RIO DE JANEIRO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
8 - 15 NOVEMBER 2025
5 - 7 DECEMBER 2025 (BRASILIA)
FREE ENTRY
LETTERS OF THE ABSURD
Letters from Absurd
The end of the world described in four letters written by native Brazilians in the 17th century: Cartas do Absurdo deals with the devastating effects of the genocide of the indigenous peoples of Brazil over the last five centuries.
The end of the world described in four letters written by native Brazilians in the 17th century: Letters of the Absurd deals with the devastating effects of the genocide of Brazil's indigenous peoples over the last five centuries.
Direction
Gabraz Sanna
Production
Gabraz Sanna
Photography
Gabraz Sanna
Sound
Gabraz Sanna
Music
Gabraz Sanna and Nilo Castello Sandes
Cast
Eliakin, Sara Has No Name
Producer
I died in 1999
10/11 - 8pm *
MAM CINEMATECA
12/11 - 3pm *
NET RIO STATION 2
05/12 - 4PM
CINE BRASILIA
* Sessions with the director present
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GABRAZ SANNA
Gabraz Sanna is a Brazilian filmmaker whose work straddles the line between direct and experimental cinema, focusing on the dialogue between different artistic languages. His films have been shown at festivals and museums around the world. As a former literature student, he made his first full-length films as portraits of two important Portuguese-language writers: Manoel de Barros and Maria Gabriela Llansol. Sanna has collaborated with artists such as Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Tantão, Digitaria, Sara Não tem Nome, Felappi Montparnasse and Tindersticks. After RuÃna (2015) and Eu sou o Rio (with Anne Santos, 2017).
Gabraz Sanna is a Brazilian filmmaker whose work moves between direct and experimental cinema, focusing on the dialogue between different artistic languages. His films have been shown at festivals and museums around the world. As a former literature student, he made his first full-length films as portraits of two important writers in the Portuguese language: Manoel de Barros and Maria Gabriela Llansol. Sanna has collaborated with artists such as Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Tantão, Digitaria, Sara Não tem Nome, Felappi Montparnasse, and Tindersticks. Following RuÃna (2015) and Eu sou o Rio (with Anne Santos,2017).
