The Buriti Flower | SproutsFF24

The Buriti Flower | Crowrã by Renée Nader Messora, João Salaviza

eco competition | Dutch premiere | 2023 | Brazil, Portugal | 124’

 

Pressing film about the Krahô people of Brazil, fighting for their existence and that of the Amazon, which was rightfully awarded at Cannes for the way it was made in close collaboration with its ensemble of non-actors. A lyrical blend of documentary and fiction, culminating in massive Indigenous demonstrations in Brasília. It fuses past and present,  systemic expulsion and defiance.  

 

*All Sprouts films are with English subtitles

 

>> The screening on May 11 includes a panel discussion with Stop Ecocide NL (35’)

 

Sprouts Film Festival 2024 | May 7-12

In times of a glitching world, with weather extremes and inhumane conflicts intensifying, it can be tempting to avert your gaze. Instead, Sprouts wants to make the cinema a site for peaceful protest by showing newly released ecocinema and socially critical debut films. All selected features and shorts are fiction, because it is our belief that through the power of imagination we can alter our behaviour for the better and rethink our relationship with the more-than-human world. We are here to make you wonder, to inform, to spark resistance and to nurture fresh talent.

 

SproutsFF24, our third edition, will be bigger than ever. Our festival locations this year are Studio/K, MACA, Kriterion and Zone2Source. Want to learn more about our SproutsFF24 programme, which also includes a free Eco Expo, a queer club night and a live ecological AV-show? Go to sproutsfilmfestival.com or follow us on Instagram @sproutsfilmfestival and Letterboxd @sproutsff.

 

* All features are in competition for the Audience Award. Please do not forget to cast your vote on the way out!