Competition - Focus

Holding Up The Sky

By Pieter Van Eecke

The tropical rainforest is disappearing, the Earth is warming up and gold miners are polluting rivers. When Brazilian president Bolsonaro announces that industries can settle in the Amazon onYanomami territory, Davi Kopenawa and his son Dario take their fight to an international level to defend their land against the invaders. A poetic and alarming story about deforestation and the fight against global warming, accompanied by sumptuous images.

  • Section Competition - Focus
  • Original language(s) Portuguese & Yanomami
  • Subtitle(s) English & French

Latin AmericaEnvironmentTechnology


Director(s)
Pieter Van Eecke
Writer(s)
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Dario Vitório Kopenawa Yanomami & Pieter Van Eecke

Producers

  • Hanne Phlypo
  • Hasse Van Nunen
  • Sérgio Andrade
  • Renko Douze

Distributor

  • An De Winter

Cinematographer

  • Johan Legraie

Music

  • David Poltrock

Sound

  • Félix Blume
  • Sabrina Calmels
  • Emmanuel De Boissieu

Editor

  • Dieter Diependaele
Duration
80'
Year
2023
Production country
Belgium, Netherlands & Brazil
Status
World Premiere
Sunday 12 March

20:45

Grütli - Salle Simon

sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening

In presence of the filmmaker

Wednesday 15 March

19:00

Espace Pitoëff - Grande salle

sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening

Followed by the debate "Decolonial ecology"