Docs By The Sea 2026 • In-person Lab: 1–5 September 2026 • Forum : 6–9 September 2026

The Cinematic Life

In an Amazonian village, artist KOM_I spends her final moments of pregnancy with a Wampis midwife. Something other-than-human inside her body is always watching, or dreaming.

In an indigenous village of Amazonian rainforest, a young Japanese artist KOM_I, spends her final moments of pregnancy with Anita, a Wampis midwife who maintains her ancestral knowledge on natural birth. Grandchild of the victim of atomic bomb in Hiroshima, KOM_I’s journey as pregnant woman opens up her imagination, giving the feeling that something other-than-human inside her body is always watching, or dreaming, the outside world yet to see.

  • Duration

    90 min

  • Status

    Post-production

  • Est. Completion

    2026

  • Edition | Lab
    • 2025 | Editing