Dance of the Sun
19', Stereo, 2025
An analysis of film sequences that depict the phenomenon known as Miracle of the Sun. The alleged miracle happened in Fatima, Portugal, 1917. During this occurrence, the sun was perceived exhibiting a wild dance and people claimed it changed colors - golden, blue, red, yellow, silver, green....
It can be interpreted as a case of collective hysteria, an inexplicable solar phenomenon, an extraterrestrial event, ...
Direction, sound, editing: Miguel Tavares
Image: Miguel Tavares and Ana Almeida
Project assistant: Letícia Costelha