Set for premiere at Panama International Film Festival (IFF Panama), Felix “Trillo” Guardia’s first feature-length documentary “The Saucer: Julio Zacrison“Pamanian artist Julio celebrates Zacrison’s stimulating heritage.
With the support of the Ministry of Culture of Panama, produced by Tomas Cortes of Cine Animal, stabbed the memories of childhood in the unstable artifacts of Zachrisson in an interview for film animation, archival footage, and personal discovery of Chronicle Guardia.
“The first time I saw one of the prints of Zachrisson, I felt that it is the most ugly thing ever. Hanging in my grandmother’s elegant living room, this piece clashed with the rest of the collection.” Guardia explained in his statement. “This painted a graphic scene of a woman to defecate on a plate, while a hungry dog ​​saw her. I was 12 years old, and I would never forget the effect that I was on.”
The documentary guards find out the journey from Panama to Madrid, looking for the artist. Sinopsis reads, “provides a reflection on art in the form of memory, history, identity, and arts, the resulting friendship depicted in the film,” Sinopsis reads.
“The art is useless, but we can’t live without it.” An quotation of The Artist shines on the screen in the teaser, which is soundtrack for a cleave rhythm. We catch a glimpse of their work, rich in exaggerated human forms, expressionist and real but each is to be said with a legend. He explains how he was considered a eccentric in 1953 in his original Panama who never returned.
Zachrisson died in his home in Madrid in December 2021. Gardia said, “His death marked a significant turn in the production of the film, which we had to reconsider the direction of the story. We felt that the most important thing was to pay tribute to his life and work.”
“The Source: Julio Zacrison” is part of an ambitious transmedia initiative to preserve and enhance the impact of the artist in various platforms, “The Zakrison Legacy,”. The project also includes “Toro Wolderroo”, Panama’s first feature-lengthed film, inspired by Zachrisson’s Graphic Universe, is determined to be released in 2026, and is directed by Guardia directed by Guardia as well as a comprehensive digital collection of interactive museum exhibitions and zachrisson works. It reflects a herd of interest in the artist who has little to do with cinema, in addition to holding the eye of Abbner Banam (“Plaza Catalal”) for his short dock “Zacrison,” since 2016.
Gardia says, “I want the audience to feel the same shock and attraction when I faced his work for the first time.” “I want them to question their beliefs and dare to look beyond the surface.”
