Denise Fernandes on Hanami, at the Sydney Film Festival
“Dreams, imagination and sobering realities meld in this absolutely magical debut, in which a young girl must decide whether to leave her volcanic island home.” Locarno 2024; Sydney Film Festival 2025.
Max spoke to Cape Verdean director and screenwriter Denise Fernandes about her first feature-length film, Hanami. Hanami is screening at the Sydney Film Festival, in the European Voices of Women + in Film program.
