Non-Sequitur FILMS
Films
Project Heaven
Project Heaven
Directors: Galo Semblantes
Screenwriter: Galo Semblantes
Genre: Science Fiction
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A corporation that created a virtual paradise for people about to pass away, employs Samuel Jahr, a depressed salesman who wants to be part of this paradise to find the happiness that is impossible to achieve in his real life. But on his way, he meets the resistance of those whose religious beliefs are against this type of technology.
The Legend of Tayos
Directors: Galo Semblantes
Screenwriter: Galo Semblantes
Genre: Documentary
A Hungarian explorer named Janos Moricz, claims to have discovered a "Gold Library" inside a cave. Lacking evidence, he tries to get the recognition he believes he deserves but struggles to get support from the local governments and religious leaders.
Directors: Galo Semblantes
Screenwriter: Galo Semblantes
Genre: Science Fiction
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A corporation that created a virtual paradise for people about to pass away, employs Samuel Jahr, a depressed salesman who wants to be part of this paradise to find the happiness that is impossible to achieve in his real life. But on his way, he meets the resistance of those whose religious beliefs are against this type of technology.
Los Sabios del Bosque Amazónico
Directors: Juan Valdez / Belén Iturralde
Producer: Galo Semblantes
Screenwriter: Juan Valdez / Belén Iturralde
Genre: Documentary
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This documentary reflects on the importance of traditional knowledge about medicine and the close relationship that unheard peoples have with the spiritual world of non-humans, this being the strategy with which they have been able to defeat epidemics and pandemics throughout their lives. history.
Encounter with a Killer
Directors: Galo Semblantes / Claudia Valdivieso
Producer: Galo Semblantes / Claudia Valdivieso
Screenwriter: Galo Semblantes / Claudia Valdivieso
Genre: Documentary
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In 1980, the capture of the infamous serial killer Pedro Alonso López, also known as the Monster or the Strangler of the Andes, seemed to end his nearly decade-long reign of terror. However, Ecuadorian laws benefited the murderer by giving him a shorter sentence and even the option of leaving in less time. When the Monster's release draws near, a group of family members struggle to find ways to keep him in jail, while he, from the inside, searches through a series of letters to clear his name and unmask the real killer: Jorge Patiño. The problem is that Jorge Patiño exists only in his mind.
Encounter with a Killer
Directors: Galo Semblantes
Producer: Ana Cristina Saenz Garrido/ Galo Semblantes / Ivonne Campoverde
Screenwriter: Galo Semblantes
Genre: Drama
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I"Shadowboxing" follows Clemente, a washed-up boxer haunted by his past and his own self-destructive nature. As he prepares for one final fight, he grapples with the weight of his regrets and the ghosts of those he's lost. In the ring, he's not just facing an opponent—he's battling his own demons. Can he find redemption, or will he be swallowed by the shadows he's been fighting all his life?
