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The Falling Sky
A Queda de Céu
A film by Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Year|2024 Duration|110 min Language|Yanomam Territory|Brazil/Italy World Premiere|Cannes Quinzaine

SYNOPSIS

Based on the powerful words of shaman and Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa, ‘The Falling Sky’ portrays the Indigenous community of Watorikɨ as it engages in a vital funeral rite known as a Reahu - a collective effort to hold up the sky. The film stands as a trenchant shamanic critique of illegal gold mining, the deadly mix of epidemics brought by outsiders the Yanomami call “xawara”, and those Davi calls the “merchandise people.” Showcasing the beauty of Yanomami cosmology and its xapiri spirits while also highlighting this people’s geopolitical importance, ‘The Falling Sky’ invites us to dream far.

DIRECTOR’S BIO

Eryk
Rocha Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha

THE FALLING SKY marks Eryk Rocha’s 10th feature film, and his 3rd time at Cannes where he won the L’Oeil d’Or Award for CINEMA NOVO in 2016. Co-director Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha is a Brazilian artist, theater director, performer, filmmaker and environmental art activist who works for more than 10 years with the Brazilian Amazon. Previously, she worked alongside Rocha for EDNA (2021), as well as a collection of short films directed by Yanomami directors - THE TREE OF DREAM (2023), FISHING WITH TIMBÓ (2023), and A WOMAN THINKING (2023).

PRODUCTION COMPANY

ARUAC FILMES
HUTUKARA ASSOCIAÇÃO YANOMAMI
STEMAL ENTERTAINMENT
RAI CINEMA
LES FILMS D'ICI

WITH

Davi Kopenawa, Justino Yanomami,
Givaldo Yanomami, Raimundo Yanomami,
Dinarte Yanomami, Guiomar Kopenawa,
Roseane Yariana, Watorikɨ Community

KEY CREW

Producers: Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Donatella Palermo
Associate Producer: Richard Copans
Director of Photography and Camera: Eryk Rocha, Bernard Machado
Additional Camera: Morzaniel Ɨramari, Roseane Yariana
Editor: Renato Vallone
Sound: Marcos Lopes
Sound Design and Mix: Guile Martins

SELECTED FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Cannes - Quinzaine des Cinéastes

International Guanajuato Film Festival
Best International Documentary Feature

DMZ DOCS
International Competition Special Jury Award

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Best Sound Award and Best Direction for Documentary

Doclisboa International Film Festival
INATEL Foundation Award

DOC NYC

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

Festival de Cine de Lima

Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires

Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine

Melbourne International Film Festival

DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival

Festival La Manufacture d’Idées

AFI Latin American Film Festival

Hawai'i International Film Festival

Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo

Refocus Film Festival

Brésil en Mouvements - Documentary Film Festival

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