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Sensemayá

Sensemayá

Colectivo Los Ingrávidos | Mexico | 2021 | 7' |

Focus: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos

| IFFR 2024

Born from the snake of sacrifice, Sensemayá is shamanic and demonic, ecstatic and fantastic. A slight manipulation of home movie footage changes its context completely. Small moments from decades-old holidays in Mexico take on the weight of eternal myths full of euphoric rapture and evil evocations. A dance, a trance, a trip to the temples.

– Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss

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An invitation to see the unseeable: the sun, many suns, burning gloriously into our retinas.
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Film details

Countries of production: Mexico, Norway
Year: 2021
Festival edition: IFFR 2024
Length: 7"
Medium/Format: HDcam
Language: no dialogue
Premiere status: International premiere
Director: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Producer: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Sales / World rights holder: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Cinematography: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Editing: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Production design: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Sound design: Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Music: Silvestre Revueltas

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