Bloom (2023)
Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado
Bloom, Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado, Spain, 16mm > digital, 18 min, 2023
The mythical Isla de San Borondón (St. Brendan’s Isle) appears and disappears. Throughout history it has been placed near the Canary Islands on maps. The legend of the island of San Borondón became so pervasive that expeditions were organized to discover and conquer it for three hundred years. After centuries of oblivion, it has finally been found.
Streaming Details
This film is available to stream globally.
Program Partners
This film is co-presented with Movimcat and Acción Cultural Española.
Image credits: all artworks, portraits, and stills courtesy of the artists © Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado.
About the artist
Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado (Spain) are filmmakers born, respectively, in Santiago de Compostela in 1988 and in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1987. They have been working collaboratively since 2015, creating films, installations and performances investigating the relationship between mythology, history, and materialism, combining documentary modes with materials and photochemical processes of experimental cinema. Their films are particularly engaged with confluences of folklore, ecology, and Atlantic colonialism in the Canary Islands. Both artists received their MFA from the University of Carlos III, Madrid. Their works have been presented at numerous venues worldwide including Toronto International Film Festival, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, New York Film Festival, Media City Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Cairo Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, and Viennale. Bloom was awarded the Jury Grand Prize at the 26th Media City Film Festival in 2023. Their films have also won major awards from the Venice Film Festival and San Sebastián International Film Festival, among others. They curated Sensitive Material in the Canary Islands (2021), including films by Guy Sherwin, Peter Hutton, Ana Vaz, and others. They live and work between Madrid and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.