A boy and an elder stand before a lake at night, beneath one bright star.The same lake, with the night sky opened into a vast eye of light.
Ayahuasca

An anime born in the Andes.

Rooted in Kichwa-Andean cosmology, Ayahuasca explores consciousness and the journey inward.

Within

The title points inward.

Ayahuasca follows a journey into consciousness and the mystery of how the world is seen.

Kamay sits in meditation beside a fire, under the Milky Way.

Born in the Andes

The world is alive here.

Ayahuasca draws from a Kichwa-Andean imagination where nature, spirit and the unseen belong to the same reality.

Kamay and Sami walk down a colonial street at dusk, a volcano closing the view.

The story

Creation is another way of seeing.

When a young painter crosses paths with an enigmatic Kichwa yachak, he is drawn into an Andean world where imagination, consciousness and spirit shape the way reality is seen.

KamayThe artist who learns to see.

Kamay paints at an easel before a ruined temple gate and its carved stones.

The film begins before it moves.

Storyboard

You found Ayahuasca early.

So you see one scene before the world sees it move.

With you

The beginning keeps its names.

The campaign finances the complete animated feature. Your name will appear in the film credits, alongside those who brought Ayahuasca to the screen.