A film as ritual. A journey through the solar system.
Suwanne’s Film Club #4 presents:
An invitation to DraMAYAma
After an independent world tour across India, Guatemala, Brazil, Italy, Canada, Argentina, Venezuela, Australia, Mexico, Spain, USA and Singapore, Dramayama returns to the Netherlands for a special screening at Het Groene Veld.
A film as ritual. A journey through the solar system.
The hypnotic and award-winning soundtrack by Stelios Manousakis and Stephanie Pan — winner of Best Composer at the Redwood Film Festival and Best Music at the Atlanta Film Awards — transforms the film into a sonic pilgrimage.
After the screening, join the live Q&A with director Jeanette Groenendaal, editor Zoot Derks, and Guatemalan protagonist Branly Gio Lopez.
Come and learn to listen to the voices of the Earth — even when they whisper in five languages.
Dramayama [2022] (90 min)
Spoken Languages: Spanish, English, Tamil, Sanskrit and Maya
Subtitles: Dutch
Date: November 28th. 2025
Starting time: 9:00 PM
Admission: €5,-
Where: Het Machinegebouw (Het Groene Veld)
More info: www.dramayama.com
Short Synopsis
Experience a space time travel through past, present and future through the eyes of Guatemalan timekeeper Branly Gio Lopez, along rituals for the Planets of our Solar System still alive in the Dravidian Temples in the Vedic South of India.
Ever since the ‘End of the Mayan calendar’, Branly has researched techniques and the meaning of Mayan Cosmology, trying to recover ancient rituals and knowledge painfully devastated by 500 years of colonization. During his vision quest he slowly recognizes deep roots in the echos of an old civilisation. Meanwhile the volcano erupts, the temple elephant dies and the turtle breathes home.
DraMAYAma, a journey Inside, an Astrological Cosmic Dance beyond the End of the Maya Calendar.
Credits
Director: Jeanette Groenendaal
Producer: Jeanette Groenendaal
Scenario: Jeanette Groenendaal
Camera: Jeanette Groenendaal
Starring: Branly López Quemé
Editing: Zoot Derks and Jeanette Groenendaal
Composers: Stephanie Pan and Stelios Manousakis
Color Correction: Jeroen Weeda
Sound Post: Warning Studios
Post PA/Design: Zilfer de Boer
Production: G-network Film Foundation
Co-Production: Ted Baijings
Supported by: NL Film Foundation