OF THE JUNGLE AND THE MOON

At the forgotten frontlines of climate collapse, a father and son reimagine what it means to stay. Baltazar, forced from Honduras as a teenager and stopped in his tracks by something ancient in the Guatemalan jungle, made a vow: to restore the land and build something that could not be taken. Two decades later, the forest is still vanishing, and his mission has cost him almost everything, including his son's belief in him.

Of the Jungle and the Moon is a short documentary currently in rough cut. Audio is in Spanish, with Q'eqchi' and English subtitles. Shot across three countries and five locations, with 600+ hours of footage and original music, it is targeting a premiere at IDFA Shorts, Sundance Shorts, Berlinale Shorts, Sheffield DocFest, and CPH:DOX, with open-access digital release to follow.

Documentary, 25 minutes (2027)A film by Kalin Steen and Lou Elena Bouey
Exec produced by Baltazar Gíron and Emanuel Gíron
Edited by Sebastián Sebas