Festival ECRÃ
of Experimental Art and Cinema
I Am The River
I AM THE RIVER
Gabraz Sanna & Anne Santos
BRAZIL
2018
Film
Feature Film
Tantão is a visual artist, painter and musician from São Gonçalo. Trained in classical violin, he worked as a draftsman in shipyards while becoming a subcultural pop star as the keyboardist for Brazilian underground sensation Black Future. The band quickly disbanded and Tantão has since pursued a varied solo career in art and music, a timeless and idiosyncratic fixture in Rio de Janeiro’s art and underground scene. The film follows Tantão as he wanders through the nocturnal metropolis, watching him create and interrupt, take drugs, go on tangents and tantrums and, time and again, perform his music. Selection for the 2018 Berlinale.
Gabraz Sanna & Anne Santos
Gabraz Sanna is a visual artist and filmmaker. He made “The Stranger”, followed by experimental work as a co-director with contemporary writers Manoel de Barros and Maria Gabriela Llansol. He has directed 15 films and worked on other people’s projects, accumulating roles as director of photography and editor. He also works as a curator. Anne Santos is a sound designer and filmmaker. She worked in feature films and documentaries before directing her first short film, Oceanne, co-directed by Gabraz Sanna. “Eu sou o Rio” is her first feature film as a director.
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