UÝRA – The Rising Forest
Uýra, an indigenous artist travels through the Amazon forest on a journey of self-discovery using performance art and ancestral messages to teach indigenous youth and confront structural racism and transphobia in Brazil.
Documentary Feature Film
Brazil + USA | 72min | Color
Directed by Juliana Curi
Story by Uýra Sodoma
*Awards*
35th One Media Award | Best Feature Documentary
2023 NewFilmmakers LA Winner | Juliana Curi’s UÝRA – The Rising Forest (Best Documentary Feature)
Grand Jury Award - NewFest’s 34th annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
The Mark Haslam Awar- Planet in Focus 2022
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature - 46th Frameline LGBTQ Film Festival 2022
Jury Prize - London Film Week
Special Programming Award for Freedom - 2022 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature - Reeling 2022: The 40th Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival Best
Documentary Feature Award - 32. Oslo/Fusion Int. Film Festival
Best Indigenous Feature - BendFilm Festival 2022
Best Documentary Jury Award Winner - 2022 OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Special Jury Mention - Humans of Film Festival
Best First Feature Documentary - Melbourne Queer Film Festival
MUIRAQUITÃ TROPHY for Best Performance (Jury Prize) and Best Feature (Popular Jury) - CineAlter
Jury Prize for Best Feature Film Legal Amazon - Amazonia Fi-Doc #8 - Festival Pan-Amazônico de Cinema
*Official Selection*
46th Frameline LGBTQ Film Festival 2022, San Franciso/USA
2022 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
DokuFest // Manifesta14 (European Nomadic Biennial), Prizren/Kosovo
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest @ The Barbican Center, London/England
Chicago LGBT International Film Festival: REELING, Chicago/USA
32. Oslo/Fusion Int. Film Festival, Oslo/Norway
Panoramica – Festival de Cinema Latino- Americano de Estocolmo, Stockolm/Sweden
BendFilm Festival 2022, Bend (Oregon)/USA
Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2022, Buenos Aires/Argentina
Humans of Film Festival, Amsterdam/The Netherlands
Planet in Focus, Toronto/Canadá
NewFest's 34th annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, New York/USA
Wicked Queer Documentary Film Festival, Boston/USA
Q Fest, Eau Claire (Wisconsin)/USA
MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Copenhagen/Denmark
2022 OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Ft. Lauderdale/USA
Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen/Norway
Adelaide Film Festival, - Adelaide/Australia
Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo, São Paulo/Brazil
St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis/USA
CineAlter 2022, Alter do Chão/Brazil
FACT Festival de Artes e Criação Trans, Lyon/France
The Guelph Film Festival, Guelph/Canada
Pink Screens Film Festival, Brussels/Belgium
Amazonia Fi-Doc #8 - Festival Pan-Amazônico de Cinema, Santarém/Brasil
QDoc Film Festival, Portland (OR)/USA
Twisted Arts Film Festival, Tulsa (OK)/USA
MixBrasil Festival de Cultura e Diversidade, São Paulo/Brazil
Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro, Brasília/Brazil
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Los Angeles/USA
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne/Australia
Festival de Cinema das Periferias de Maceió, Maceió/Brazil
4o Festival Imaginários Urbanos, Fortaleza/Brazil
Queer Porto, Porto/Portugal
Caring Futures @ NeueHouse Hollywood, Los Angeles/USA
*Grants, Fellowships and Labs*
2020 BRIClab Film+TV
Doc Society Climate Story Fund 2021
Climate Story Lab Amazônia 2021