A whale existed 5 million years ago. Mark found her skeleton and decided to reassemble the pieces in a dusty basement of the Science Museum in Brussels. A filmmaker found Mark and decided to film him, the whale, and the dust. While these bones are put back together, like pieces from a puzzle, we try to imagine how life was 5 million years ago, a time before humans existed, but the sea and the sun were already here.
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Director: Maria Casas Castillo
Producer: DocNomads
Cinematographer: Maria Casas Castillo, Sujay Lyer
Sound: Sujay Lyer
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Maria Casas Castillo
María Casas Castillo is a Mexican filmmaker and producer. She graduated from the Docnomads Joint Masters and The University of Manchester. Her fascination for nature took her to direct her first short film Como ver a noite in 2022 (Sheffield Docfest), and The whales I don’t see but are out there in 2023 (International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala). She currently lives in Brussels where she makes films as an excuse to look for hidden worlds and the creatures who inhabit them and help her understand life and dreams.Selected Filmography
Dust is a whale, is sunlight (2023), Como ver a noite (2022), The whales I don’t see but are out there (2022) 
