DraMAYAma a Space-Time Travel

Written, Filmed, Directed and Produced by Jeanette Groenendaal
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​A journey Inside, an Astrological Cosmic Dance beyond the End of the Maya Calendar.
Follow Branly, Guatamalan timekeeper, 21st century Mayan, on his cosmic quest for meaning and reaffirmation of his Mayan spirituality through the echoes of an ancient civilization in the Vedic South of India. 

Short Synopsis  
Experience a space time travel through past, present and future through the eyes of Guatemalan timekeeper Branly Gio Lopez, along rituals for the Planets of our Solar System still alive in the Dravidian Temples in the Vedic South of India. Ever since the ‘End of the Mayan calendar’ Branly has researched techniques and the meaning of Mayan Cosmology, trying to recover ancient rituals and knowledge painfully devastated by 500 years of colonization. During his vision quest he slowly recognizes deep roots in the echos of an old civilisation. Meanwhile the volcano erupts, the temple elephant dies and the turtle breathes home.

A Space-Time Travel, Experimental | 90 min | 
​DCP 2K/4K, 5.1 Surround Sound| Netherlands | 2022
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Director Jeanette Groenendaal
Producer Jeanette Groenendaal
Scenario Jeanette Groenendaal
Camera Jeanette Groenendaal
Starring Branly López Quemé
Editing Zoot Derks and 
​Jeanette Groenendaal
Composers Stephanie Pan and 
Stelios Manousakis
Color Correct. Jeroen Weeda
Sound Post Warning Studios
Post PA/Design Zilfer de Boer
Co-Production Ted Baijings

Production G-network Film Foundation

Supported by NL Film Foundation

Spoken Languages
Spanish English Tamil Sanskrit and Maya
Subtitles English Spanish and Dutch

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Premiere and Screenings

2022
Spring                    Newfilmmakers New York, USA
24 March               ARFF Barcelona // International Awards, Barcelona, Spain
March                     FUNBA foundation, Antigua, Guatemala
March                     Dakshinachitra Centre, Chennai, India
Februari                 Eye Film Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
7-11 januari            the 14th Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur, India

2021
​30 November      Virginia Dares Cinematic Arts Awards for Decolonizing / Re-Indigenizing Media, Virginia, USA
28 November      Garifuna International Indigenous Filmfestival, Los Angeles, California USA
30 October           Anticensura FilmFestival, Buenos Aires, Argentinia
​22 August             Toronto International Women Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
​25 May                   Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentinia

CREW

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PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR - JEANETTE GROENENDAAL

COLLABORATOR AND ACTOR - BRANLY LPEZ QUEME

EDITOR - ZOOT DERKS

CO-PRODUCER - TED BAIJINGS

POST PROD. ASSISTENT AND DESIGNER - ZILFER DE BOER

COMPOSER - STEPHANIE PAN

COMPOSER - STELIOS MANOUSAKIS

AUDIO POST - WARNING STUDIOS

CREDITS