2025 | Color | 20:00 In the northern part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. In the community of Achupil, Shaman Aurelio Olivares performs the transfer of power ritual for young Francisco Hernández, accompanied by his parents and family, as well as the godparents of the ritual on a sacred hill, to receive his healing as a new healer. Country: México Direction: Raúl Máximo Cortés Script: Raúl Máximo Cortés Production: Aurelio Olivares Hernández Photography: Raúl Máximo Cortés Sound: Carlos Guzmán Hernández Music: Trio Achupil Cast:Aurelio Olivares Hernández Francisco Hernández Hernández Nicolás Hernández Hernández Antonia María Hernández Hernández Juan Domingo Hernández Martha Hernández Hernández Carlos Guzmán Hernández Santiago Hernández Hernández Art direction: Francisco Hernández Hernández Participation year at FICM: 2025
2025 | Color | 20:00 In the northern part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. In the community of Achupil, Shaman Aurelio Olivares performs the transfer of power ritual for young Francisco Hernández, accompanied by his parents and family, as well as the godparents of the ritual on a sacred hill, to receive his healing as a new healer. Country: México Direction: Raúl Máximo Cortés Script: Raúl Máximo Cortés Production: Aurelio Olivares Hernández Photography: Raúl Máximo Cortés Sound: Carlos Guzmán Hernández Music: Trio Achupil Cast:Aurelio Olivares Hernández Francisco Hernández Hernández Nicolás Hernández Hernández Antonia María Hernández Hernández Juan Domingo Hernández Martha Hernández Hernández Carlos Guzmán Hernández Santiago Hernández Hernández Art direction: Francisco Hernández Hernández Participation year at FICM: 2025
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