Gabraz Sanna
CARTAS DO ABSURDO / LETTERS FROM ABSURD
Brasil 2025, 44’
On one hand, with its key statement (“There were no whites before, now they’re everywhere. They’re filming everything”) almost in the middle of the film, Letters from Absurd deals with the devastating effects of the genocide of Brazil’s indigenous peoples over the last five centuries, using recently found letters written by native Brazilians in the 17th century to describe the end of the world. On the other hand, Gabraz Sanna offers a formal tour de force with illustrious precedents in his nearly 25-minute long take, which traverses nature and water and ends on a coast, a harbour, ‘civilization.’
Gabraz Sanna is a Brazilian filmmaker. As a former Literature student, his first films portray two important writers in Portuguese language: Manoel de Barros and Maria Gabriela Llansol. In the past decade, he worked with artists such as Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Tantão, Digitaria and Tindersticks. His work moves between direct and experimental cinema, focusing on the dialogue between different artistic languages. His films are part of the Arsenal Film Institute collection in Berlin
screenplay, cinematography, editing and sound design: Gabraz
actress: Sara Não Tem Nome
actor: Eliakin
soundtrack: Nilo Castello Sandes
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