ante mis ojos
(before my eyes)
An impressionistic study of Lake Guatavita (Colombia), a sacred site for the Mhuysqa people that inspired the legend of El Dorado.
ante mis ojos is part of a series of experimental short films that explore my sensorial relationship to tourist sites and how their history can be perceived.
technical info
Colombia/Canada, 2018
7 minutes
Super 8mm on DCP
Spanish
Color, 1.33
crew
Director, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound Designer: Lina Rodriguez
Producer: Brad Deane
Sound Recordist: Juan Camilo Martínez
Credit Design: Craig Caron
Super 8mm Processing: Niagara Custom Lab
Digital Transfer: Frame Discreet
Thanks: Clara Monroy, Almeiro Rodriguez,
Jorge A. Gutiérrez Jiménez, John Greyson, LIFT
Special Thanks: the mhuysqa community in Sesquilé, guardians of the Guatavita Lake.
screenings
Toronto International Film Festival, 2018
Vancouver International Film Festival, 2018
Valdivia International Film Festival, 2018
Mar del Plata International Film Festival, 2018
Bogoshorts Festival, 2018
Havana International Film Festival, 2018
Campo International Short Film Festival, 2018
Frontera Sur International Non-Fiction Film Festival, 2018
Film at Lincoln Center, 2019
FICUNAM International Film Festival, 2019
Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, 2019
MDFF Selects: Presented by Cinema Scope and TIFF, 2019
Cineteca Madrid, 2019
Cinemateca de Bogotá, 2019
MAMUT - Audiovisual memory festival, 2021
Harvard Film Archive, 2022
Ese paisaje que nos piensa, Cinemateca de Bogotá, 2022