Floating with Spirits
Directed by Juanita Onzaga, 2023
Main Info
Cinematic, hybrid VR
Synopsis
Two little sisters prepare for the Day of the Dead in the mystic mountains of Mexico, remembering the stories their shaman granny used to tell.
A portal opens as the Mazatec community celebrates and we enter the interactive universe of their ancestors and the spirits of nature, each keeping a secret world to be unveiled.
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Credits
Writer and director Juanita Onzaga
Inspired by the knowledge of the Sabedoras and Sabedores: Ofelia Allende, Sofía Gonzalez, Elodia Pineda, Leonardo Moreno and the Mazatec family Josefina Cuevas Perez, Celeste Kristal Flores & Tania Flores
Cast Jocelynne Gallardo García, Jaquelyne Gallardo García, Florencia García, Rosalia Gallardo Alvarado, Guadalupe García Allende, Grupo de Huehuentones “Chajma ndle jaá”
Choreographer Diego Vega
Dancers Benoit Couchot, Astrid Sweeney, ‘Nunoy’ Johannes van den Burgh, Annick Schadeck
Composer Jérémy Bocquet
Vocalists Jana Bahrich, Sarah Kertz, Edmon Pires Domingo, John Wolter
Directors of photography Juanita Onzaga, Pierre Friquet
Volcap & photogrammetry Dajo Brinkman
Technical art direction Lillian Souwer for Game Architect Studio
Art director Aron Fels
Editors Pia Dumont, Juanita Onzaga, Lawrence Paul Foley
Lead developer Guido Boogaard for Wikkl
Mixer Cedric Fischer
Sound designer Oliver Lang
Musical sound designer Jérémy Bocquet
Producers Emmy Oost & An Oost
Co-producers Donato Rotunno for Tarantula, Corine Meijers for Studio Biarritz
Executive producers Fernand de Amorin for Tarantula, Daniel Loustaunau for Colectivo Colmena
With the support of Film Fund Luxembourg, Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), The Corona Emergency Fund of the Flanders Government, Netherlands Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union, Vocatio Fund
Selections
IFFR PRO X VR DAYS 2019
CINEMART IFFR 2020
NewImages XR Market 2020
IFFR WIP DARKROOM 2022
Venice Immersive Competition at Venice International Film Festival '23 World premiere
Film Fest Gent '23 (BE) Belgian premiere
IDFA DOCLAB '23 Dutch premiere
Immersive tech Week '23 (NL)
Kortfilmfestival Leuven '23 (BE)
FIPADOC '24 French premiere
Luxembourg City Film Festival - VR competition Luxembourg premiere
NU:REALITY 'Naturally Immersive' program '24 (NL) Dutch cinema release
One World Human Rights festival '24 (CZ)
Docville '24 (BE)
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