A dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these have been carried out in Japan for over 2000 years by the Ama-San.
Cinematography: Cláudia Varejão Sound Takashi Sugimoto Editing: Cláudia Varejão and João Braz Sound Design Hugo Leitão Color Correction Paulo Américo Producers João Matos and Vadim Jendreyko Cast Mayumi Mitsuhashi, Masumi Shibahara and Matsumi Koiso
Articles: https://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/meninas-do-mar-1700187
Co-production Mira Film, SGRS, Flying Pillow
Mostra Internacional Films de Dones, Spain, ´17
Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, ´17
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France ´19
Wolf Kino, Berlim, Germany ´19
Zazie Kino & Bar, Halle, Germany ´19
Jewish Community Centre London, UK ´19
Cineclube Municipal Argentina ´19
Cineclube Municipal de Córdoba ´19
Cinemateca Urugaya, Montevideo, Uruguay, ´19
Cineclube Mal de ojo , Ecuador ´19
Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil ´19
BAM, Brooklyn, USA ´19
Cineca Madrid, Spain ´18
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA ´18
Tel Aviv Cinematheque, Israel '18
Art of The Real - Film Society Of Lincoln Center, USA '17
Paraloeil Cinéma, Canada '17
Metrograph Theater, USA '17
RAI - Royal Anthropological Institute - Film Festival Anthropology/Ethnography/Archaeology, UK '17
Uyarasu Documentary Office, Japan’19
NY Portugisisk Film Cinemateket Bergen, Norway'19
Camões - Centro Cultural Português, Maputo
Embaixada Brasileira, Námbia
Florestas Queer, Le Vigan, France'22
KINO Athens, Greece'22
Voyages en mers avec Ubah, France'22