The Llama that Kindles the Wetland

Set in the misty páramo of east-central Ecuador, the film follows Gael, Dylan, Cristopher and Jasmín in the days leading up to La Llamingada, a race rooted in a syncretic local tradition. Amid the steady rhythm of everyday rituals, gestures of care, companionship and domestication unfold under the breath of the mountains. A whistle echoes through the valleys; a shearing comb and a leather whip become instruments mediating the relationship between the human and non-human worlds, revealing bonds shaped by tenderness and by labour.