{"id":635795,"date":"2026-09-25T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/635795\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:56:17","slug":"fire-at-sea-producer-boards-eryk-rochas-elza-ahead-of-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/635795\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Fire at Sea’ Producer Boards Eryk Rocha’s ‘Elza’ Ahead of Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOscar-nominated Italian producer Donatella Palermo (\u201cFire at Sea,\u201d \u201cCaesar Must Die\u201d) has boarded Eryk Rocha\u2019s highly anticipated doc \u201cElza<\/a>\u201d as a production associate. The film will have its world premiere at the Rio Film Festival<\/a> and its international premiere at the Rome Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cElza\u201d is the follow-up to Rocha\u2019s \u201cThe Falling Sky,\u201d which premiered to great acclaim at Directors\u2019 Fortnight. The film is a comprehensive documentary about one of Brazil<\/a>\u2019s most renowned singers and public figures, Elza Soares. Drawing on rare archival materials and intimate conversations between Soares and the director during the final years of her life, \u201cElza\u201d traces the icon\u2019s seven-decade career while revealing the many facets of the woman behind the legend. The project comes with the backing of high-calibre partners, including Aruac Filmes (\u201cCinema Novo\u201d), Maria Farinha Filmes<\/a> (\u201cThe Beginning of Life\u201d), Globo Filmes (\u201cI\u2019m Still Here\u201d), RAI Cinema and Gullane<\/a>+.<\/p>\n

\n\tRocha, who followed Elza over eight years of filming, said: \u201cElza Soares is a beacon whose art and legacy continue to guide us. To tell her story is also to tell the story of our country. By allowing Elza to tell her story in her own voice, the film brings us once again into the presence of this immense woman and artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe film is also a way to honor her dedication to music and her commitment to everything she was, and everything she continues to represent,\u201d he added. \u201cI am deeply moved to share this film with audiences and to have Elza\u2019s voice sing once again, for Brazil and the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSoares\u2019s work intersected with some of the defining figures in international music, from Argentine tango composer and arranger Astor Piazzolla to jazz legends Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Soares met Armstrong in Chile in 1962, during a World Cup that would change the course of her life. Named BBC\u2019s \u201cVoice of the Millennium,\u201d Elza transcended genres and national borders to become a global symbol of artistic freedom, resilience, and the enduring power of Black women\u2019s voices. Her death in 2022 moved the entire country, with artists and fans paying lengthy homages to the trailblazer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cElza\u201d is produced by Aruac Filmes and Maria Farinha Filmes, in co-production with Globo Filmes and GloboNews. The film is distributed by Gullane+ and Maria Farinha Filmes. The film was produced in collaboration with Faber Produzioni and RAI Cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cElza\u201d is supported by the City of S\u00e3o Paulo, through Spcine, and by Ita\u00fa Cultural, and was produced with funding from the Brazilian Federal Government, through the Aldir Blanc National Policy for the Promotion of Culture (PNAB), in coordination with the National Culture System, with investment from the Audiovisual Sector Fund, and with institutional support from the Ministry of Culture and Ancine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar-nominated Italian producer Donatella Palermo (\u201cFire at Sea,\u201d \u201cCaesar Must Die\u201d) has boarded Eryk Rocha\u2019s highly anticipated doc…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1347,270032,93,270033,61,60,270034,270,45954,270035],"class_list":["post-635795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-brazil","tag-elza","tag-entertainment","tag-gullane","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-maria-farinha-filmes","tag-movies","tag-rio-film-festival","tag-rome-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}