International unbiased animation powerhouse Miyu Distribution has acquired worldwide rights to Fernanda Salgado’s “Ana, en Passant” forward of its world premiere on the Brasilia Brazilian Movie Competition and worldwide premiere on the Vancouver Movie Competition (VIFF).
It is going to make VIFF historical past as the primary animated movie to compete in its Vanguard program. The movie shall be launched in theaters in Brazil on November 5. Watch a teaser beneath.
“Ana, en Passant” is Salgado’s first characteristic movie and stars legendary Brazilian actress Zezé Motta,
who made her worldwide breakthrough in 1977 because the title character in Cacá Diegues’ wildly well-liked “Xica” and went on to construct a famend profession in movie and tv, changing into one in all Brazil’s most revered performers. Becoming a member of Motta are Carlos Francisco, the key agent, and Jéssica Pierina within the twin roles of Ana and Alice.
The story follows Ana, a younger black French lady who, following the dying of her grandmother, travels to her matriarch’s hometown, Belo Horizonte. There, in her grandmother’s outdated house, she meets Alice, her double. As they draw an emotional map via the town, its reminiscences and its ancestral connections, Ana and Alice start to grasp what it means to develop into who they’re.
The movie blends rotoscoping, hand-drawn 2D animation, collage and cease movement to create a tactile and poetic world of reminiscences and shifting identities. Between Paris and Belo Horizonte, the movie explores mourning, migration, black id and the invisible ties that unite ladies throughout generations. Artwork route is led by Marcella Tamayo, with animation route by Camila Kater and a soundtrack by São Paulo trio Metá Metá.
Discuss with Selection Following the announcement of the acquisition, Salgado mentioned the movie was “concerning the journey of two younger black ladies trying to find themselves and their place on the planet.” “It is usually a movie concerning the reminiscences that cross generations of black ladies and the intergenerational hyperlinks between them, that are very current. Specifically, the aesthetic, poetic and experimental qualities of the movie are important to the narrative and the way in which by which the story is advised.”
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“This can be a movie made by many fingers, each when it comes to the manufacturing companions and the range of the staff, with a powerful feminine presence and affect,” she added. “It’s an immense pleasure for us to affix the Miyu Distribution catalog and to have “Ana, en Passant” alongside beautiful movies, in addition to to rely on the sensitivity of Luce and her staff to steer the worldwide technique of the movie.”
“’Ana, en Passant’ instantly struck us with the way in which its visible language and story are so deeply intertwined,” mentioned Luce Grosjean, co-founder and president of Miyu Distribution. “Fernanda Salgado has created an intimate and impressive movie about reminiscence, id and transformation, pushed by a placing mix of animation strategies. We’re very proud to accompany the movie and current it to audiences world wide.”
“Ana, en Passant” is a co-production between Apiario Artistic Studio from Belo Horizonte, the Portuguese firm Sardinha em Lata and the French firm Midralgar.
As a challenge, “Ana en Passant” had already been introduced on the Mifa Characteristic Pitches throughout the Annecy Worldwide Animated Movie Competition in 2019. Her work in progress was additionally one in all 5 titles within the prestigious and extremely selective Vitrine d’Animation d’Annecy 2025 on the Cannes Movie Competition Movie Market. “By means of a lyrical and visually textured fashion, Brazilian director Fernanda Alves Salgado crafts a journey that’s each intimate and philosophical” Selection wrote at the moment.