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Origin film image; double exposure of multiple people overlaid on top of each other

Origin

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.

Director
Cast

Yesenia Fuentes, Olivia Jaén Flores, Lou Amsellem, Marianne Alicia Lynch, Sophie Qin, Isabelle Sue Pillette

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada/Colombia

Year

2024

Language

In English and French with English subtitles

18+
18 min
Art, Music & Photography Documentary Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Shorts Women Directors

Credits & Director

Producer

Marion Chuniaud-Lacau

Screenwriter

Marion Chuniaud-Lacau

Cinematography

Sonya Stefan

Editor

Gaëtan Hugnet

Original Music

Bye Parula

Marion Chuniaud-Lacau headshot

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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