Manas
Aware that the future does not hold many options for her in the riverside community of Marajó Island, 13-year-old Marcielle decides to confront the violent machinery that governs her family and the women in the community.
Marianna Brennand
drama / 111’ / 2024
In coproduction with Inquietude (Brazil).
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2024 | Venice Film Festival | Jury Award - Giornate degli Autori
2024 | Rio Festival - Première Brasil | Special Jury Award - Jamilli Correa
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2024 | Venice Film Festival - Giornate degli Autori
2024 | Rio Festival - Première Brasil
PRODUCTION CREDITS
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PRODUCTION CREDITS 〰️
DIRECTOR
PRODUCERS
Marianna Brennand
Carolina Benevides, Marianna Brennand
SCRIPT AND SCREENPLAY
Felipe Sholl, Marcelo Grabowsky, Marianna Brennand, Antonia Pellegrino, Camila Agustini e Carolina Benevides
EDITING
Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Pierre de Kerchive
PHOTOGRAPHY
SOUND DIRECTOR
Valéria Ferro
Globo Filmes, Canal Brasil e Pródigo
COPRODUCTION
Jamilli Correa, Fátima Macedo, Rômulo Braga, Dira Paes, Emily Pantoja, Samira Eloá, Gabriel Rodrigues, Enzo Maia
CAST
Marianna Brennand is a Brazilian filmmaker with a degree in Film from the University of California, Santa Barbara. With a strong background in documentary, she directed O Coco, a Roda, o Pneu e o Farol (2007) and Francisco Brennand (2012), the latter awarded at the São Paulo International Film Festival.
Her first fiction feature, Manas (2024), is the result of a ten-year investigation into sexual violence on Marajó Island. The film had its world premiere in the Giornate degli Autori section at the Venice Film Festival, where it received the Director’s Award.
In 2025, she was honoured with the Women In Motion Emerging Talent Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Manas had its theatrical release in Brazil in May and in Portugal in August 2025.
