Special Programme „Anthropology of the Beyond"  

On a windy night in the Colombian desert, a young Wayuu woman named Doris sleeps in her hammock, and has a dream that she reunites with a deceased cousin. When she awakens and shares the encounter with her grandmother, they agree that her vision suggests the beginning of an ancient ritual, one central to their culture’s relationship with death, dreams, and memory. According to custom, Doris must travel to her cousin’s grave and exhume the body from its coffin. Only after she cleanses her cousin’s bones will the physical and spiritual barriers of death crumble.

Awards

Moscow International Documentary Film Festival – Special Mention, 2019
DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival – What The Doc! Award, 2019
Montreal International First Peoples Festival – Best Séquences Documentary Award, 2019
Montreal International First Peoples Festival – First Teueikan Award, 2019

Juan Pablo Polanco

Born in Bogotá, Colombia. He studied fine arts at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá and filmmaking at ECAM in Madrid. He is co-founder of the Colombian production company Los Niños Films, with which he made his short film Portete and his first feature film Lapü.

Filmography

Portete, 2017

César Alejandro Jaimes

Studied photography and filmmaking in his hometown of Bogotá, Colombia. He is co-founder of the production company Los Niños Films. Death and dreamlike experiences are his main object of study and inspired him to write his debut feature film – Lapü.