Ecuador
Ribaldo is a young Siekopai photographer and filmmaker. He lives in the Ecuadorion Amazon and is a member of the NGO Alianza Ceibo, an indigenous alliance that reunites four nations from the Amazon — A’i Kofan, Siekopai, Siona, y Waorani — to work for their territories and forests.
Riobaldo has participated in five short documentaries that register ancestral knowledge from the elders as well as their plant teachings. In 2020, he and two more indigenous filmmakers (Judy Payaguaje and Jimmy Piaguaje) directed the short “Siekopai” narrating the fight of the Siekopai nation for their ancestral territory Pë’ëkëya, which is being suffocated by predatory extractivism.
Uri is a young Siekopai who lives with his grandparents on the banks of the Aguarico River. One summer morning, he decides to go hunting with his dog. However, during this journey, his dog unexpectedly gets lost in the dense jungle. Uri's search for his canine friend leads him to uncover the deepest secrets hidden within the forest—and to encounter the mysterious invisible beings that also inhabit his territory.