LLARGMETRATGE DOCUMENTAL | 97’ | BRASIL | 2024
DIRECTOR: Susanna Lira
PRODUCER: Tito Gomes
PREMIERE: Spain
SYNOPSIS
“Fernanda Young – Beyond My Control” invites all the viewers to delve into Fernanda Young’s complex and passionate mind, aiming to bring a provocative cinematic experience, just like she is immortalized in our memory.
FESTIVALS :
- – Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer – Queer Porto
- – Mostra Faróis do Cinema – Cineastas Mulheres
- – Prêmio APCA – Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte – category Best Documentary and Best Director
- – Prêmios PLATINO do Cinema Ibero-Americano 2025 – category Feature Documentary
- – 29º É Tudo Verdade 2024 – winner of the Prêmio EDT de Melhor Montagem
- – 2º Independent City Film (Barcelona) – winner Best Feature Documentary
- – 1º Festival Internacional de Cinema de Paraty – Edição 2024 – winner Prêmio da Crítica
BIO DIRECTOR
Susanna Lira is a filmmaker, postgraduate in Philosophy, International Law and Human Rights, specialized in criminal biopolitic. She is a Master’s student in Psychoanalysis. She has directed 17 feature films and dozens of short films and series, accumulating more than 120 awards at festivals in Brazil and abroad. Her most important works include: A Mãe De Todas As Lutas (2021), Prazer Em Conhecer (2020), Torre Das Donzelas (2018), Mussum, Um Filme Do Cacildis (2018), Legítima Defesa (2017), Clara Estrela (2017); Intolerância.Doc (2016); Mataram Nossos Filhos (2016); Levante! (2015); Damas Do Samba (2015); Porque Temos Esperança (2014); Uma Visita para Elizabeth Teixeira (2011); Positivas (2010); Contracena (2009); Câmera, Close! (2005). Hers latest shortfilm, Socorro (2022) was selected for the Competitive Show at the Gramado Festival. Over hers 20-year career, she worked for major media outlets, directing series such as: Não Foi Minha Culpa for Star+, Casão, Num Jogo Sem Regras for Globoplay, Outro Tempos for HBO, Rotas Do Ódio for Universal Channel, Nós, Documentaristas for Canal Curta, Nós, Fashionistas for Fashion TV, Tá Ligado to Canal Futura, Mulheres De Aço, Em Busca Do Pai, Superbonita e Mulheres Em Luta for GNT. She has a long and recognized career as a director, having even been honored in several countries: at the Festival de Cine Independente de Mar del Plata 2016 in Argentina, with the show “Susanna Lira – Hasta el limite”; at the Tenemos de ver Festival in Uruguay in 2018 and at the FEMCINE Festival, in Chile in 2019. In Brazil, she was honored in 2021 with the SUSANNA LIRA Exhibition, organized by the Infinitto Festival.