The Whisper of the Jaguar

The Whisper of the Jaguar

<<feature film>>(director, script, performer, producer) 2017, 79 min.

Synopsis

Sebastian*e, a queer artist, penetrates herself with a cob in a transgenic cornfield, unaware

that death is near. Her sister Ana, a punk girl from the city, follows her steps carrying

her ashes through the Amazon on a quest that will become a spiritual and sexually liberating

experience.

Her path is filled with intriguing encounters and challenges while her sister appears to her

along the way amid inescapable stories of colonialism, modernization and the current political situation of Brazil and Latin America. Ana ends up being possessed by the journey:

she does not access ayahuasca, ayahuasca accesses her; she does not cross the border,

the border crosses her. A lesbian orgy culminates in the connection with ancestral pleasure

while medicinal plants of the forest open the door for the underworld to manifest itself

in performative visions of Sebastian*e. This queer-punk road movie flows as freely between

performance art, political comment, and fictional filmmaking as the bodies and identities

of its characters in a tropical ambiance that sets the stage for game playing, protests, and metamorphoses.

Pressmaterials

Filmfestivals:
Documenta14, Kassel, Deutschland (Welturaufführung)
Cartagena International Filmfestival, Kolumbien (Preis für die Beste Regie)
MIX Brasil LGBT Film Festival, São Paulo, Brasilien (Verleiherpreis für bras. Kinoauswertung)
ZINEGOAK Film Festival, Bilbao, Spanien
FRINGE! Queer Film & Arts Fest London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Pink Screen Film Festival Brüssel, Belgien
Zinegoak, Bilbao
Queer & Migrant film festival Amsterdam, Niederlande
Leeds Queer Film Festival, Leeds, Vereinigtes Königreich
Fargo Moorhead LGBT film festival, Fargo, USA (Bester Film)
AMOR International LGBT film festival, Santiago, Chile
Ciclo Rosa LGBT Filmfestival, Bogotá, Kolumbien (Eröffnungsfilm)
Strangelove Antwerp; Belgien (Eröffnungsfilm)
Lusstreifen Filmfestival Basel, Schweiz
Eureka film festival, Bogotá, Kolumbien
Kino Latino, Köln, Deutschland
TransFormations. Trans*Film Festival Berlin, Deutschland
Queerpoéticas, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Contrast Film Festival Austin, USA
Iberoamerikanischer Filmpreis Fénix (Vorauswahl)
IndieBo, Bogotá, Kolumbien
Ficma, International Filmfestival Manizales, Kolumbien
Strangelove, Brüssel, Belgien
Awarness Filmfestival Los Angeles, USA
Panorama du Cinéma Colombien Paris, Frankreich

Cine Disiente - Identidades disruptivas, Cali, Colombia

Fa Sol Latino Grenoble, France

Official Competition Cabiria Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien

FICCBA 2020, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Prisma Muestra LGBT, Pereira, Colombia

Director, Script, Production: Thais Guisasola, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau,
Collaboration Script: Alicia Arteaga, Daniel Martins, Giovanna Pezzo
Director of Photography: Giovanna Pezzo

Art Director/Costume Designer: Alicia Arteaga
Assistant Producer/Direct Sound: Daniel Martins
Editor: Ilka Miriam Valdés 
Sound Designer/Mixing: Ruben Valdés
Colorist: Julia Bisiliat
Post Production Supervisor: Laura Futuro
Special Effects: Sunjha Kim
Design and Illustrations: Carlos Cabrices and Sergio Ferro
Associate Producers: Lillit, Drama Filmes, Martin Backhaus,
Dramaturgy: Laura Paetau, Margarita Tsomou

 Music by Aérea Negrot, Peaches, Mad Kate I The Tide, Royal Dust, Mercenárias and The Clitor$