From the Feminine Film Series

Baronesa

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Juliana Antunes
Brazil
2017
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Description

Andreia wants to move out. Leid is waiting for her husband, who is in prison. They are neighbors in a poor suburban slum of Belo Horizonte, trying to escape the daily dangers of a drug trafficking war being waged outside and to avoid the tragedy that comes with the rain. 

Awards and festivals

- Ambulante (2018)
- Punto de Vista. International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra (2018)
- IBAFF. Murcia Film Festival (2018)
- Unam International Film Festival - FICUNAM (2018)
- Marseille International Film Festival - FID Marseille - Audience Awards (Best Film, Marseille Espérance Prize and Renaud Victor Prize) (2017)
- Valdivia International Film Festival Best Film (2017)
- Viennale Vienna International Film Festival (2017)
- RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival (2017)
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival Best Film in Latin American Competition (2017)
- International Festival of New Latin American Cinema Best Documentary (2017)

Biography of the director

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Juliana Antunes
Born in 1989, she graduated in Filmmaking from UNA university in Belo Horizonte. Juliana is, along with Marcella Jacques and Laura Godoy, a founding partner at VENTURA. Juliana debuted as film director with her feature film Baronesa, which was awarded Best Picture at the 2017 Tiradentes Film Festival where it made its world premiere, followed by its international premiere at the 28th FIDMarseille, in France, where earned 3 awards, including the Audience Award.  She is currently finishing her short films Control Plan and Industrial while also developing her second feature film, Hit and Back Copacabana.
 

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Data sheet
Director
Juliana Antunes
Language
Portuguese - Subtitled in Spanish
Cinematography
Fernanda de Sena
Editing
Affonso Uchôa, Rita M. Pestana
Sound
Marcela Santos (Sound Technician), Pedro Durães (Sound Editing and Mixing) ,
Producción
Juliana Antunes, Marcella Jacques, Laura Godoy
Production company
VENTURA, Filmes de Plástico
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