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Screening of Manas and panel discussion: Making the invisible visible, Ethics and Politics around Manas
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Open in the appThe Latin American Network Initiative (LANI), the feminist collective (Femcol) and FILMAR invite you to a screening of the film Manas, followed by a panel discussion. Manas (2024) ("Sisters" in Portuguese) is a Brazilian coming-of-age drama that tells the story of Marcielle, a… The Latin American Network Initiative (LANI), the feminist collective (Femcol) and FILMAR invite you to a screening of the film Manas, followed by a panel discussion. Manas (2024) ("Sisters" in Portuguese) is a Brazilian coming-of-age drama that tells the story of Marcielle, a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her parents and siblings in an isolated community on the banks of a river, on the island of Marajó, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. As Tielle (this is what the heroine is called) grows up, she finds herself trapped in a cycle of intergenerational violence and silence, caught between the abuse suffered within her own family and that of the outside world. After a decade of research into sexual abuse in the Marajó region, documentary filmmaker Marianna Brennand decided it would be impossible to make a documentary: "I could never put in front of the camera these women and children who suffered such deep trauma. Asking them to tell their stories of abuse would amount to exposing them to a new form of violence" (Brennand, 2024). Manas is therefore a fictional story constructed from years of real testimonies from victims and interviews with human rights defenders. The film had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Director's Prize in the "Giornate degli Autori" section, and was selected among Brazilian candidates for the 2025 Oscars in the Best International Film category. As part of FILMAR 2026, this film screening aims to explore a cinematic approach in which violence does not need to be shown explicitly to serve as a space for denunciation. This perspective reflects the nature of invisible gender-based violence, which is systematically obscured, normalized within communities and ignored by institutions. The panel discussion aims to explore...