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The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs

New Directors Competition

The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs

The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs

direction Matteo Norzi, Èlia Gasull Balada

Peru, USA, Qatar 2026 Documentary Cor 88 min.

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After a lifetime of hardship, 75-year-old Indigenous artist Sara Flores emerges from the Peruvian Amazon into the global art scene. As she confronts the toll of success, she turns her work into an act of resistance for her Shipibo Nation.

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technical sheet

direction

Matteo Norzi, Èlia Gasull Balada

screenplay

Èlia Gasull Balada, Matteo Norzi

cinematography

Johan Carrasco Monzón

editing

Èlia Gasull Balada

sound design

María Alejandra Rojas, Arturo Salazar

music

Elisa Vargas Fernández, Fredi Luis Sánchez Vargas

production

Èlia Gasull Balada, Matteo Norzi, Maria Altamirano

produced by

Shipibo Conibo Center

world sales

FiGa Films

galeria

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