China-based international sales agency Radiance has acquired worldwide sales rights to the feature-length documentary “The Falling Sky,” which will premiere next month in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival. The film, directed by Eric Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, centers on the Yanomami tribe of the Amazon.
Based on the book of the same name by shaman and Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa and French anthropologist Bruce Albert, “The Falling Sky'' depicts the Watlik indigenous people participating in a funeral ceremony known as a liahu. is drawing. Support the sky and prevent it from falling.
The film stands as a sharp shamanic critique of the destruction of the Yanomami way of life caused by the Nāpé, white prospectors, and the so-called civilized world's invasion of Yanomami territory.
“Mesmerizing imagery, meticulous sound design, and Davi Kopenawa's powerful words bring out the beauty of Yanomami cosmology and its Shapiri spirit, while also highlighting the geopolitical importance of Yanomami knowledge. I emphasize that,” Radiance said.
The Falling Sky is Rocha's 10th feature film and his third at Cannes, where he won the L'Ouille d'Or at the 2016 Cinema Novo. Co-director Carneiro da Cunha is a Brazilian artist and theater artist. Director, performer, filmmaker, and environmental art activist who has been working in the Brazilian Amazon for over 10 years.
The two have previously worked together on the 2021 film Edna and the 2023 collection of short films directed by Yanomami people, The Tree of Dream, Fishing With Timbo, and A Woman Thinking. Ta.
The Falling Sky is produced by Aruac Filmes and produced by Hutkara Associação Yanomami and Stemal Entertainment in collaboration with Rai Cinema and Les Films d'Ici.
At Cannes, Ridiance will also be responsible for the Chinese-speaking region of Miguel Gomez's co-produced project “Grand Tour,” which will premiere in the main competition of the Official Selection.
The company continues its business with recent Berlin titles Nele Wohlatz's “Sleep With Your Eyes Open” and Qu Youjia's “She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones.” Last year, he also worked on director Anthony Chen's “The Breaking Ice.''
