Hawk Boy Sleeps Amidst Visions of a Fire
Synopsis
The hawk boy believes he has the power in his eyes to be enlightened. His transfiguration into a bird of prey leads him to fly over a burning territory in search of carrion for the pack. In his attempt to please the clan, the predator gets so close to the fire that he thinks he has gone blind, or has he entered a dream in which he is vanishing within the smoke?
Kamikaze bird that has embarked on a journey to a savage place of no return. A representation of the state of overflowing violence brought from drug trafficking through the oneiric vision of a marginal teenager recruited by a cartel.
Screenings
Auditorio Mateo Herrera
Official Selection Mexico 3
Auditorio Miguel Malo | Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez "El Nigromante"
Official Selection Mexico 3
Teatro de la Ciudad
Official Selection Mexico 3
Cast and crew
Director's bio:
Mauricio Sáenz-Cánovas (b. 1977, Matamoros, Mexico) is a visual artist and filmmaker with an experimental praxis that blends fictional elements into predominantly ethnographic and social contexts. Selected festivals include International Film Festival Rotterdam, AFI Fest, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, among others. He received an honorable mention in the experimental shorts category in Slamdance in 2020 and a nomination for the Dialogue award in the European Media Art Festival in 2017.
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