Spirit Emulsion
Experimental Short/Documentary | 2022
Writer/Director: Siku Allooloo
Co-Producers: Siku Allooloo (Akia Films) & Jessica Hallenbeck (Lantern Films)
Composer: Jesse Zubot
With Vocals by Pura Fé
Trailer
Synopsis
A connection to my mother in the spirit world reactivates Taíno culture and presence, revealing a realm unseen. Meanwhile, amidst a backdrop of flowers everywhere, an ancestral act of sovereignty extends into the future. Filmed on Super 8 and developed by hand with plant medicines and botanicals, Spirit Emulsion evokes a language for Taíno filmmaking in relationship to the earth and cosmos, breathing an ancestral connection into new form.
Screenings & Awards
Dakar Bienniale film installation: “Sleep is Prayer” (Dakar, Senegal), May 18 - June 10, 2024
Whitney Biennial film program, “The Land Wants YOU” (New York City, NY), May 3, 2024
Streaming on MUBI as part of a selection of films from the Whitney Biennial
BlackStar Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA), August 2, 2023
Birrarangga Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia), March 26, 2023
BioCurious Exhibition, Art Windsor-Essex (Windsor, ON), March 14 - October 1, 2023
International Film Festival of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON), March 11, 2023
Mills Folly Microcinema (Madison, WI), January 25, 2023
American Indian Film Festival (San Francisco, CA), November 7, 2022
Yellowknife International Film Festival (Yellowknife, NT), November 5, 2022 *YKIFF Filmmaker Awards (Short Film by Woman Director + Short Film by Indigenous Director)
Hawai’i International Film Festival (Honolulu, HI), November 3-13, 2022
Antimatter [media art] (Victoria, BC), October 26, 2022
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Toronto, ON), October 19, 2022
Flaherty NYC Fall 2022 program: “lets all be lichen”, Anthology Film Archives (New York City, NY), October 17, 2022
aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival (Toronto, ON), September 30, 2022
Indigenous Short Film Showcase, Caravan Farm Theatre (Armstrong, BC), September 24, 2022
Caribbean Tales International Film Festival (Toronto, ON), September 21, 2022
Storytelling and Stewardship exhibition, Western Front (Vancouver, BC), Sept. 17-Nov. 26 2022
Festival International Présence Autochtone (Montréal, QC) *Prix de la relève (Emerging Talent Award), August 16, 2022
DOXA Outdoor Summer Screenings (Vancouver, BC), August 12, 2022
Tillitarniit Festival – Many Hands (Montréal, QC), August 11, 2022
Gimli International Film Festival (Gimli, MB), July 20-24, 2022 *Best Canadian Short Film Award
Asinabka Festival (Ottawa, ON), August 11, 2022 *ON Premiere
Māoriland Film Festival (Ōtaki, Aotearoa/New Zealand), July 1, 2022 *International Premiere
Arctic Arts Summit (Whitehorse, YT), June 27-29, 2022
Third Horizon Film Festival (Miami, FL), June 26, 2022 *US Premiere
NAISA North Conference (virtual), May 15-June 15, 2022
DOXA Documentary Film Festival (Vancouver, BC), May 5-15, 2022 *Honourable Mention, DOXA Short Documentary Award
Dawson City International Short Film Festival (Dawson City, YT), April 15, 2022
Skoden Indigenous Film Festival (Vancouver, BC), April 1-2, 2022 *BC Premiere
qaummatitsiniq nunarjuamit qaujimajakkanik (lighting up the world with my knowledge), National Arts Centre (Ottawa, ON), March 16-20, 2022
Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ Film Festival (Fort Simpson, NT), Feb. 27, 2022
Available Light Film Festival (Whitehorse, YT), Feb. 14-28, 2022 *World Premiere
Installation views, Storytelling and Stewardship exhibition, Western Front (Sept. 17-Nov. 26 2022). Photographer: Dennis Ha
Made with Support From:
Canada Council for the Arts
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
Yukon Media Development
Lantern Films
