A fever dream in the jungle. A novel Tunche (a human spirit) learns how to whistle from the Ese'ejjá shaman spirit. Another jungle entities meet him. It sounds like music.
"Fever dreams in the jungle" was the brief given by Werner Herzog to create, film and edit this Short film within ten days in the amazon jungle of Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Perú. Short film created and directed by Sebastian López Borda in the workshop "Filming in Perú with Werner Herzog".
"Fever dreams in the jungle" was the brief given by Werner Herzog to create, film and edit this Short film within ten days in the amazon jungle of Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Perú. Short film created and directed by Sebastian López Borda in the workshop "Filming in Perú with Werner Herzog".
This short film was premiered in the jungle of Tambopata. Officially screened at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Lima (2018), Perú, at Werner Herzog Foundation, Munich and at Panorama section of Bogoshorts (2019), Colombia.
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Un sueño febril en la selva. Un tunche (un espíritu humano) novato aprende a silbar con el espíritu del shamán del pueblo Ese Ejjá. A su encuentro llegan otros espíritus de la selva. Suena como música. Cortometraje dirigido y creado por Sebastian López Borda en el taller "Filming in Perú with Werner Herzog" "Fever dreams in the jungle" (Sueños febriles en la selva) fue la guía dada por Werner Herzog a 48 cineastas para crear, filmar y editar un cortometraje durante diez días en la selva amazónica de Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Perú.
Este cortometraje fue estrenado en la selva de Tambopata. Proyectada oficialmente en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Lima (2018), Perú, en la Fundación Werner Herzog, Munich y en la sección Panorama de Bogoshorts (2019), Colombia.
Mirko Argüedas en Tunche Fever. 2018
Tambopata, Perú, 2018
This shortfilm was premiered in the jungle of Tambopata. Officially screened at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Lima (2018), Perú, at Werner Herzog Foundation, Munich and at Panorama section of Bogoshorts (2019), Colombia.
This Ajosquiro tree was the location of Tunche Fever in Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Perú. 2018. Photo Juan Pablo Caballero.
The short film and the worksop was hosted in the Tambopata Jungle and we were helped by EseÉjá community which "face extraordinary challenges to preserve their culture and legacy in the face of land loss, mining and deforestation practices..."
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"Los Ese'Ejá se enfrentan a retos extraordinarios para preservar su cultura y su legado frente a la pérdida de tierras, las prácticas de minería y deforestación,..."
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Werner Herzog as tutor and Sebastian López Borda during the Tunche Fever jungle exhibition in the workshop "Filming in Peru with Werner Herzog". Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Perú. 2018. Photo Melissa Ramírez Estremadoyro
Werner Herzog with Sebastian López Borda in the production of Tunche Fever in the workshop "Filming in Peru With Werner Herzog". Tambopata jungle, Madre de Dios, Perú. 2018. Photo: Alon Juwal.
CAST & CREW CAST: Gustavo Cruz Mirko Arguellas CREW: Director, Producer, Cinematography, Script, Edition: Sebastian López Borda Color Grading: Alvaro Calero Sound Mixing: Monosonico Studio, Daniel “Dito” Reshigna Music: Robert Schumann Piano Concert in A Minor, Op.54 IntermezzoThomas Hlavatsch Slovak State Philarmoia Kosice. CC THANKS TO: Black Factory Cinema Liliana Diaz Estephania Bonnet Nuria Frigola Torrent Fernando ValdiviaAlex Giraldo Luna Inkaterra Erick Arguedas Cavero Gabriel Meseth Frank Cerval Huayaban Oscar Huryaca Jefe Cesar Arroyave Oscar Rodríguez Alejandra Rodríguez Lightnning team: Juan Pablo Caballero Natalia Trizcina Santiago Arriaga Fermin Pedroz Kevin Zayat Caleb Spaw Marta Pulk The Jungle of Tambopata.