Floating with spirits
Floating with spirits- Director
- Juanita Onzaga
- Country
- Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- interactive works
- Scriptwriters
- Juanita Onzaga
- Cast
- Jocelynne Gallardo García, Jaquelyne Gallardo García, Florencia García, Rosalia Gallardo Alvarado, Guadalupe García, Allende Grupo de Huehuentones “Chajma ndle jaá”
- Production
- Cassette for timescapes (Emmy Oost, An Oost), Tarantula Luxemburg (Donato Rotunno), Studio Biarritz (Corine Meijers)
Storyline
In this cinematic VR, magical stories are told by two young Mazatec, indigenous sisters Jocelynne and Jaquelyne, who recall the ancestral knowledge and mystical cosmogony that their shaman grandmother used to share with them, in the misty mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Their village lies amidst giant Ceiba trees and rivers full of life. Nature breathes and, within, preserves the memories of this community. The landscape that surrounds them is full of knowledge. While preparing for the Day of the Dead, they share the stories of their ancestors. During these special days, the spirits of their loved ones descend into the world of the living, guided by the light of the candles and the glow of the Cempasuchil flowers on the altars. The girls’ imagination transports us into the world of the spirits of their ancestors and the spirits of nature. A shamanic dance ritual opens a portal through which we can discover the secret worlds of four spirits of nature. Each spirit has its own secret that it will share with us to enable us to make a new connection with the ancestral Mazatec knowledge. Their vision of the world is beautiful, deep and urgent to be shared in a moment where our society needs to rewire its ways of viewing and interacting with nature.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Venice Film Festival 2023
Venice Immersive
Call for proposals Development
Media support 30.000 €
Slate Funding
