Fuego Sagrado
From the music of South Korean composer Jung Jae-il, Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante crafts a story of a native woman invoking the spirits of fertility in a Guatemalan forest with ritual fire. This short film is pa
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From the music of South Korean composer Jung Jae-il, Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante crafts a story of a native woman invoking the spirits of fertility in a Guatemalan forest with ritual fire. This short film is pa
In the First Republic (1889-1930) as well as in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) the traditional terreiro communities were criminalized, their religious leaders were persecuted and their sacred objects were seized. In Rio de J
The film follows the daily lives of teachers and staff at a public school in Diadema, in Greater São Paulo.
This group of films is brought together by their intention to imagine that which is "outside". Something extra cinematographic, extra artistic, extra linguistic. In these "outside" the question of immanence arises, endow
Short documentary film about the afrobrazilian religion Candomblé.
El Grito Sagrado (The Silent Call) is a fictionalized retelling of Argentina's fight for independence from Spain. The story is "personalized" by being related through the eyes of Mariquita Sanchez de Thompson y Mendevill
José Manuel and the other members of the ufology association Ovni-Levante meet weekly to exchange information about extraterrestrial messages and abductions. Julio, their leader, dies unexpectedly, leaving José Manuel as
A woman's work ambition causes marital problems.
Filipino horror movie from 1980.
As Vero confronts her mother’s approaching death, her life spirals into the surreal, entangled with figures from Mexican folklore and encounters with Death itself. Haunted and inspired, she’s pulled into a journey where
A tour of the geographical landscape aspects of the Urubamba Valley, a mythical space where the Inca culture developed.
Two enemy tribes had waited for centuries for the great revelation of the sacred secret. But the one chosen by the Supreme God to receive the secret was Princess Sikán. When she was wronged by the men of both tribes, day
"Mal Sagrado" follows Ciça, a washerwoman on the banks of the São Francisco River. Her life takes a mystical turn when the river answers her offering of flowers with a mysterious blue cloak, sparking a deep emotional con
In the cold light of his computer, a young man makes dozens of nude photos of desire and sends them to anyone, in order to share his body and his solitude.
Two young men arrested for robbery in Argentine prisons. A woman detained for murdering her husband, a former oppressor and torturer. A filmmaker who decides to film their life stories and, in doing so, also recognizes t