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Alejandro Arteaga

Cinematographer


Client
Bete Noir

Project
A Sacred Rebellion

Date
25

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” - Lao Tzu

Neal Fagan (Director): This film started as a story about sport and natural winemaking, but it gradually shifted to a story about pace, the pace we force on ourselves, and the one our bodies keep telling us to return to.

While making it, I noticed the themes of the piece sneaking into the way I worked. I kept wanting to “solve” the film immediately, to have all the answers figured out, the same way a sprinter wants to force speed. But the process kept asking me to slow down, to listen, and to trust that those answers will come along the way.

In a strange way, the film taught me the thing it’s trying to say: that patience isn’t losing or being lost, it’s an act of rebellion, it’s an act of devote trust.

A quieter kind of strength. I hope you feel some of that when you watch it and thank you to everyone who helped bring this film to life
Creative Director @mati_dou / Director @nealgierig /DOP @conequisdealex
First AC @josembahamonde_ / Gaffer @strikegoz / Runner lupoilcavaliere
Talent 1 @mati_dou / Talent 2 @meissa_ndi4ye / Talent 3 @willems_es
Editing @nealgierig / Colour @mariohace.elcolor / Music/SFX @figaro___figaro
Creative Writer zoe.cait.calhoun / Voice @indiaduffy / Graphic Design @reginasolar
BTS photography + Assistant Producer @i.crocantti /Remote Producer @delfitramezzani
Producer @bertaasanchez_ / Winemaker @los_vinos_de_garcia
With the support of The Flare by @fight.films
Shot on 16mm film 🎥 @kodak_shootfilm

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