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.