Floating with Spirits

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a two-day Mexican holiday that reunites the dead and the living. Floating with Spirits offers viewers the chance to experience this famed, intimate ritual for themselves. We follow two sisters as they prepare for the Day of the Dead in the mystical mountains of Mexico, recalling the fantastical stories their shamanic grandmother used to tell. As the Mazatec community celebrates, we enter the secret world of their ancestors and the spirits of nature, gaining access to the profound and inspiring wisdom they hold. This Dutch-Belgian production was selected for the Venice Biennale film festival.