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Dalva from Seven Street

Dalva is an elderly Black woman who has been living alone for a long time after raising her children and grandchildren on the outskirts of São Paulo. With each passing second, she feels more trapped in the inertia of her daily life, until, on a calculated impulse, she decides to change her life completely.

  • Gab Lourenzato
    Director
    the solace of ruins
  • Nanda Ferreira
    Writer
  • Ana Luiza Martins
    Producer
  • Cleide Queiroz
    Key Cast
    "Dalva"
    Carandiru, Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco, A Hora da Estrela, Domesticas, Meu Álbum de Amores, Onde Quer que Você Esteja, Morre Diabo, Luva de Ouro, Aquém das Nuvens, Garotas do ABC...
  • Nick Gomes
    Cinematographer
  • Marcel Nascimento
    Art Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Dalva da Rua Sete
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 28º Festival de Cine de Zaragoza | Competencia Internacional Nuevos Talentos Latinoamericanos
    Zaragoza
    Spain
    January 4, 2024
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 17º Festival Visões Periféricas
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    March 22, 2024
    National Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 47° Festival Guarnicê de Cinema - Mostra Cinema Não Tem Idade
    São Luís
    Brazil
    June 20, 2024
  • 7ª Mostra Livre de Cinema
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    June 14, 2024
  • 7ª edição do Festival de Cinema de Jaraguá do Sul
    Santa Catarina
    Brazil
    October 10, 2024
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Gab Lourenzato

Gab Lourenzato is a filmmaker, cultural manager, and art educator. She studied Cinema and Audiovisual at Anhembi Morumbi University through the Prouni scholarship program and works as an editor and filmmaker for advertising, cinema, cultural institutes, and other projects.
She is the director and screenwriter of the short film 'the solace of ruins' (2020), winner of the Best Screenplay award by the popular jury at FRAPA, which has been showcased in various festivals in Brazil and around the world.

Nanda Ferreira graduated in Multimedia Production from Senac and is pursuing a specialization in Cultural Production and Content Curation at Centro Universitario Belas Artes. Fernanda Ferreira works as a Cultural Producer in the training department at Itaú Cultural. She is the soundtrack director and assistant director of the short film "the solace of ruins," which won the Best Screenplay in the Popular Jury category at the FRAPA Festival and also received the Best Film award at the Na Quebrada Festival and the Best Art Direction award at the Muriaé Film Festival. She is also the screenwriter and director of the short film "Dalva from Rua Sete," her first original audiovisual production, currently in the distribution phase at festivals.

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Director Statement

"Dalva from Seven Street" comes with the strength and urgency to tell the audience a story that could have a familiar ending, but urges to look at the women who set worlds ablaze so we, women from this generation, could be here today. The story gazes directly at women who are forgotten, discouraged, emotionally abandoned, and yet still resist through time.