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BAD LIGHT

Dir. Paula Martel

Argentina, 80 min, in development


  • Format:

    Documentary feature

  • Status:

    In development

  • Selections and Awards:

    ADOC Award (CONECTA Chile Lab 2024), SANFIC Award (FIDBA Link 2024), By Lace Films Award (FIDBA Link 2024), Premio Postproduction and distribution awards at Festival Asterisco WIP 2024, Doculab de las Alturas Award 2023


SYNOPSIS

In Catamarca, a Northern Province in Argentina, Juanjis, a young gay Indigenous man, lives amidst local festivities, community traditions and a silent love. When given the chance to study dance, he confronts his identity as the “bad light,” an ancestral phenomenon, guides him on a journey of self-discovery.


BAD LIGHT produced by COLECTIVO RUTEMBERG producers FRANCISCO NOVICK y PAULA MARTEL directed and written by PAULA MARTEL