Una dança non sancta

An Unholy Dance

Tiago Almança

Un impulso colectivo - Curts Spain 7 min World Premiere Non-Fiction

Synopsis

Every winter, a small town in Castilla-La Mancha called Luzón transforms into a little hell. Its inhabitants, dressed as devils, venture into the darkness and roam its streets with horns, bells, and smeared with soot. Una dança non sancta could have been just an anthropological documentary. Instead, it delves into the inferno with the town’s residents to participate in and immortalize this unholy ritual.

Themes

Spanish CinemaShort FilmDocumentalHistoryReligion

Filmmaker

Tiago Almança

Spanish-Portuguese filmmaker and cinematographer. His work combines personal reflections, travel diaries, and intimate portraits that fuse documentary and experimentation. He works primarily with Super 8 and 16mm film, and his creative process embraces chance and spontaneity, allowing the camera to capture life without artifice.

Filmography: Una dança non sancta (short, 2026, D'A 2026), El bajo aguitarrado de Carles Benavent (short, 2023), Adictos (short, 2021)

Tiago Almança

Film information

Director: Tiago Almança
Script: Tiago Almança
With: Habitantes de Luzón
Contact: Tiago Almança
Country: Spain
Year: 2025
Format: DCP
Length: 7 min
Language: No dialogue
Edition: 2026

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