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EAMI
Paz Encina

June 6, 21:30

Official Competition

international title

EAMI

original title

EAMI

year

2022

genre

Documentary

film run

83’

ARGUMENT

Paz Encina

PHOTOGRAPHY

Guillermo Saposnik

V.O.

Ayoreo

Subtitles

Português e Inglês

synopsis

Paraguayan director Paz Encina travelled to Chaco for this film. She immersed herself in Ayoreo-Totobiegosode mythology, and listened to heart-rending stories about how the people are being chased off their land. Based on the knowledge she acquired, she made a dreamy, magic-realist film about a little girl called Eami. After her village is destroyed and her community disintegrates, Eami wanders the rainforest. She is the bird-god – she explains in the poetic voice-over, in her own language – looking for whomever may be left. Every now and then, Encina plays snippets of interviews, whilst studying Eami’s immobile face.

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