Snake Oil Song
Date:
January 9, 2023
Snake Oil Song
Logline
An existential murder mystery in the Amazon jungle.
Synopsis
Deep in the Amazon jungle, Chino works as a transporter for an illegal gold mining organization, but consumed by one thing: finding the snake that killed his dog.
Together with Poálo, his partner, Chino sets up traps for the snake along the banks of the river. When he finds the body of an American in one of his traps, alarm bells go off within the mining organization. Chino fights to maintain his autonomy, but his strings are pulled more and more.
Chino continues to hunt the anaconda, but who is hunting who?
He suddenly finds himself drowning in a dead end, his only option is to go through that organization from start to finish.
Director’s Profile
Micah Van Hove is a director, producer and cinematographer who has been exploring the possibilities in micro-budget cinema since 2009. Micah’s short film DEL ARCO VACÍO was selected as the #1 finalist for Black Factory Cinema’s program with Werner Herzog in Peru and went on to screen with the Werner Herzog foundation in Munich. Micah has worked as a cinematographer and director on music videos for artists like Weyes Blood, Neil Hamburger, Alex G and Tim Heidecker. As a writer for No Film School from 2013-2019, Micah has reached millions of readers in his effort to stimulate discourse around films that reflect a commitment to personal and courageous work. He is currently in post-production of his first feature SNAKE OIL SONG, shot on location in Colombia.
Company Profile
We are a production house called to give voice to the next generation of international filmmakers. We create an authentic model of film production, unveiling emerging talents by the hand of great masters of cinema such as Abbas Kiarostami, Werner Herzog and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
We function as a bridge between new international directors and the industry by producing their first and second works.