A cross-border film cooperative inspired by the jaguar — an animal sacred to Native Americans for its strength and its role as guardian of the territory — which, in its wanderings, devours overproduced species; in this case, formulaic cinema.
Œil de Jaguar drew inspiration for its logo from the Jaguar Tunjo, a gold artwork of the Muisca culture, a civilisation that flourished in the Cundinamarca and Boyacá region of Colombia between 1000 and 1600 AD, its tunjos dating from the 10th to the 16th centuries. We have chosen to focus on a close-up of the jaguar’s tail, which sways like a pendulum and sets the imagination in motion.
In the same way, the cooperative aims to bring together local groups, such as the French collective “Cinéastes Non Alignées” and the Colombian organisation “El Espejo”, to distribute films from the Global South — regions engaged in the search for new cinematic languages and aesthetics, where filmmakers experiment with form, sound, and narrative to articulate their own epistemologies and modes of expression.
The goal is to strengthen local economies and build an audience for diverse cultural events.