Dry Ground Burning

“I was remembering the time… That I got wrapped up in some crazy shit with my sister Chitara. My sister made history in Sol Nascente. That was in 2019. I’d just got out of prison for drug charges. My sister asked me to be a part of this crazy scheme she was caught up in. She got a hold of a map of underground oil pipes. She got it and then… she bought a lot in Sol Nascente. The oil pipes ran right under her land. She started making a lot of money with that. Her, Andreia, China…They made a lot of money. So I started working with them. She took me to the lot, where she built a huge structure. Really huge, it was crazy, dope as hell. She taught me how it all worked…how to get the oil from underground, and turn it into gasoline, and all that shit…And she set up a deal with the motoboys, they would buy gasoline from her… she refined the gasoline there, and they bought it off her… Besides the motoboys, Chitara also had a spot at the P.Norte market a stand where she sold her gasoline. And a bunch of other shit. Chitara also got mixed up in politics. She made history… We had Sol Nascente on lock, we fucked things up. We really fucked things up.”

Léa tells the story of the Gasolineiras de Kebradas, as it echoes through the walls of Colmeia, the women’s prison of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.

With Joana Darc Furtado, Léa Alves da Silva, Andreia Vieira, Débora Alencar, Gleide Firmino, Mara Alves Directing Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós Cinematography Joana Pimenta Sound Francisco Craesmeyer Production Design Denise Vieira Editing Cristina Amaral Executive Producer Simone Gonçalves Music Muleka 100 Calcinha Production Manager Luana Otto, Andreia Queirós, João Niza Sound Editing and Mix Daniel Turini, Fernando Henna Colorist Marco Amaral Producers Adirley Queirós, João Matos

Partners

PRODUCTION Cinco da Norte CO-PRODUCTION Terratreme Filmes

Awards

Grand Prize - Cinema du Réel'22

Grand Prize for Feature Film - IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal'22

Best Portuguese Feature Film - IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal'22

Universidades Award - IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal'22

Jury Award- Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, Grécia'22

Best Feature Documentary - DokuFest, Kosovo'22

Best Film in New Horizon Competition - Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico'22

Best Film at Iberoamericana Competition - Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine, Peru'22

Best Feature Film at Cachoeira Competition - Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Brasil'22

Best Feature Film at National Competition - Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Brasil'22

Best Feature Film Young Jury - Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Brasil'22

Jury Brada - art direction of feature film - Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Brasil'22

Special Prize - Mar del Plata IFF, Argentina'22

Best Directing - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Best Actress - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Best Supporting Actress - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Best Supporting Actor - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Best Script - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Best Art Directing - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Best Soundtrack - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Abraccine Prize for Best Feature Film - Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22

Best Film Coimbra City - Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal'22

Best Cinematography - Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal'22

Best Iberoamerican Film - Cine Libre, Equador'22

Best Film - Cinema Tropical Awards

Special Jury Prize at The Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada'23

FIPRESCI Award of the International Film Critics Federation at La Habana Film Festival, Cuba'23

Coral Award for the Best Music to Muleka 100 Calcinha no La Habana Film Festival, Cuba'23

Coral Award for the best Cinematography to Joanna Pimenta at La Habana Film Festival, Cuba'23

Festivals

Berlinale - 72nd International Film Festival Berlin, Germany'22
Cinéma du Réel, France'22
JEONJU Intl. Film Festival, South Korea'22
19th IndieLisboa - International Film Festival, Portugal'22
40º Festival Cinematográfico Internacional Del Uruguay, Uruguay'22
Frames of Representation, UK'22
Festival CineLatino-CineEspañol , Germany'22
Sydney Film Festival, Australia'22
12th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, Greece'22
New Horizon Filme Festival, Poland'22
DokuFest, Kosovo'22
IDFA, The Nederlands'22
Biarritz Film Festival, France'22
Toronto International Film Festival, Canada '22
New York Film Festival, USA'22
Manaki Brothers Film Festival, Macedonia'22
Festival Brésil, France'22
PravoLjudski Film Festival, Bósnia e Herzegovina'22
VIENNALE - Vienna International Film Festival, Austria'22
Image de Ville, France'22
Singapore International Film Festival, Singapura'22
Mirage Of The Real Festival, Norway'22
Midbo, Colombia'22
Festival Internacional De Cine De Cali, Colômbia'22
Ficviña, Chile'22
Antofacine, Chile'22
Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal'22
La Habana FF, Cuba'22
Cine Libre, Ecuador'22
Entre Ríos International Film Festival, Argentina'22
Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Brazil'22
Forum DocBH, Brazil'22
Festival de Brasília, Brazil'22
Festival International du Film de Marrakech, Marrocos'22
Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada'22
Hainan Island International Film Festival, China'22
Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden'23
Festival Filmer le travail, France'23
Filmhaus Nürnberg - Latin American Film Week, Germany'23
Courtisane festival, Belgium'23
Reflets du Cinéma Brésilien, França'23
One World Romania International Human Rights & Documentary Film Festival, Romenia'23
CPH: DOX, Denmark'23
CINÉLATINO, 35es Rencontres de Toulouse, France'23
Zagrebdox Internationtal Documentary Film Festival'23
European Media Art Festival (EMAF) Osnabrück, Germany'23
Subversive Festival, Croatia'23
Dystopia Film Festival, Turkey'23
LASA2023 Film Festival, Canada'23
Subversive Festival, Croatia'23
International Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria'23
Semana de Cine Latinoamericano, Argentina'23
Cine Latino Cologne, Germany'23
La Casa Encendida, Spain'23
Centro de Cine y Creación CCC, Chile'23
GEGENkino Filmfest, Germany'23
Festival CineMigrante, Argentina'23
ARICADOC. Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Nuevos Lenguajes, Chile'23
Costa Rica International Film Festival, Costa Rica'23
Poreč Dox International Film Festival, Croatia'23
Kinothek Asta Nielsen / REMAKE. FRANKFURT WOMEN'S FILM DAY, Germany'23
11º Cinecipó - Festival do Filme Insurgente, Brazil' 23
FID Marseille, France'24
Douarnenez Film Festival, France'24

Exhibitions

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), USA'23
Cinéma Public in Montreal, Canada'23
Reykjavik, Iceland'23
Berlim, Germany'23
Cacodelphia Cinema (Buenos Aires), Argentina'23
Cinema Cosmos (Buenos Aires), Argentina'23
Club de Cine, Argentina'23
Complexo La Manzana das Luces, (Buenos Aires), Argentina'23
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Vigo, Espanha'23
Cine El Cairo (Buenos Aires), Argentina'23
Cinemateca de Bogotá sede central y Cinemateca de Bogotá el tunal, Colombia’24
Museo de arte moderno de Medellín (MAMM), Colombia’24
Cine Colombo Americano en Medellín, Colombia’24
Cine en Cámara, Cine con Alma en Pereira, Colombia’24
Cinemateca del Museo La Tertulia en Cali, Colombia’24
Cine Otra Parte en Envigado, Colombia’24
Cine del Teatro Comfama de San Ignacio en Medellín, Colombia’24
Cine Procinal en Medellín, Colombia’24
Cine del Centro Cultural y de Convenciones Teatro los Fundadores en Manizales, Colombia’24
Documentaire Paviljoen, Netherlands'24
Mayor of Catholic University, Chile'24

Julian Käser