"Sanatism at it's purest form"
Sanã is a 7 minute short film made by Lourenço Baptista and Miguel Teixeira.
Social & External
The people behind it
Lourenço Baptista
Cult Master
Miguel Teixeira
Gold Man
Carlota Andrade
Cult Member #1
Mónica Gouveia
Cult Member #2
Elisa Teixeira
Cult Member #3
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Experimental short film by Kai Kinnert.
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A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.
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