Dispassion

A young woman dyes her hair sitting on a chair as water overflows rhythmically over a white wall. Later, in a place where the horizon merges with the sea, she finds the connection between her inner Being and the Universe.

Following a long tradition of trascendental cinema where viewer completes the meaning of the film, this short movie represents director’s most personal approach to what he calls “Metacinema,” a meditation in movement, a bridge between parallel worlds, a mecha-mystic mirror.

  • Isaac Ruiz Gastélum
    Director
  • Isaac Ruiz Gastélum
    Writer
  • Isaac Ruiz Gastélum
    Producer
  • Génesis Cruz
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Desprendimiento de la pasión
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Fiction
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 2, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital SLR
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • IX MoziMotion Film Festival
    Hilversum
    Netherlands
    October 11, 2019
    Dutch Premiere
  • X KINOLIKBEZ
    Saint Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    July 6, 2019
    Russian Premiere
  • XI Photometria International Photography Festival
    Ioannina
    Greece
    June 7, 2019
  • III Esto Es Para Esto
    Monterrey
    Mexico
    April 10, 2019
  • I Hyperwave Film Awards
    Los Ángeles
    United States
    January 20, 2019
    Finalist
  • VI Antakya International Film Festival
    Antioch
    Turkey
    November 22, 2018
    Finalist
  • I Kinomorphia Film Festival
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    December 13, 2018
    Bulgarian Premiere
  • X Lobo Fest - International Film Festival
    Brasilia
    Brazil
    November 28, 2018
    Brazilian Premiere
  • IV Proxy Act International Short Film & Digital Arts Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 28, 2018
    German Premiere
  • I Independent Talents International Film Festival
    Bloomington
    United States
    October 31, 2018
    Best Film Award
  • I El Paso IMPACTFest VR & Experimental Film Festival
    El Paso
    United States
    October 27, 2018
  • VI OGA VideoArt Exhibitions
    Rome
    Italy
    October 20, 2018
  • I Austin Arthouse Film Festival
    Austin
    United States
    September 20, 2018
    Maya Deren Award Nominee
  • I Festival Internacional De Cine Almirante Brown
    Almirante Brown
    Argentina
    October 12, 2018
  • III Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival
    Cuzco
    Peru
    October 5, 2018
    Peruvian Premiere
    Finalist
  • III South London Shorts
    London
    United Kingdom
    October 4, 2018
    UK Premiere
  • VI Bideodromo, Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Experimental
    Bilbao
    Spain
    September 19, 2018
  • IV Muestra Movimiento Audiovisual
    Guadalajara
    Mexico
    September 18, 2018
  • II Norman Film Festival
    Norman
    United States
    September 15, 2018
  • V Star Film Fest
    Sisak
    Croatia
    August 31, 2018
    Croatian Premiere
  • II San Benedetto Film Fest
    San Benedetto del Tronto
    Italy
    July 18, 2018
  • III Sarna Festival de Artes Experimentales
    Antofagasta
    Chile
    June 28, 2018
  • X Interrobang Film Festival
    Des Moines
    United States
    June 22, 2018
  • VIII El Festivalico Muestra De Cortometrajes Y Videoarte
    Caravaca
    Spain
    June 18, 2018
  • XVIII The Unprecedented Cinema International Short Film Festival
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    June 1, 2018
    Estonian Premiere
    Best Experimental Short Film Nominee
  • IX Short To The Point Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    May 20, 2018
    Romanian Premiere
    Best Experimental Short Film Nominee
  • V Proceso De Error
    Valparaíso
    Chile
    April 25, 2018
    Chilean Premiere
  • XIII Experiments In Cinema
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    United States
    April 14, 2018
    New Mexico Premiere
  • VI Changing Perspectives International Film Festival
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    April 13, 2018
    Turkish Premiere
  • XII Youngabout International Film Festival
    Bologna
    Italy
    March 18, 2018
    Italian Premiere
  • III Graffi Visual Cultures Festival
    San Giorgio Del Sannio
    Italy
    March 16, 2018
  • XXI Traverse Vidéo
    Toulouse
    France
    March 11, 2018
    French Premiere
  • VI MagikalCharm Experimental Video & Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    February 20, 2018
    Guillermo Del Toro Spirit Award
  • III Pugnant Film Series
    Athens
    Greece
    January 14, 2018
    Greek Premiere, European Premiere
  • VII Bronx World Film Cycle
    New York
    United States
    January 15, 2018
    World Premiere
  • XV Notodofilmfest
    Madrid
    Spain
    June 15, 2017
    PrePremiere
    Finalist
Distribution Information
  • METAXINEMA
    Country: Mexico
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Isaac Ruiz Gastélum

IRG is a mexican filmmaker influenced by various aesthetic expressions such as literature, poetry, painting, photography and cinema, as well as knowledge from fields such as philosophy and transpersonal psychology. In 2012 he founds the independent film production company 'METAXINEMA', developing over time a work of an experimental nature, transcendental character and existentialist features, accusing a narrative language and own style that the author himself calls 'Metacinegrafía' or 'Metacinema'. His work has been shown in 40 countries on 4 continents.

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Director Statement

If -as quantum mechanics dictates, the observer exerts an influence over the observed- becoming coauthor of the facts, then I see cinema as a mystic machine that penetrates objectively in reality, inseminating visions that fecundate universes.