https://www.kissing-gaia.com/home daily 1.0 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/688ab851-a1eb-456e-9e4f-ed56347d5801/WINNER+-+Chicago+Indie+Film+Awards+-+2021.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/368fd57c-38f1-462f-9aa9-147fa19a757b/New+Wave+Cinema+-+winner+-+cinematography.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/f6531703-fa35-4ccb-ace2-b45e7fcd3c6c/International+Experimental+Short+Film.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/72452a4f-9c3e-4784-b6ad-5e5b858c69e0/38+Best+Cinematography+Short+Film.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/995f63b0-db17-4ff9-b0cd-f8e2adfb22ab/Best+Experimental+Short+Film+4-3.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/31e35d03-d3f3-4a4b-b710-daecf853965c/seleccion+oficial+cimiff+2021.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/769daeae-e2a3-413d-9c3b-12ce160b05dd/GOA_SHORT_FILM_FESTIVAL_OFFICIAL_SELECTION-removebg-preview.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/a45f681b-9db2-45a2-b820-7ad6e2f518bd/OFFICIAL+SELECTION+-+Guayaquil+International+Film+Festival+-+2021.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/b6bfc4a9-6fd6-487c-805f-797faeb0afff/Screen+Shot+2021-11-12+at+5.47.33+PM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/5a33ee2d-8473-466b-91a7-17f0838daf57/Official+Selection+Laurel+1-Experimental+Forum+2021.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/bdb8009c-1d88-43b7-a637-fbaaed9575c9/OFFICIAL+SELECTION+-+Amsterdam+Short+Film+Festival+-+2021+%281%29.png Home https://www.kissing-gaia.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-09-10 https://www.kissing-gaia.com/film daily 0.75 2021-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/1616297355085-RBTBAZWNIWB1IX18EH2W/smiling+at+river.jpg About the Film - Jerry Toth, Writer & Director Jerry is a career rainforest conservationist who has lived primarily in South America since 2001 and has resided in Ecuador since 2006. His own experiences with San Pedro, which date back nineteen years, inspired him to co-found a nonprofit conservation foundation (Third Millennium Alliance) and a 1,500-acre rainforest preserve in Ecuador. He is also a cacao farmer and the co-founder of an Ecuadorian chocolate company called To’ak. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, VICE Magazine, Robb Report, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. For more background on his relationship to Echinopsis pachanoi, check out “DIY Mescaline: How to Explore San Pedro Without a Guide.” The rest of his extensive publications on this subject, which have garnered 400,000 readers in the past three years, are listed in Re-Wilding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/1616294463682-ZDNQWD0BCEV0UYP0RD4O/Behind+the+Scenes+-+cropped+1.33.png About the Film - Nabilia Ganem, Actor Born and raised in Venezuela, of Lebanese ancestry, previous lived in Ecuador and now lives in Spain. An actor since she was twelve years old, Nabilia has appeared in over fifty commercials, three short films, and she plays the lead role in a feature film that is currently in post-production. If you follow her on Instragram, you see the persona of a fashion model. Beneath that external veneer, she is a woman on a profoundly intense and dedicated spiritual path. Over the course of shooting this film, she lived the journey that her character went on. The camera was merely there to capture it on film. You can find her on Instagram at @nabiliaganem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605687ef6fe61c2e1e798cc0/1616349838128-8EH87R7QZNBFM4LI2TH4/Camilo+Coba+4-3.jpeg About the Film - Camilo Coba, Director of Photography & Post-Production Camilo is an ascending star of the Ecuadorian film community. He has worked as the Director of Photography on five feature films and forty short films. He has also directed one feature film and eight short films. He studied cinematography at the Universidad del Cine (F.U.C) in Buenos Aires and later finished at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. Last but certainly not least, he also has an intimate personal relationship with Huachuma, which he credits with profoundly influencing the course of his life. You can follow him on Instagram at @olimac10c. https://www.kissing-gaia.com/cactus daily 0.75 2021-12-29