DIRECTION: Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado
SCRIPT: Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jose Alayón
PRODUCTION: Marina Alberti
EDITING: Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado
SOUND: Carlos E. García, Ezequiel Pinedo
CAST: Elena Navarro, Xavier García, Melvi Hernandez, Gustavo González, Randy Yanez, Armando Rodriguez
Synopsis
In the Garden of the Hesperides, a fruit grew that could grant immortality to anyone that ate it. The garden was in an unknown location, somewhere at sea along the West African coasts, protected by a hundred-headed dragon. By applying bio-sonification techniques to banana trees —nowadays the Canary Islands’ main monoculture— we unearth a fable about eternal life in one of the places where this mythical space was once believed to be.
Girón and Delgado’s work explores the connections between mythology, history and materialism. Their first feature film, Eles transportan a morte (They carry death, 2021), premiered and received awards at the Venice and San Sebastián festivals. Their short films have been screened at the Toronto, Locarno, New York, and Ann Arbor festivals, among many others. They have created installations and performances at art centers such as MNCARS (Madrid), CCCB (Barcelona), CGAC (Santiago de Compostela), BAM (New York), TEA (Tenerife), and Galeria Solar (Vila do Conde).
Filmography
2024 A Hundred-Headed Dragon [short]
2023 Bloom [short]
2021 They Carry Death
2019 Irmandade [short]
2017 Plus Ultra [short]