SYNOPSIS
Eami's homeland is invaded by settlers. Embodying Asojá, the bird-god-woman, she falls into trance in which she walks slowly and stunned through her beloved forest as she prepares to leave it forever.
Awards
Tiger Award | Rotterdam IFF, Netherlands, 2022
CAST & CREW
Paz Encina
Director
Producer(s)
Paz Encina, Gabriela Sabaté
Script
Paz Encina
Director of Photography
Guillermo Saposnik
Music by
Joraine Picanerai, Fernando Velázquez Vezzetti
Sound
Javier Umpierrez
Edit
Jordana Berg
Cast
Anel Picanerai, Curia Chiquejno Etacoro, Ducubaide Chiquenoi
Production company(ies)
Silencio Cine
Paz Encina
Paz Encina was born in Asuncion, Paraguay. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Cinematography from the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her works as director have been screened at venues such as the Harvard Film Archives, the BAMFA/ Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive, and the MOMA in New York. She created Silencio Lab in 2016, a platform through which she gives seminars to train young Paraguayan talents. Paz Encina is the first Paraguayan director to be part of the American Academy.
Filmography
Hamaca Paraguaya (2005), Ejercicios de memoria (2016), Eami (2022).
