This trans-cinema project, Hibridos is live-edited cinema and live scoring. In-depth research has driven the artists to collect audiovisual recordings over 60 different ceremonies all around the country for the past 3 years. From the afro-brazilian cults of Candomblé in Bahia to the new forms of Umbanda in Minas Gerais, from the biggest catholic manifestation in the world in Belém do Pará to new uses of entheogens in São Paulo, from indigenous ancestral rituals in Acre to the rise of the evangelical cults in Rio de Janeiro, the audiovisual collection showcases an incredible array of cultural diversity and constantly evolving ritualistic forms. The project is as well a research into the forms of cinema today, and how to ‘represent the invisible’. With a visual language combining long shots of intense musical sequences and a contemplative point of view of the world, the aim is to create an immersion for the viewer, as a personal journey towards the poetry of humankind and the mystic rhythms of syncretism, revealing the deepest expressions of the Brazilian soul.

This event is part II of a two part evening. It is presented as part of the 10th Anniversary Imagine Science Film Festival, which is a non-profit organization that hosts science film festivals in New York City, Paris, Abu Dhabi and at satellite events worldwide. Please visit http://imaginesciencefilms.org/ny10 to explore more of this year’s NY Fest.

VINCENT MOON

Being part of a “new generation of film-makers” for the Cinemathèque Française, and born in the digital and internet age, Vincent was the main director of the ‘Take Away Shows’ of La Blogothèque.

The online project of music films on indie-rock band and other famous musicians, like R.E.M, Tom Jones or Arcade Fire, revolutionized the concept of music video and the way to film music in the entire world.

In Brazil, he worked with artists like Gaby Amarantos, Tom Zé, Elza Soares or Ney Matogrosso. Since 2009, Moon dedicates himself to his nomadic label, Collection Petites Planètes.

Crossing the world, his camera and computer in his backpack, he makes ethnographic-experimental films in an independent way, recording traditional and sacred music, religious and shamanic rituals, and then shares it all for free on internet, under a Creative Commons licence.

PRISCILLA TELMON

Photographer, writer and filmmaker, she crossed the world for humanitarian missions and adventurous travels.

As a Member of the Society of French Explorers, she dedicated herself to long trips combining history and adventure, paying homage to the wisdom tradition and mystery of the cultures she visited. Her passion for exploration gave birth to films, reportages, and books, working in the international printing press, on Tv and for museums.

Through words and pictures, audio and films, Priscilla signed various reporting on ecology, on the last nomads and on shamanism.

Not least, she published the book ‘La Chevauchée des Steppes’, (ed. Robert Laffont), and ‘Carnets de Steppes’, on her 7 months adventure from Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. She also published ‘Himalayas’, (ed.Actes Sud), and directed the film ‘Voyage au Tibet Interdit’, (ed.MK2), on her ultimate six month expedition alone by foot through the Himalayas.