# Transamazonia

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***Transamazonia*** is a 2024 [coming-of-age film](/source/Coming-of-age_film) directed by [Pia Marais](/source/Pia_Marais), who co-wrote the screenplay with Willem Droste.[1][2] The film stars [Helena Zengel](/source/Helena_Zengel) as the daughter of an American missionary in the [Amazon rainforest](/source/Amazon_rainforest), played by Jeremy Xido, who claims that his daughter is a faith healer.[3]

## Plot

As a child, Rebecca is rescued from a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest by a member of a nearby Indigenous tribe. Now a teenager, she is well known in the area as her father, American missionary Lawrence Byrne, claims that she is a faith healer. Rebecca's misgivings about her situation are compounded by the arrival of illegal loggers poised to disrupt the local way of life.[3]

## Cast

- [Helena Zengel](/source/Helena_Zengel) as Rebecca[4]
- Jeremy Xido as Lawrence
- [Sabine Timoteo](/source/Sabine_Timoteo) as Denise
- Hamã Luciano
- Rômulo Braga
- Philipp Lavra
- Sérgio Sartório
- Iwinaiwa Assurini
- Pirá Assurini
- João Victor Xavante
- Kamya Assurini

## Production

Principal photography for *Transamazonia* took place in July 2023.[2] The film was presented as a work in progress at the [Golden Horse Film Project Promotion](/source/Golden_Horse_Film_Festival_and_Awards) that September.[5]

## Release

*Transamazonia* premiered on 12 August 2024 at the [77th Locarno Film Festival](/source/77th_Locarno_Film_Festival), where it competed for the [Golden Leopard](/source/Golden_Leopard). The film was also selected for the Main Slate section of the [2024 New York Film Festival](/source/2024_New_York_Film_Festival).[3]

The film will close the [8th Malaysia International Film Festival](/source/8th_Malaysia_International_Film_Festival) on 27 July 2025.[6]

## Reception

### Accolades

Award Ceremony date Category Recipient(s) Ref. Locarno Film Festival 17 August 2024 Golden Leopard [1]

## References

1. ["Transamazonia"](https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program/film.html?fid=ad63dc37-a447-48fe-afca-506974ed821c&eid=). *Locarno Film Festival*. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

1. ["Transamazonia"](https://www.cinemadefacto.com/portfolio/transamazonica/). *Cinéma de Facto*. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

1. ["Transamazonia"](https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2024/films/transamazonia/). *Film at Lincoln Center*. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

1. ["Transamazonia"](https://www.swissfilms.ch/en/movie/transamazonia/63089B079BF1400E9D95BA038E95C35F). *Swiss Films*. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

1. Frater, Patrick. ["Golden Horse Film Project Market Sets Bumper 64-Title Edition"](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/golden-horse-film-project-market-2-1235734114/). Variety. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

1. Naman Ramachandran (17 June 2025). ["Malaysian Drama 'Ninavau' Opens MIFFest, Environmental Epic 'Transamazonia' Closes"](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/malaysian-drama-ninavau-miffest-ti-lung-1236434906/). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

## External links

- [Transamazonia](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28523931/) at IMDb

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