DREŽNICA :: 2008

A FILM BY ANNA AZEVEDO

[2008, 8mm / 35mm, 14 min]

"Filmmaker Anna Azevedo crafts a lush world that exists somewhere between memory and the senses, a place where snow meets the sea, where days are filled with stars and nights are filled with sun. Super-8 footage from the 1970s animates the recollections of people who reveal that seeing this world is not the only way to experience its beauty. Dreznica is a lyrical journey through the sensations, perceptions and dreams of the blind".

[Myrocia Watamaniuk / Canadian Int'l Doc Film Festival - HotDocs]

"An extraordinary and beautiful experimental movie"

[Magazine Cahiers du Cinéma - France]

"Um curta que vale mais do que mil longas"

[O Globo - Segundo Caderno - Coluna Arnaldo Bloch]

AWARDS

1. Special Mention - Santa Maria da Feira Film Festival - Portugal

2. Best Movie - Audience Award & Special Jury Prize - La Plata Internacional Film Festival, Argentina

3. Best Short Documentary of the Year - Brazilian Academy of Motion Picture Award

4. Best Movie - Audience Award and Doc Association Award [Cine PE]

5. Best Documentary Film, Best Editing, Best Soundtrack [Vitória Cine e Vídeo Festival - ES]

6. Best Movie, Best Sound Designer [Filmes do Mundo Intl. Film Festival - SP]

7. Best Documentary [Femina - Women's International Film Festival - RJ]

8. Best Documentary [Curta-SE - Iberoamerican Short Film Festival - SE]

9. Best Editing and Best Contribution for Cinema Innovation - [Recne - RJ ]

FESTIVALS

. Berlin Internacional Film Festival - Berlinale Shorts - World Premiere

. Documentary Fortnight - Museum of Modern Art – MoMA NY

. International Film Festival Rotterdam

. HotDocs - Canadian Intl. Documentary Film Festival

. Sheffield Documentary Festival [UK]

. DocsDF - [Mexico]

. Signes de Nuits [Paris]

. Detmold Intl. Short Film Festival [Germany]

. Cinema Verité - Iran Intl. Documentary Film Festival

. Asiana [South Korea]

. CPH: DOX - Copenhagen Intl. Doc. Film Festival

. IN THE PALACE - Bulgarian Intl.Short Film Festival

. Santa Maria da Feira [Portugal]

. True or False Intl Doc Film Festival [EUA]

. International Women's Film Festival [India]

. La Plata Intl. Film Festival [Argentina]

. Rio de Janeiro Intl. Film Festival

. São Paulo Intl. Film Festival

. Cine PE

. Rio de Janeiro Intl Short Film Festival

. Curta-SE

. Goiânia Mostra Curta

. Vitória Cine e Video

. Amazonia Intl Film Festival

. Femina - Woman Intl. Film Festival, Brazil

. Recine

and more 30 film festivals