A DAY FOR SUSANA
UM DIA PARA SUSANA
Giovanna Giovanini & Rodrigo Boecker • Brazil • 2018 • 85 min.
Giovanna Giovanini & Rodrigo Boecker
Brazil • 2018 • 85 min.
SYNOPSIS
Susana is an athlete and mother of three, diagnosed in 2005 with Multiple System Atrophy, a low life expectancy degenerative disease. Facing an uncertain future, Susana finds herself in a difficult dilemma between resuming broken relationships with her children and mother or pursuing a feat unique to the sport.
“A Day for Susana” portrays the lonely journey of a woman who, living extremity, has to decide between her individual freedom and family in the midst of a race for survival.
TRAILER
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GRANTS & LABS
Miradas Doc Market. Spain (2014)
Latin American Fund, Tribeca Film Institute. U.S (2015)
DocsMX. Mexico (2015)
DocSP Lab. Brazil (2015)
AWARDS
Special Mention
This Human World, Int’l Human Rights Film Festival. Austria (2018)
Best Feature Film
Fusagasugá Film Festival. Colombia (2020)
FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS
Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo. Brazil (2018)
Havana Film Festival. Cuba (2018)
Atlanta Film Festival. U.S. (2019)
Gdańsk DocFilm Festival. Poland (2019)
MICGénero. Mexico (2019)
Bannabáfest, Human Rights International Film Festival. Panama (2019)
Cine Ceará. Brazil (2020)
Festival Équis. Ecuador + Uruguay (2020)
CREDITS
DIRECTORS
Giovanna Giovanini
Rodrigo Boecker
SCREENWRITERS
Giovanna Giovanini
María Vera
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Giovanna Giovanini
DIRECTOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Rodrigo Boecker
SOUND DESIGN
Rodrigo Boecker
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Nastasha Kowalski
EDITING
Giovanna Giovanini
CONSULTANT EDITORS
Andrea Chignoli
Erez Laufer
Felipe Lacerda
Ikka Vehkalahti
SOUND MIX
Cory Rizos
COLOR GRADING
Gustavo Nasr
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Alina Sarli
FESTIVALS & SALES
María Vera (Kino Rebelde)
PRODUCED BY
ClubSoda Films