Hanami is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Denise Fernandes in her directorial debut. A co-production between Switzerland, Portugal and Cape Verde, the film centres on the coming-of-age of Nana (Dailma Mendes in childhood, Sanaya Andrade in adolescence), a young girl who was left behind in Cape Verde when her mother Nia (Alice da Luz) left for a better life in another country, centring on both her childhood in a community of women who take care of her needs and her reunion with her mother as a teenager.
The film premiered in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. It was subsequently screened in the Vanguard competition at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention for the Vanguard Award. It was also screened in the First Feature competition at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival.
In 2025, the film appeared at the New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocà Âaw in the "Smart7" section.