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A film still from Cais shows the back of a woman standing at the opening of double doors. She looks out at a stretch of grass that leads up to the grayscale water and sky in front of her.

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After her mother’s death, Safira travels through a river route to dive into new perspectives on memory, time, birth, life and death.







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Safira Moreira

Director

Safira Moreira is a brazilian black director and Sundance Institute Documentary Film program grantee. She directed the documentary short films Travessia (2017), Nascente (2020), and Alágbedé (2021). Cais, her first feature film, received support from Rumos Itaú, the Avon Women’s Fund, and the Sundance Documentary Fund.





  • Year 2025
  • Runtime 69 minutes
  • Country Brazil
  • Language Portuguese
  • Director Safira Moreira
  • Producer Flávia Santana, Safira Moreira
  • Executive Producer Flávia Santana
  • Cast Amani Moreira, Angélica Moreira, Inaê Moreira, Mateus Aleluia, Safira Moreira, Tinganá Santana
  • Cinematographer Bernard Lessa, Safira Moreira
  • Editor Tenille Bezerra
  • Composer Ubiratan Marques
  • Sound Design Tadeu Mascarenhas
  • Music Ubiratan Marques
  • Premiere North America





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