Tramway Film Festival
QUEBRANTE
Brazil | 2024 | 23’ | Polish premiere
A spell breaking, Quebrante traverses the caves, ruins and phantasmagorias of the Transamazon BR230 Highway, portraying its stones and its ghosts. Set in tiny Rurópolis, the very first town ever built on the road, Quebrante follows Ms. Erismar, a retired elementary school teacher known in the region as The Cave Woman.
Director: Janaina Wagner
Script: Janaina Wagner
Cinematography: Lucas Barbi
Editing: Janaina Wagner, Yuyan Wang
Sound: Ricardo Zollner
Producer: Janaina Wagner
Main festivals:
- Berlin International Film Festival – Forum Expanded
- Cartagena Film Festival
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Guanajuato International Film Festival (Special Mention: Best Experimental Short)