Los Silencios (2018)

Synopsis 

Nuria, 12, Fabio, 9, and their mother Amparo arrive in a small island in the middle of Amazonia, at the border of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They ran away from the Colombian armed conflict in which their father disappeared. One day, he reappears in their new house. The family is haunted by this strange secret and discovers the island is peopled with ghosts.

(Brasil, França, Colombia. Fiction. 94 minutes.)

Written and Directed by:

Beatriz Seigner

Produced by

Beatriz Seigner, Leonardo Mecchi, Thierry Lenouvel, Daniel Garcia

Production Companies:

Miríade Filmes (Brasil), Enquadramento Produções (Brasil), CineSud Promotion (França) e Dia-fragma Fabrica de Peliculas (Colômbia)

Director of Photography:

Sofia Oggioni

Art Director:

Marcela Gómez

Set Decoration:

Juan Pablo Garay

Set Design:

Alejandro Franco

Property Master:

Juliana Hoyos

Costume Designer:

Ana María Acosta

Make Up and VX

Mari Figueiredo

Sound Design:

Gustavo Nascimento

Boom Operator:

Ruben Valdés

Fernanda Porto

Mixing and Folley:

Jean-Guy Veran

Daniel Turini

Fernando henna

Editor:

Renata Maria

Supervising editor:

Jacques Comet

Still/Making Of:

Juliana Vasconcelos

Poster and Credits:

João Marcos de Almeida

Coproduction:

Canal Brasil

Associated Producers:

Anurag Kashyap, Ram Devineni, Sidney Medina, Denise Seignemartin

Distribution Companies:

Vitrine Filmes, Descoloniza Filmes (Brasil)

International Sales:

Pyramid International

Main Cast

Marleyda Soto (Amparo)

Enrique Diaz (Adão)

María Paula Tabares Peña (Núria)

Adolfo Savinvino (Fábio)

Astrid Fernanda López Martínez (Exlendy)

Doña Albina (Abuelita)

Yerson Castellanos (coiote)

Heider Sanchez (Presidente da Ilha)

Leidy Prieto Echeverry (Vendedora de Arepas)

Alida Pandurro (Maria)

José Manuel Ortega (Señor Sisisi)

Complete Credits of Cast and Crew:

IMDB

Main Festivals and Awards

• Cannes Film Festival 2018 – Directors’ Fortnight
• Lima Intl FF – Official Competition – Prizes best script and Special Prize of the Jury
• San Sebastian FF – Horizontes Latinos – Prize Spanish Cooperation Award
• Biarritz FF
• Toulouse FF – CICAE PRIZE, and Best Film at Cine en Construcion
• Brasilia Film Festival – Official Competition – Prize Best director and critics prize
• Stockholm International Film Festival – Official Competition – Impact Award prize
• International Film Festival of India, Goa – Special Mention by UNESCO
• 40 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano la Habana – Official Competition – Best Artistic Contribution prize
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena De Indias – Best Director Prize