20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Joana Pimenta is a filmmaker from Portugal. Her film An Aviation Field (2016), had its premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Jury Award for Best Film at the International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao. Adirley Queirós is a filmmaker from Brazil. His films include Once There Was Brasilia (2017), which won a Special Mention of the Jury at the Locarno Film Festival, and White Out, Black In (2014), which won more than twenty awards.
Léa tells the story of the Gasolineiras de Kebradas as it echoes through the walls of Colmeia, the womenâs prison of Brasilia: âIn 2019, I got involved with my sister Chitara in this crazy scheme she was caught up in. She had bought some land in a favelaâoil pipes ran right under it, so she built this huge structure, tapped the oil, and started refining it right there and was making a lot of money. She set up a deal with the motoboys, so they would buy gas from her. She also had a stand at the market where she would sell it. Chitara also got mixed up in politics. She made history.â
Director : Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
Producer : Adirley Queirós
Cinematographer : Joana Pimenta
Production Designer : Denise Vieira
Editor : Cristina Amaral
Sound : Francisco Craesmeyer
Production Company : Cinco Da Norte