Year of production : 2020 Format : Feature Running time : 101 (in minutes)
Reunited after a 17 year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.
A film by Ekwa MSANGI selected for the FESPACO 2021
April Guscott... assistant to ekwa msangi Amanda Kizigha... assistant to huriyyah muhammad Emily Jampel... department of motion pictures Cyrpiene Oliver... department of motion pictures Kat Roman... production coordinator Tiffanylee Adorno... hair and make-up artist Lauren Citera... hair and make-up department head Aedel Park... key hair and make-up Latasha Richards... hair and make up intern Jordan Drake... Additional First Assistant Director / second second assistant director Rick Rosset... second assistant director Vernon Williams... second second assistant director Rasa Barzdukas... art pa Anthony Delluva... scenic Gaia Genovese... art pa Molly Greenstone... art pa Abby Hauptman... art pa Keyanna Murrill... art pa Evan Parsons... graphic designer Adam Rejto... scenic Anna Sagatov... additional set dresser George Sande... art pa Kit Sheridan... props Erin Whited-Ford... art pa Leslie Bloome... foley artist Patrick Burgess... sound effects editor Alex Carpenter... foley editor Ryan Collison... foley mixer Joanna Fang... foley artist Laura Heinzinger... foley editor Robbie Kush... sound mixer Connor Nagy... foley mixer Nick Seaman... foley editor Arjun G. Sheth... supervising sound editor Samuel Stevenson-Yang... boom operator Justin Chan... visual effects (as Taylor Hamm) Drew Leary... stunt coordinator Steven Carter... loader Keve Huggins... key grip Hansel Manzueta... key grip Angele Cooper... grip Pockets Graham... grip Maria Nazarouk... grip Khalid Riley... grip Sherrod West... grip David George Ellis... stedicam operator Emir Fils-Aime... b camera operator Kevin Villa Fuerte... electrician Ben Gottlieb... electrician Milton Guanga... second assistant camera Lloyd Kevin Hembrador... electrician Alberto Innella... additional a cam 2nd assistant camera Liam Jordan... b cam 2nd assistant camera Makeda Lane... still photographer Byron Leon... additional loader Richard Louissaint... still photographer Taylor Merriman... best boy electric Chris O'Keeffe... electrician Emmet Padgett... additional a cam 1st assistant camera Seana Rogovin... additional a cam 1st assistant camera Ashley Smith... additional camera operator Hil Steadman... first assistant camera Manuela Velez... additional a cam 2nd assistant camera Jonathan Tang... gaffer Jonathan Hayden Tang... gaffer Rebecca Birstock... casting assistant Erika Foss Demez... casting assistant David Hernandez... kizomba dancer casting Noelle Cristiano... extras casting Aishwarya Shree Sharma Porter... wardrobe supervisor Natacha Ikoli... colorist Chris Kenny... on-line editor Michael Mazzuca... assistant editor Tony Pennoyer... assistant editor (as Anthony Pennoyer) Nicholas Valenzuela... assistant editor Belynda Hardin... locations Jay Horne... locations Rolando Hudson... locations Philip Prince... locations Elvin Rosario... location production assistant Mathieu Schreyer... music supervisor Nieves Garcia Perchin... additional script supervisor Esha Kallianpur... script supervisor Roger Chavex... flagger (Transportation Department) Edith Granera... flagger (Transportation Department) Jasmine Hazzard... flagger (Transportation Department) Jahmeel Ibraheem... flagger (Transportation Department) Ernst Alvarez... set medic Reino Vaile... set medic Aulden Amstrong... parking assistant Quacy Armstrong... parking assistant Jermaine Blackett... parking assistant Rudolph Eccleston... parking assistant Rebeka Etienne... parking assistant Walter Perkins... parking coordinator James Peters... parking coordinator Buddy Marin... parking assistant John Anezoulakis... catering assistant Kuma Augustin... production assistant Bradley Walster Badder... production assistant Oscar Bodden... production assistant Amaris Bracey... production assistant Briani Callender... production assistant Amy Chen... production assistant Brad Davidson... production assistant Noemi Feliz... production assistant Jeffrey Matos... production assistant Kelly Johnson... production assistant Emily Lock... production assistant Mustaphai Mitchell... production assistant Canice Munroe... production assistant Kodi Perryman... production assistant Rumbi Petrozzello... production assistant Felix Pilkington... production assistant Ben Wiseman... production assistant Arnold Sledge... parking assistant Jamar Smith... parking assistant Dalton Snider-Smith... production assistant Kamilah Badiane... assistant production office coordinator Jamal Colvin... production office assistant Csilla Criner... production insurance Amanda Mogro... production insurance Nour Harkati... set security Sam King... craft services coordinator Ula Neumann... caterer/chef Reiner Kleuker... catering assistant Tomi Lawal... mubi Sue McGraw... production accountant Bryan Mueller... mubi Sonia Ramos... parking assistant Terrell Schuler... parking assistant Jaipaul Sewsankar... parking assistant Daniella Sheppard-Pantoliano... additional craft services coordinator James Siewert... credit design Noah Stahl... consulting producer Zachary Stein... production counsel Elizabeth Lodge Stepp... consulting producer Ava Striker... mubi Anita Surendran... production counsel Maggie Surovell... Dialect Coach Narissara Thanapreechakul... craft services coordinator Gerald Turner... parking assistant Pierce Varous... di producer: project manager
SPECIAL THANKS Romy Brill Allen, Mario Badescu, Rasa Barzdukas, Connor Bewig, Chris Bieler, Terra Bliss, Camillo Bortone, Rebecca Bowen, (Rebeccah Bowen), Francesca Brill, Romy Brill, Denise Cole, Hannah Corrigan, Ane Crabtree, Bryan Cumberbatch, Hoji Fortuna, Lisa Gallant, Gaia Genovese, Kevin Goldman, Molly Greenstone, Omar Hardy, Faye Hastings, Abby Hauptman, Laura Hennemann, Fally Ipupa, Vanja Kaludjercic, Craig Kestel, Matthew Kravchuk, Anne Lai, Kiarah Leite, Paul Loving, Dimitr Lukanov, Kevin Lynch, Lorraine MA, Darrell McGee, Rebeccah Milburn, Gary Moustapha, Amin Muhammad, Mary Muhammad, Tamir Muhammad, Isaac Mulei, Mary Mullineaux, Keyanna Murrill, Annabeth Nagel, Renata Najmanová, Debra Neal, Nanette Nicholes, Mbemba Othassy, Evan Parsons, Rebeca Pontes, Robert Pyrka, Brenda Robinson, Nina Robinson, Shira Rockowitz, George Sande, Howie Shipman, Rose Sias, Zach Sullivan, Lawrence Hurwitz T., Ian Tan, Blythe Taplin, Princess Tate, Erin Whited-Ford, Crystal Wright
Production Companies Outrageous Pictures Park Pictures EkwaPics Jhumka Films Lucky 13 Productions Wavelength Productions MACRO MUBI
Other Companies ARRI Alexa Plus Camera Systems (filmed with) Panavision (camera equipment provided by) Alchemy Post Sound (foley) Below the Line Production Supply (unit rentals) Courier Car Rental (auto rentals) Edge Auto Rental (auto rentals) At Your Service Catering (catering) Atlantis Group (adr recording: los angeles) BAM Studios (adr recording: chicago) BeElectric (facilities) Beatstreet Productions (adr recording: new york) Endcrawl.com (titles) Film Emporium (production insurance) Final Frame (post-production sound services) Granderson Des Rochers (legal counsel) GreenSlate (payroll services) IndieClear (script clearance) Nice Dissolve (digital dailies by) Nice Dissolve (digital intermediate facility) Sundance Film Festival (festival) The Sodium Ranch (grip and lighting equipment) New York City Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment (special thanks) GT'S Kombucha (special thanks) Dirty Lemon (special thanks) Irving Farm Coffee (special thanks) NYPD Film & TV Unit (special thanks) Oslo Coffee (special thanks)
Production Companies: Park Pictures (produced by) Department of Motion Pictures Good Gravy Films Jhumka Films Lucky 13 Productions MACRO MUBI Outrageous Pictures Wavelength (as Wavelength Productions)
Distributors: IFC Films (2020) (USA) (theatrical) Netflix (2020) (Non-US) (video)
FESTIVALS / AWARDS
2021 | 36th Film Independent Spirit Awards (Santa Monica, California, USA), aired on April 22, 2021 * Winner: Someone to Watch Award (Ekwa Msangi)
2021 | 92e National Board of Review (USA), on 26 January 2021 * Winner: NBR Award (Top Ten Independent Films)
2021 | 52nd Image Awards (NAACP) (USA), aired on March 27, 2021, on BET and CBS (for the first time) * Nominee: Image Award (Outstanding Independent Motion Picture) https://naacpimageawards.net/2021-nominees/#nominee-category-motion-picture
2021 | 21st Black Reel Awards (USA), on April 11, 2021 * Nominee: Black Reel Outstanding Independent Feature (Ekwa Msangi) * Nominee: Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, actor)
2021 | Americana Film Fest (Barcelona, Spain), 02- 14 March 2021 * Nominee: Audience Award (Next) (Ekwa Msangi)
2021 | 27th Chlotrudis Awards (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) * Nominee: Chlotrudis Award (Best Original Screenplay) (Ekwa Msangi)
2020 | Denver International Film Festival (USA), November 2020 * Winner: American Independent Award (Best Feature Film) (Ekwa Msangi)
2020 | Durban International Film Festival (South Africa) * Winner: Best Actor (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, actor) * Winner: Best Screenplay Ekwa Msangi * Nominee: Best Film International Competition (Ekwa Msangi)
2020 | Hamptons International Film Festival (USA) * Winner: New York Women in Film & Television Award (Excellence in Directing) (Ekwa Msangi)
2020 | Philadelphia Film Festival (USA) * Winner: Archie Award (Best First Feature) (Ekwa Msangi)
2020 | San Diego International Film Festival (USA) * Winner: Festival Award - Best Drama Feature (Ekwa Msangi)
2020 | São Paulo International Film Festival 2020 (Brazil) Nominee: New Directors Competition - Best Fiction (Ekwa Msangi)
2020 | Sundance Film Festival | Park City, Salt Lake City & Sundance Mountain Resort, Utah, USA | January 23-February 2, 2020. * U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION * Nominee: Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic (Ekwa Msangi) * World Premiere www.sundance.org/projects/farewell-amor
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