Your Turn
(Espero tua (Re)Volta)
Brazil · 2019 · 93'
Directed by Eliza Capai
Produced by Mariana Genescá for TVa2
Codistributed by Taturana Mobilização Social
Synopsis
When Brazil’s economic and social crisis deepened in the last decade, students protested and occupied hundreds of schools, demanding better public education and the end of austerity measures. The feature documentary “Espero tua (re)volta” / “Your Turn” depicts the Brazilian student movement from the protests of 2013 until the election of the new president, Jair Bolsonaro, in 2018. Inspired by the collective voice of the movement itself, the documentary is narrated by three high school students, who represent central points of their struggle. The narrators’ jostling for space and time exposes the movement’s conflicts and demonstrates its complexity.
FESTIVALS
Bafici
Barcelona Women International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest
La Semana Del Documental - Docmontevideo
Festival De Cine De Lima
Buster-Copenhagen International Film Festival
For Children And Youth
The Open-Air Film Festival Frame[O]Ut
Antenna Documentary Festival
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
Alucine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival
Docsmx
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Festival On Wheels
Verzio International Human Rights Documentary
Film Festival
Cinemaissí - Latin American Film Festival
Bergen International Film Festival
Newfest: New York’s Lgbtq Film Festival
Montreal International Documentary Festival (Ridm)
This Human World
Rome Independent Film Festival
Watch Docs Human Rights In Film International
Film Festival
Goteborg Film Festival
Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
Rapidlion - The South African International Film Festival
AWARDS
Amnesty International Film Award, independent Peace Film Prize @ Berlinale
Best Youth Feature Film @ Cinema in Sneakers FF for Children and Youth
Best Film, Best Script, Best Editing @ Cine PE
Best Brazilian Feature @ Olhar de Cinema
Best Documentary (Audience Award) @ Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Catalunya
Best Documentary @ Ficip Festival Internacional De Cine Político
Grand Prix Award @ International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films
Special Mention @ Festival “El séptimo ojo
es tuyo”
13+ Outstanding Cinematic Achievement @ LUCAS – International Festival
for Young Film Lovers
Best 16+ Feature Film @ Festival Internacional de Cine para Adolescentes “Cine a la Vista!”
Best Documentary @ Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosul
Award of Excellence @ Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Salvador Allende Award @ Festival des Libertes
Jury Prize @ Hamburg International Queer Film Festival
Jury Award @ Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden
Special mention @ Frontdoc
Youth Prize @ Gaztefilm Fest
The film pulls us into a highly topical and universal conflict: the fight for education for all"
— Berlinale's Peace Prize Juri
