Country: Switzerland
Year: 2025
Duration: 19'
Around the village of Puerto Nariño, a gaze wanders between the arms of the Amazon and the abyss of the forest. The film opens in the murky waters of the river’s branches. A party erupts, a boat floats at dawn, a camp is being prepared. Children dive at dusk, thunderstorms streak across the sky. The cyclical rhythm of this world unfolds through sequence shots where human and natural presences unite in a shared vibration.
Biography
film director
Elodie Arpa
Elodie Arpa first studied Visual Arts at CFP Arts before joining the Cinema department at HEAD – Genève in 2022. In 2024, an exchange programme at EICTV in Cuba led her to deepen her practice of documentary cinema. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Filmmaking Studies at EQZE in San Sebastián. Moving between documentary and experimental forms, her work explores the relationships and modes of coexistence among humans, animals and their environments.
FILMOGRAFIA
ELDORADO (co-regista, cm, exp, 2024), Titi (cm, doc, 2024), Pies al revés (cm, doc / exp, 2025).
Declaration
film director
“Seven years ago, I had the chance to travel through Puerto Nariño, in Colombia. I was deeply moved by the close coexistence and harmony between human beings and nature, and by the respect and knowledge the inhabitants had of their territory. This place, which has always held an important place in my memory, left a deep mark on me, both sensorially and emotionally.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY, CINEMATOGRAPHY: Elodie Arpa. EDITING: Noa Roquet, Elodie Arpa. SOUND: Roberto Botella Tarazona. CAST: Dolly Almeida Ahué, Pedro Coello, Isabella Coello Almeida, Miltón Pinto Linares, Edilberto Laureano. PRODUCTION: Anita Hugi for Haute école d’art et de design de Genève. CONTACT: Elodie Arpa elodie.arpa@gmail.com
