Kamya Assurini
CinematographyMathieu de Montgrand
Edited by
  • Matthieu Laclau
  • Yann-Shan Tsai
Music byLim Giong
Production
companies
  • Cinéma Defacto
  • Gaïjin
  • Aldabra Films
  • Pandora Film Produktion
  • Point Prod
  • Volos Films
  • Vitamine C
  • O Par
  • Cabocla Filmes
  • Cinéma Inutile
  • Tigresa
  • Matizar Filmes
  • Moonduckling Films
  • Jazzy Pictures
  • WDR-Arte
  • RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
  • The Assurini People in Brazil
Release date
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
  • Brazil
  • France
  • Germany
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
Languages
  • English
  • Brazilian Portuguese

Transamazonia is a 2024 coming-of-age film directed by Pia Marais, who co-wrote the screenplay with Willem Droste. [1] [2] The film stars Helena Zengel as the daughter of an American missionary in the Amazon rainforest, played by Jeremy Xido, who claims that his daughter is a faith healer. [3]

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Premise

As a child, Rebecca is rescued from a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest by a member of a nearby Indigenous tribe. Now a teenager, she is well known in the area as her father, American missionary Lawrence Byrne, claims that she is a faith healer. Rebecca's misgivings about her situation are compounded by the arrival of illegal loggers poised to disrupt the local way of life. [3]

Cast

Production

Principal photography for Transamazonia took place in July 2023. [2] The film was presented as a work in progress at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion that September. [5]

Release

Transamazonia premiered on 12 August 2024 at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Leopard. The film was also selected for the Main Slate section of the 2024 New York Film Festival. [3]

The film will close the 8th Malaysia International Film Festival on 27 July 2025. [6]

Reception

Accolades

AwardCeremony dateCategoryRecipient(s)Ref.
Locarno Film Festival 17 August 2024 Golden Leopard Nominated [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Transamazonia". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Transamazonia". Cinéma de Facto. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Transamazonia". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. "Transamazonia". Swiss Films. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. Frater, Patrick. "Golden Horse Film Project Market Sets Bumper 64-Title Edition". Variety. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. Naman Ramachandran (17 June 2025). "Malaysian Drama 'Ninavau' Opens MIFFest, Environmental Epic 'Transamazonia' Closes". Variety . Retrieved 18 June 2025.