Synopsis

Darío, a descendant of a famous European explorer in Ecuador, sets out to uncover a hidden chapter in his ancestor’s life. With the help of previously unknown relatives, he begins to question his own identity and rewrite his family’s history. A personal exploration of identity and colonialism.

  • A Film by Darío Aguirre
  • Documentary | 98 min
  • Status: Finished
  • Funding: BKM (Treatment Development and Production Fund), MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Project Development and Production Fund), Goethe Institut, Bogotá, Humboldt Association Quito, CCEA Guayaquil.
  • Markets: IDFA Docs for Sale 2024, Dok Forum München 2021, CONNECTA Chile, BAM Colombia.
  • Participant at Labs: Campus Latino 2020-2021, FIRST CUT LAB 2022