Experiencing Interruptions?

Blanco Amanecer ( "White Sunrise" English subtitles. Ensenada, Mexico. 2023)


While driving down on a mexican road, a young shaman woman meets a girl dressed as a bride and decides to give her a ride.

Regardless of the consequences, both will embark on a mystical journey that will shake their personal worlds towards their own ruin or reconstruction.

Mientras maneja por una carretera en el norte de Mexico, una joven chamana, se encuentra a una chica vestida de novia y decide darle un aventón.

Sin imaginar las consecuencias, ambas emprenderán un viaje mistico que sacudirá sus mundos personales rumbo a su ruina o su reconstrucción.

  • Omar Oltra
    Director
  • Omar Oltra
    Writer
  • Keziah Trejo
    Writer
  • oltravision
    Producer
  • Camarena Del Toro
    Key Cast
    "Estela"
  • Keziah Trejo
    Key Cast
    "Blanco Amanecer"
  • Javier Garcia
    Key Cast
    "Martin"
  • Christian Angulo
    Key Cast
    "Man in the road"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Drama, Road movie, Ayahuasca, Spiritual, Chaman, woman movie, Baja California, Mexico
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 6, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION - Stockholm City Film Festival - 2023
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    August 13, 2023
    Sweden
    Finalist
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Sendependa Festival Internacional de Cine Sendependa
    Valencia
    Spain
    September 2, 2023
    Spain
    Official selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Cannábico (FEICCA)
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    July 28, 2023
    Mexico
    Official selection
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions - hosted by Lift-Off Global Network
    Slough
    United Kingdom
    September 18, 2023
    England
    Official selection
Director Biography - Omar Oltra

Omar was born in Puebla Mexico, (june 1968) he studied economics in Tijuana Baja California, Mexico.
Self-taught in audiovisual production since 2000, he has made several short films and participated in different projects as a sound recordist and cinematographer.
He considers himself just a storyteller.

Nacido en Puebla México, (junio 1968) estudió economía en Tijuana Baja California, México.
Autodidacta en realización audiovisual desde el año 2000, ha realizado varios cortometrajes y participado en diferentes proyectos como sonidista y cinematógrafo.
Se considera a sí mismo simplemente un contador de historias.

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Director Statement

I was born in the north sierra of Puebla, a place where shamanism and the supernatural are part of the popular culture. Later I studied and lived in Tijuana, a surreal, extreme and violent city on the north border of Mexico. Perhaps this training has led me to explore some of those tragic, comic and hopeful stories of normal people living in extraordinary circumstances.

Nací en la sierra norte de Puebla, un lugar donde el chamanismo y lo sobrenatural forman parte de la cultura popular. Posteriormente estudié y viví en Tijuana, una ciudad surrealista, extrema y violenta en la frontera norte de México. Quizás esta formación, me ha llevado a explorar esas historias trágicas, cómicas y esperanzadoras de gente normal viviendo circunstancias extraordinarias.