Canadian Premiere
Loosely inspired by dancer and choreographer Yesenia Fuentes’ work, Memory of a Body Through Time, the body is explored as a site for creation, process, and vulnerability.
Yesenia Fuentes, Olivia Jaén Flores, Lou Amsellem, Marianne Alicia Lynch, Sophie Qin, Isabelle Sue Pillette
Canada/Colombia
2024
In English and French with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Marion Chuniaud-Lacau
Screenwriter
Marion Chuniaud-Lacau
Cinematography
Sonya Stefan
Editor
Gaëtan Hugnet
Original Music
Bye Parula
Marion Chuniaud-Lacau
Marion Chuniaud-Lacau is a French-Canadian filmmaker and photographer based in Montreal whose works lie at the intersection of documentary, dance, research, and socially engaged art. She has a master’s degree in intercultural communication and in 2019 directed her first short film, Voces Berracas, in Colombia. Her films Statu Quo (2020), Bleu Tango (2025), and Origen (2025) explore movement, memory, and belonging, and have been selected by several international festivals.
Photo by Villedepluie
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