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ECLIPSIS


A recently discovered monarch butterfly subespecies (Danaus plexippus eclipsis) possesses strange toxines in their scales that provoke powerful nervous alterations in their predators. 

Eclipsis is a sci-fi short film that especulates –narratively and sensorialy– around that which happens to human beings if they enter in contact with this imaginary butterfly. Intertwining the vivid microscopic colors and textures in 4K, the sway of human body registered in Super 8mm and archival footage, this film imagines a multiespecies crossroads.





MÉXICO / FICTION / 16’/ 4K - SUPER 8MM / 2022


Produced by Mexico’s Autonomous National University’s Cinematheque (Filmoteca UNAM) and Síntesis UNAM, in coproduction with Estudios Churubusco. 

Written, directed, produced and co-edited by Tania Hernández Velasco
Hugo Villa & Juan Ayala - Executive production

In collaboration with
Aura Arreola - Choreography, performance and music
Inés Gutiérrez (CirrinaLab) - Microscopic images
Sandra Luz López Barroso - Director of photography
Eduardo Palenque - Editing
Mariana Rodríguez Alcocer - Sound design and direct sound
Eduardo Gaytán & Felipe Meléndez - Sound mix
Kuru Lozano - Production manager
Fernanda Becerril & Gabriela Álvarez - Line producers
Semillitxs Hernández Velasco - Graphic design
Yolanda Velasco - Catering



STILLS: 1 / 2 / 3



EXHIBITION IN FILM FESTIVALS


- BLACK CANVAS FILM FESTIVAL (México) - Best Director Award (México Dentro del Canvas section) 
- ANN ARBOR EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (US) - Best Experimental Film 
- MÉXICO CITY’S VIDEODANCE FESTIVAL (México) - Best Director Award
- MCKINVILLE FILM FESTIVAL (US) - Best Experimental Film
- EL ALEPH ARTE Y CIENCIA (MX)
- AMBULANTE (México)
- ULTRACINEMA (México)
- MUESTRA MÍNIMA (México)
- BLUE DANUBE FILM FESTIVAL (Austria)
- VANCOUVER LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
- GIRONA FILM FESTIVAL (Spain)
- DRUNKEN FILM FESTIVAL (US)
- VERACRUZ’S FILMOTHEQUE FESTIVAL (México)
- INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF EXPERIMENTAL FICTION FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM (UK)
- TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO FILM FESTIVAL (Trinidad y Tobago)
- SALT LAKE CITY’S FILM SOCIETY SCREENDANCE CULTURAL TOUR (US)
- TERRAFILME FESTIVAL (México)
- BENSON FILM FESTIVAL: Ultracinema Programme (US)