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TWAKANA YAGÁN

By Rodrigo TENUTA, Ignacio LEONIDAS

Documentary - Completed 2020

The Yagan Paiakoala are the descendants of the first people who inhabited the southernmost islands of our planet for more than 8.000 years. Victor and Roberto Vargas start a horse ride, from in search of their ancestral reflection.

Festivals
& Awards

MAAM DOCS MADRID 2020

Mejor documental

Viña del Mar Inernational Film Fest 2020

Latin American Selection

CSFF China International New Media International Film Festival 2020

KingBonn Awards Selection

Festival Internacional de CineLebu 2020

Mención honrosa en la categoría de documentales de pueblos originarios

Miami Short Film Festival 2021

Nominee Best documentary

HOTDOCS International Film Festival 2022

Official Selection

34 Rencontres de Toulouse 2022

Official Selection

Arica Nativa 2022

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- ARGENTINA
- Languages
- SPANISH-ARGENTINE
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 16 mn
- Director(s)
- Rodrigo TENUTA, Ignacio LEONIDAS
- Producer(s)
- Rodrigo TENUTA (WAIA FILMS)
- Synopsis
- The Yagan Paiakoala community resides in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. They are the descendants of the first people who inhabited the southernmost islands of our planet for more than 8.000 years.
  
  Catalina Yagan is 89 years old. She still remembers how her grandfather Asenewensis sang to her. Victor and Roberto Vargas are her sons. They both start a horse ride, from the indigenous reserve that they currently occupy through the coasts of the Onashaga Canal in search of their ancestral reflection.
  
  Twankana means teaching in Yagan and as they travel, the two sons have a connection with the ritual songs of Asenewensis. The Yagan language floats in the air and dances with the harsh nature of the region and the sensibility of an ancestral community that is truly alive.

TWAKANA YAGÁN

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