É Noite Na América - Ana Vaz

Midday blue. Summer sun. A carcass lies in the middle of the pavement. The only sound is the hum of traffic. Midnight blue. The creatures return to the city. They nest in the parking lots. This film is recorded at Brasilia Zoo, habitat of hundreds of rescued species in the city. Giant anteaters, maned wolves, owls, wood foxes, capybaras and caracaras meet with biologists, veterinarians, caretakers and the environmental police in a sombre plot where the challenges of preserving life weave a web of intersecting perspectives. In the end, who are the real captives?  

É Noite Na América (It is night in America) is Ana Vaz's first feature film and won several awards, such as “The Green Leopard”, which is given to films mindful of ecological issues, and the "Boccalino d’Oro" prize for best editing.  

Ana Vaz is a Brazilian artist and filmmaker whose work probes the visible and invisible legacies of Brasília. Her films explore cinema as a tool for rethinking our relation to human, non-human and spectral forms of life. She also works with writing, critical pedagogy, installations and collective walks, and co-founded the COYOTE collective, active between ecology and political science. Her multidisciplinary work has been shown internationally in leading film and art venues.