Private Project

Maybe Nymph

A Nymph tries to communicate with a logger who cannot see her. Inspired by the myth of Eco and Narcissus, Maybe Nymph uses the Brazilian Modernist concept of 'Antropofagia'  to address an unequal relationship in different levels; woman/man, colonised/coloniser, oppressed/oppressor. Set in a forest, texts and other interferences disorientate the diegetic time of the film, and bring these characters to a contemporary discussion. 

  • Joanna Mamede
    Director
  • Joanna Mamede
    Writer
  • Jessica Fertonari Cooke
    Key Cast
    "Nymph"
  • Felipe Dall'anese
    Key Cast
    "Man"
  • Renata Chebel
    Cinematography
  • Paulo Mendel
    Editor
  • Luciano Oliveira
    Original Soundtrack
  • Joanna Mamede
    Producer
  • BlankTape
    Post-Production
  • Joaquim Pedro dos Santos
    Assistant Editors
  • Gabriel Perin
    Assistant Editors
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Maybe Nymph
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 20, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Gstaad Film 2019
    Leipzig
    Germany
    August 16, 2019
    European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • BerlinRevolution
    Berlin
    Germany
    April 5, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival
    York
    United Kingdom
    November 3, 2020
    United Kingdom Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Petropolis Film Festival
    Petropolis
    Brazil
    November 25, 2020
    South American Premiere
  • Future Now Symposium
    York
    United Kingdom
    April 28, 2021
  • Absurd Film Festival
    Milano
    Italy
    April 12, 2024
    Award Winner
Director Biography - Joanna Mamede

JJoanna Mamede is an artist and filmmaker from Brazil based in the UK. Her work explores themes like difference and language by using symbolism and motifs. Experimenting with text, graphic interferences, and narrative codes, her films and installations exist beyond genres to reveal spaces in between and the structures that hold them. 
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Her films have been selected by festivals worldwide including Aesthetica Film Festival, Future Now Symposium, Gstaadfilm, Videobardo, and Berlin Revolution, among others. Her installations have been exhibited at the Tate Modern, Central Saint Martins, The Rich Mix, and Deptford X.
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She became a Master of Research in Art: Moving Image at Central Saint Martins in 2019, where her research 'Transbordo: The Fear of the Other Word', analysed how women artists use text on screen to deconstruct oppressed language systems. She is on the Board of Trustees of Lux Moving Image, helps advocate for the Decolonising the Arts Curriculum at UAL, and is part of ICCG, Institution that manages for educational purposes Gilberto's Chateaubriand's collection, portraying the history of Brazilian contemporary art from 1915 to today.

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Director Statement

“Translation is not only switching from one language to another, it is also something we do to explain our mind to the world, which is in turn language itself. Most of my work explores language, culture, and the understanding of difference. I like to deconstruct discourses and traditional narratives to find the spaces in between elements, the differences, which might aid or prevent communication when art translates meaning.”