“Lotus” by Jacob Jonas
LOTUS is a meditative solo film directed and choreographed by Jacob Jonas, with cinematography by Jessica Young and an original score by Berlin-based composer Paulo Gallo. Featuring Nic Walton of Jacob Jonas The Company, the film unfolds in a quiet world shaped by fatherhood, where a man confronts the weight of love, the urge to surrender, and the fragility of new life. Surrounded by nature’s quiet signals—sun, soil, dusk, and moon—he moves through the tension between holding on and letting go. LOTUS explores the relationship between darkness and light, shadow and nature, offering a meditation on devotion, protection, and the silent endurance that lives between stillness and motion.
CREDITS
Director & Choreographer// Jacob Jonas
Featuring// Nic Walton & Isabella Walton
Cinematographer// Jessica Young
Score// Paulo Gallo
Camera Operator// David Markun
1st AC// Javier Juanillos
Editor// Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Colorist// Franziska Heinemann
Performed by Lotus String Quartet
1° Violin// Alexander Abukhovich
2° Violin// Anais Burgos Sepúlveda
Viola// Evdokia Ivashova
Cello// Carlos Diego Herrera
Score Preparation// Andres Hernandez, Jimmy C. Beas
Ensemble Contractor Berlin// Stefan Menzel
Recording Engineer, Editor, Pre-Mixing// Benjamin Pellicer
Sound Design and Sound Editing// Feliciano Quintana
Stereo Mix / Master// Paulo Gallo
Immersive Audio Design / Dolby Atmos
Score Mix & Mastering// Christopher Manhey
Atmos Assistant// Nicolás Hernández
Studio// Omni Soundlab
This piece was recorded in the Claudio Arrau room by Benjamin Pellicer, with the courtesy and support of Teatro Municipal de Santiago. Music composition and immersive spatialization work done through the support of Jacob Jonas The Company, Roostersound Berlin and Omni.
Executive Producer// Jill Wilson
Producers// Jacob Jonas, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Special Thanks to Will Adashek, Nathan Boey, Danae Walton, Evdokia Ivashova, Arturo Zegers, Liza Bystrova, Alfredo Gallo, Paula González, Javiera Gallo, everyone at Omni Soundlab, personnel, and assistance at Teatro Municipal De Santiago and Roostersound Berlin Studios, Maria Mancuso, Jonathan Pony, Suzy Bookbinder, Marissa Lepor, Amy Masor, Harold Masor, Danny Robinson, Joanne Roberts Wiles, Achi Yaffe
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