SAMSARA

Lois Patiño

Spain

- 2023

National premiere

If a soul leaves one body to find another, how does it feel? What does it sound like? ‘Samsara’ is a story divided into two: two worlds, two belief systems, two experiences and inner lives. What unites them is a cosmic thread, a sensory path, all light and sound. The story begins near a miraculous waterfall in Southeast Asia and travels to a fishing village in East Africa. The route is a bridge that does not appear on any map, and which perhaps only cinema can attempt to replicate.

Lois Patiño

Filmmaker and artist born in Galicia, Spain, in 1983. He has shown his films at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam, New York, Viennale, IDFA, Oberhausen. His most recent Works, ‘Sycorax’ (2021) and ‘The Sower of Stars’ (2022), have premiered at Cannes Quinzaine and Berlinale Shorts. His two feature films ‘Coast of Death’ (2013) and ‘Red Moon Tide’ (2020) premiered at Locarno and Berlinale Forum. His last feature ‘Samsara’, premiered at Berlinale Encounters (2023) and won the Special Jury Prize. He is currently in the process of editing his next two works, a short film shot in Japan and a feature film shot in the Azores.