Spirit Emulsion

Synopsis

A woman’s connection to her mother in the spirit world reactivates Taíno culture and presence, revealing a realm unseen. Filmed on Super 8 and developed by hand with plant medicines and botanicals, Spirit Emulsion develops a language for Taíno filmmaking based in the earth and cosmos, and in so doing, breathes an ancestral connection into new form.

Short Film, 2022.

key creatives

writer, director, cinematographer Siku Allooloo
producers Siku Allooloo, Jessica Hallenbeck
composer Jesse Zubot
vocals Pura Fé

With support from

Canada Council for the Arts
Yukon Media Development
Cineworks
Echo Park Film Centre

FESTIVALS and awards

2022
Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ Film Festival
qaumatitsiniq nunarjuamit qaujimajakkanut
(lighting up the world with my knowledge) - National Arts Centre Ottawa
Skoden Indigenous Film Festival
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
(Honourable Mention, DOXA Short Documentary Award)
Dawson City International Short Film Festival
NAISA North Conference
Third Horizon Film Festival
Arctic Arts Summit
Maoriland Film Festival
Gimli International Film Festival
(Best Canadian Short Film Award)
Asinabka Film Festival
Tillitarniit Inuit Arts Festival
DOXA Outdoor Summer Screenings
Festival International Présence Autochtone -
(Prix de la Relève/ Emerging Talent Award)
Storytelling and Stewardship exhibition- Western Front
Caribbean Tales International Film Festival
Indigenous Short Films Showcase - Caravan Farm Theatre aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival
lets all be lichen, programmed by asinnajaq - Flaherty NYC
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
(Committee Favourites)
Antimatter [Media Art] Festival
Hawai’i International Film Festival
Yellowknife International Film Festival
American Indian Film Festival

2023
Mills Folly Microcinema (Madison, Wisconsin)
International Film Festival of Ottawa
Birrarangga Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival BlackStar Film Festival

2024 Whitney Biennale

press

Inuit Art Quarterly 9 Inuit- and Sámi-Directed Films to Catch at imagineNATIVE

Akimbo Siku Allooloo, Artist/Filmmaker

Georgia Straight DOXA Fest: Awards go to films about child brides, queer youth, amnesia in the Sahara, and the overdose crisis

CBC Film honouring Taíno activist shot on old school camera, developed with plant medicines