Embodying Asojá, the bird-god-woman, Eami falls into trance in which she walks slowly and stunned through her beloved forest, collecting memories, as she prepares to leave it forever. A cinematic poem, an ode to the displaced Ayoreo Totobiegosode people, told from the trance of a girl.
Paz Encina was born in Asuncion, Paraguay and studied cinematography in Buenos Aires. In 2016, Sshe created Silencio Lab, a platform through which she gives seminars to train young Paraguayan talents. Her film Hamaca Paraguaya (2005) won the Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI prize at Cannes and Eami (2022) won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022.
