Laos. Dozens of teenagers are living and studying together in Buddhist temples. A young man crosses the river every day to read a text to an elderly woman that serves as a guide for finding one’s way through the afterlife. When the woman dies, her spirit begins a sensory journey towards reincarnation in its next body. To complete the journey, you have to entrust yourself to be carried away by the sound and light.
In this conversation held on the border between life, death and meditation, Lois Patiño continues his exploration of the image as an immersive experience. The cycle of birth, death and reincarnation coincides with the experience of watching. The act of seeing and of telling stories becomes a unique visionary experience that literally leads the viewer into another dimension. – Encounters, Berlinale
Lois Patiño
ES 2023
113 min | Lao, Swahili
Special Jury Prize Berlinale
Lois Patiño
Born in 1983 in Vigo (Galicia), Spain, he studied film at the Escuela Universitaria de Artes y Espectáculos (TAI) in Madrid, the New York Film Academy, the Universität der Künste in Berlin and the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Various workshops on video art and installations.
Films (selection)
Esliva 2011 | Montaña en sombra 2012 (8. UX) | Costa da morte (9. UX) | Lúa vermella 2021 | Sycorax 2022 | El sembrador de estrellas 2022 (17.UX) | Samsara 2023
Credits
B: Lois Patiño, Garbiñe Ortega | K: Mauro Herce, Jessica Sarah Rinland | S: Lois Patiño | T: Xabier Erkizia | P: Leire Apellaniz, Claudia Salcedo, Garbiñe Ortega | V: Bendita Film Sales | Mit Amid Keomany, Toumor Xiong, Simone Milavanh, Mariam Vuaa Mtego, Juwairiya Idrisa Uwesu