Cartas do Absurdo

Letters from Absurd

Forum Expanded 2025

The end of the world described in four letters written by native Brazilians in the 17th century. Cartas do Absurdo deals with the devastating effects of the genocide of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples over the last five centuries.

by Gabraz Sanna (Director, Screenplay)
with Sara Não Tem Nome, Eliakin Brazil 2025 Tupi 46' Colour World premiere

With

Sara Não Tem Nome
Eliakin

Crew

Director	Gabraz Sanna
Screenplay	Gabraz Sanna
Cinematography	Gabraz Sanna
Editing	Gabraz Sanna
Music	Gabraz Sanna, Nilo Castello Sandes
Sound Design	Gabraz Sanna
Producer	Gabraz Sanna
Executive Producer	Gabraz Sanna

Produced by

Eu morri em 1999

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Photos

Gabraz Sanna

Gabraz Sanna is a Brazilian filmmaker whose work moves between direct and experimental cinema, focusing on the dialogue between different artistic languages. His films have been shown at festivals and museums around the world. As a former literature student, he made his first full-length films as portraits of two important writers in the Portuguese language: Manoel de Barros and Maria Gabriela Llansol. Sanna has collaborated with artists such as Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Tantão, Digitaria, Sara Não tem Nome, Felappi Montparnasse, and Tindersticks. Following Ruína (2015) and Eu sou o Rio (with Anne Santos,2017), this is his third participation in Forum Expanded.

Filmography

2004 O Estrangeiro (The Stranger); 3 min. 2006 Lingua de Brincar (Play my Tongue); 70 min. 2007 Redemoinho-Poema (The Hurricane Poem); 50 min. 2014 Sonho de Sara (Dream of Sara); with ' Sara não tem nome', 8 min. · Ruína (Ruin); 14 min., Forum Expanded 2016 2015 Digitaria ex Machina; 23 min. 2016 We are Dreamers; with 'Sara não tem nome', 5 min. 2017 Noise; 14 min. · Eu sou o Rio (I am the River); with Anne Santos, 78 min., Forum Expanded 2018 2022 Diários de uma Paisagem (Landscape Diaries); with Anne Santos, 56 min. 2023 Aqui jaz o teu Esquema (Here Lies Your Scheme); 80 min. · Sumidouro / Nada Continua (Sinkhole / Nothing Continues); with Diana Sandes, 6 min. 2025 Cartas do Absurdo

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025