Memory House — MANEKI FILMS

Director : João Paulo Miranda Maria

Scriptwriter : João Paulo Miranda Maria

Casting : Antonio Pitanga, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Sam Louwyck

Director of photography : Benjamín Echazarreta

Sound director : Léo Bortolin

Editor : Benjamin Mirguet

Composer : Nicolas Becker

Producers : Paula Cosenza, Denise Gomez et Didar Domehri

Production : BeBossa (Brazil) and Maneki Films (France)

With the support of : Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, the Hubert Balls Europe Fund, and the FSA (Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual), Next Step Program from the Critics Week, European Work in Progress (Cologne), Paris Coproduction Village (Les Arcs Films Festival), Cine en Construccion (San Sebastian Film Festival), CinéLatino - Rencontres de Toulouse

Synopsis : Cristovam, a native from the brazilian hinterland, works in a milk factory in a former Austrian colony in Brazil. He feels lonely, ostracized by cultural and ethnic differences. One day, he discovers an abandoned house filled with objects that remind him of his origins. He slowly settles in this house. Curiously, more objects start to appear without explanation, as if the place was « alive ».

International sales : Celluloid Dreams

Brazilian distributor : Pandora Filmes

FESTIVALS

Next Step Program - Critics Week - Cannes Film Festival 2015

European Work in Progress - Cologne Film Festival 2019

Paris Coproduction Village - Les Arcs Films Festival

Europa Prize - Cine en Construccion / CinéLatino - San Sebastian Film Festival / Rencontres de Toulouse

Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival 2020

Discovery - TIFF 2020

New Horizons - San Sebastián Film Festival 2020

Curtas International Film Festival 2020

Cinema Extraordinaire - Bergen International Film Festival 2020