While we are here

Synopsis

Lamis and Wilson are migrants in New York. She's a Lebanese that just arrived, and he's a Brazilian that has lived there illegally, for 10 years. An hybrid narrative constructed with a poetic approach; a travel diary that becomes a chronic and takes us into the essence of human micro-politics in times of globalization: an uncertain kingdom of desire, hope and fears.

Director Biography

Clarissa Campolina (1979), Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Filmmaker. Partner of the Anavilhana Production Company. She had directed documentaries, installations, short and feature films. In 2015, the DAAD, Art Residency Program held a retrospective of her work at Arsenal Cinema (Berlin, Germany). “Girimunho”; “Swirl” (2011) her first feature film, won the “Interfilm Award” at Venice Film Festival. “While We Are Here”; is her second feature. Luiz Pretti (1982), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Filmmaker and editor. Founder of the production company/collective Alumbramento. He currently lives in Belo Horizonte where he started his production company, Errante. “While We Are Here”, co-directed with Clarissa Campolina is his fifth feature. His previous works were shown at Venice, Locarno, IFFR Rotterdam, Rome, Viennale, Oberhausen, among others. Nowadays he’s writing two features.