Amazomania
Nathan Grossman / Sweden, Denmark & France / 2026 / World Premiere / 93 min
A hazardous expedition in the Amazon becomes a moral minefield in a thought-provoking film about the white man's gaze, as the project turns the camera on itself and the colonial legacy.
In 1996, a Brazilian civil servant and a Swedish journalist venture deep into the Amazon to meet the Korubo tribe, who live far from civilisation. The expedition ends in a first encounter, and the footage is hailed as a sensation: rare images from a hidden world that no one has ever seen before. Decades later, the material resurfaces and raises new questions.
Filmmaker Nathan Grossman rewinds the tape to investigate the other side of the story. And what he finds is no small matter. The entire first half of ‘Amazomania’ consists simply of the original material, while the second half follows the Swedish journalist on his journey back to the tribe 30 years later – and it doesn’t go quite according to plan.The Korubo tribe demands compensation and insists on the right to tell their own story.
In a chilling scene, the conversation within the Korubo tribe from the first meeting is translated. The dialogue reveals a profound misunderstanding of the situation that you will not soon forget. ‘Amazomania’ is a complex study in documentary method and ethics, and it is a film with enormous confidence in the audience’s own judgement.