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Fernanda Pessoa

Zona Árida
Arid Zone

Logline
In 2001, Fernanda was a 15-year-old Brazilian foreign exchange student in Mesa, Arizona, considered U.S.A’s most conservative city. 15 years later - and two months before Donald Trump’s election - she’s back to understand her experience there.
Talent
Fernanda Pessoa
Role of participant
Director
Director
Fernanda Pessoa
Producer
Antônio Junior
Screenwriter
Fernanda Pessoa
Status
finished
Year of production
2019
Running time
76 min
Genre
Documentary (Creative)
Country of Production
Brazil
Production Companies
Grafo Audiovisual, Pessoa Produções
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Contact

Name
Renato Manganello
Company
Utopia Docs
E-mail
https://www.utopiadocs.net

Festivals and Awards

Honorable Mention at Next Masters competition at Dok Leipzig 2019
Latitud Competition, at DocsBarcelona 2020
Tenemos que ver - International Competition, 2020
Latin American Film Festival of Sao Paulo, 2020

Labs selection:
Doculab Guadalajara - Cinecolor Prize
DocMontevideo- ChileDoc Prize
Cine La Orquidea “En Marcha” - Honorable Mention