La Sabina is an exploration of contemporary surrealism. It is loosely based on the tales of Maria Sabina, a female shaman from the depths of Mexico who exposes the connections between the human and spiritual worlds. Inspired by Claude Cahun’s constant discourse of multiplicity and Remedios Varo’s androgynous quality of oneiric vulnerability, this screen dance stands at the intersection of fantasy and reality.
dance/choreography: rocio luna; camera/editing: ana baer; original music: joaquin lopez chas; direction: ana baer+rocio luna; production: baer productions; location: SMTX.
ACCOLADES
Dumbo Film Festival, Best experimental film, NYC; 10/2020
Global Shorts, Best Editing, Los Angeles, California, US; 2020
Short to the Point Festival, Best film of the month, Bucharest, Romania; 08/2020
SCREENINGS
10/05/2024 Nordic Star Festival, Stockholm, Västerås, Sweden
02/22/2024 Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Ed, San Antonio, TX
08/04-18/ 2022 ELO(KUVA)KUU in Tampere, Finland
07/28/ 2022 Fisura International Festival of Experimental Film/ Video, CDMX, MX
04/22/2022 Fisura International Festival of Experimental Film/ Video, Durango, MX
03/13-31/2022 Experimental Film online Festival, Nuevo León, México
11/24-12/18/2021 InShadow Lisbon Screendance Fest, Portugal
11/21-27/2021 International Portrait Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
11/19-28/2021 Sphere Digital World Cinema Carnival from Bengali, India
11/04-14/2021 Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Fest, Oaxaca, MX
09/30/2021 XXIV Lila Lopez Contemporary Dance Festival, San Luis Potosi, MX.
09/21-22/2021 Experimental film and arts festival “Suspaustas Laikas” in Lithuania
09/04/2021 Videoart Festival, Museo Contemporáneo de Alicante, SP
08/05-08/2021 FEICCA 2021 Cuarta Edición, CDMX, MX
08/05-07/2021 Festival de Cine-Arte en la Frontera, San Cristóbal, Venezuela
08/01-31/2021 7th Bogotá Experimental Film Festival virtual edition
07/30/2021 Lila Lopez Dance Festival (virtual), SLP, Mexico
07/21-22/2021 Suspaustas Laikas Experimental Film Fest, Lithuania
05/20-30/2021 Muestra de Video Arte Faenza 3, Bogota, Colombia
05/13-14/2021 Cineminutos in Córdoba, Argentina
04/23-05/02/2021 Filmoptico Visual Art and Film Festival, Tarragona, Spain
12/18/2020 Moving Images Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
10/ 01-04/2020 Fenacir Film Festival, San Luis Potosi, MX
10/02/2020 DanzaTTack Festival Internacional de Video Danza,Tenerife, Islas Canarias
09/18-22/2020 Dumbo Film Festival Virtual Event, Dumbo, NY
09/02-09/2020 Shorts México, Festival de Cortometraje, Mexico City, MX
07/17/2020 Short Film Competition, Chiayi Municipal Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
04/03/2020 Contradanza online Video Dance Event, Mexico City, MX
12/07/2019 ESMoA Film Festival, El Segundo Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
12/07/2019 IntimaLente Ethnographic Film Festival, Town Hall, Caserta, Italy
11/18-21/2019 Dulcisimo Ovario, Teatro Romo de Vivar, Pachuca, Hidalgo, MX
11/15-19/2019 Basra Film Festival, Basra, Iraq
10/16/2019 International videodance meeting Centro del Carmen, Valencia, SP
09/15/2019 BIDEODROMO Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, Spain
09/15/2019 Diversidarte Festival de Curtas, Sede Afundación, La Coruna, Spain
09/05/2019 CINEFANTASY-INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, São Paulo, Brazil
06/05/2019 Cinema LTDO Film Festival, Parque Guanajuato, Guanajuato, MX
06/1/2019 Cefalu Film Festival, Arena Re Campofelice, Palermo, Italy
04/13/2019 Primigenia Festival, Jardines de CECONEXCO, Morelia MX
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