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The documentary The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs follows Peruvian Shipibo artist Sara Flores as her work reaches international audiences, including the Venice Biennale. It is scheduled for the São Paulo International Film Festival from October 19 and will open DOC NYC on November 11, with online festival streaming from November 12–29.
The documentary The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs, directed by Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi, is scheduled to screen at the São Paulo International Film Festival beginning October 19 and to open DOC NYC on November 11. The film follows Peruvian Shipibo artist Sara Flores as she gains international recognition, placing her art and the cultural resistance of the Shipibo people before festival audiences.
The film is described as following Flores during her rise in the international art world, including her role as the representing artist of the Peruvian pavilion at the current Venice Biennale. Its opening scenes move between the Amazon rainforest and scenes of Flores traveling to New York and attending an exhibition at the now-defunct Clearing gallery on the Bowery. The report describes the film as contrasting her artistic practice and rainforest setting with the social spaces she encounters abroad.
At the center of the reported opening sequence is an older woman preparing tree bark, boiling it and using its liquid to paint geometric forms. The source material presents this as an image of traditional knowledge and practiced skill, but does not identify the woman by name or specify her relationship to Flores. The film’s title and its focus on Flores connect the artist’s work with the Shipibo community’s cultural practices.
Following its São Paulo festival screening from October 19, the film is listed as DOC NYC’s opening-night selection on Wednesday, November 11. It is also scheduled to stream online as part of the festival from November 12 to 29. The supplied report does not specify the number of São Paulo screenings, screening venues, or whether additional dates will be announced.
Flores Links Art With Shipibo Self-Determination
The film’s festival bookings offer a wider audience access to a story connecting an individual artist’s international visibility with the self-determination and cultural resistance of the Shipibo people. Flores has said that opportunities to show her work can serve as platforms for drawing attention to those issues. That framing makes the documentary relevant beyond the art-world profile: it presents cultural practice as part of a broader account of community identity and agency.
The scheduled screenings also place a Peruvian artist’s work within two prominent international festival programs. The source identifies Flores as the artist representing Peru at the Venice Biennale, but does not state that the documentary itself is an official Biennale project. The distinction matters: the confirmed news here is the film’s festival program, while its significance comes from the themes and career trajectory the report attributes to it.
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From Amazon Practice to International Stages
The supplied Hyperallergic report frames The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs through scenes of Flores’s work and travel. It describes a sequence in the rainforest, followed by her on a first-class flight to New York, at a gallery exhibition, and later feeding pigeons in Central Park. These scenes provide the film’s reported movement between the place and cultural practices associated with the work and the international art venues where it is being shown.
The documentary is directed by Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi. The report identifies the São Paulo International Film Festival as its next listed festival appearance and DOC NYC as its United States premiere. The film is scheduled to open DOC NYC; the supplied information does not give a release date beyond the festival screenings or indicate a wider theatrical or streaming release.
““Every opportunity to show my work is a platform to raise attention on the struggle for self-determination and cultural resistance of the Shipibo people.””
— Sara Flores, speaking to Hyperallergic
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Release Plans Beyond Festival Dates
The announced information does not say whether the documentary will receive a wider theatrical release, become available on a streaming service outside DOC NYC, or have further festival bookings. Details about individual São Paulo screening times and venues are also not provided. The report gives no account of how Flores or the filmmakers describe the film’s production, nor does it clarify the identity of the woman shown preparing and painting with tree-derived material in the opening sequence.
The festival dates are presented as scheduled plans. Any changes to screening arrangements or online availability have not been included in the source material.
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Festival Screenings Begin in October
The next listed event is the São Paulo International Film Festival, where the film is scheduled to screen starting October 19. It is then set to make its United States premiere as DOC NYC’s opening-night film on November 11, followed by online availability through the festival from November 12 to 29. Further distribution information has not been announced in the supplied report.
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Key Questions
What is The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs about?
The documentary follows Sara Flores, a Peruvian Shipibo artist, as her work reaches international audiences. The report describes scenes of her artistic practice, travel and exhibitions, alongside attention to Shipibo cultural resistance.
When will the film screen?
It is scheduled to screen at the São Paulo International Film Festival beginning October 19, and to open DOC NYC on November 11. DOC NYC online streaming is listed for November 12–29.
Who directed the documentary?
Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi directed the film, according to the supplied report.
Will the film be available outside the festivals?
The source material does not provide details of a wider theatrical release or streaming availability beyond the DOC NYC online festival dates.
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