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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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Screening

Press

'a whispered paean to the nature gods sustained by seductive visuals’

The Guardian

‘a dreamlike journey through mystical landscapes that pays homage to nature’

Vigour Times

"A VR experience that makes you whole for a moment"

De Standaard

Press Kit

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)

World sales

Astrea