Hybrid documentary feature · 86 min
Gigante
A rumble wakes Gigante. The great Ceiba de la Libertad has fallen.
Many weep and recall the old prophecy: when the roots supporting its surface died, Gigante would enter a slow and constant sinking.
Strange things begin to happen and the inhabitants document them through their cell phones. They film how they adapt to the inevitable fall. Through archive footage, we discover life around a tree whose roots upheld the imagination of an entire village.
Director's Note Credits LabsDirector's Note
Gigante is the name of a town and a promise of permanence that time and a dying root eventually broke. We filmed alongside the inhabitants as they learned — phone in hand — to document their own sinking. The archive becomes a way of looking without turning away.
Canela Reyes, Sebastián Pinzón Silva — In post-production
Credits
Direction
Canela Reyes, Sebastián Pinzón Silva
Production
Laura Nogal
Co-production
L’Œil Vif Production — Julieta Cejas
Field production
Laura Nogal, Juan Pablo Polanco
Production assistance
Paula Manrique
Cinematography
Sebastián Pinzón Silva
Camera operators
Inhabitants of Gigante
Art direction
Diego Ricardo, Gabriella Donetti
Location sound
César Alejandro Jaimes, Canela Reyes
Support
Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico (FDC) · CNC (France)
Production companies
Jarana Cine · L’Œil Vif Production
Labs and support
- Tres Puertos Costa Rica — development lab 2023
- Work in Progress Colombia — FICCI
- Development and production support — Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico (FDC)
- Development grant — CNC (France) 2025
- Production grant — CNC (France) 2026
Contact
jaranacine@gmail.com