Semillas LAB
8th FINCA
Shitan
On a land reshaped by environmental destruction, Shitan, a human-lizard female hybrid, is moved by the song of a whale trapped in a fresh water lake. This ecologic and sensory sci-fi follows the journey of a mutant whose body discovers the memory of a wounded planet. Amid quarries, winds, altered bodies and ruins, the film explores adaptation and mutation as a manifestation of living memory.
Natalia Cano is a filmmaker specializing in the History of the Patagonia region. She has worked as an assistant director and casting director. From Patagonia, where she has lived since 1997, her work center around themes of territory and memory. She has directed the documentary telefilm Escondidos al oeste del Pichi Leufú (2012), the feature Gigantes (20229, and the series Archivos del (no) desierto.
Mariana Rodríguez has trained in Art Direction, Cinematography, and Make-Up at the Internacional Academy of Cinema in Rio de Janeiro. She also holds a degree in Film from the National School for Cinematographic Experimentation and Realisation (ENERC), and is a partner-producer at Amapola Cinema S.A., an independent / boutique international production and distribution company in Patagonia.