AQUA MATER STUDIO

Water. Memory. Consciousness.

Aqua Mater Studio is an independent artistic research studio founded by Francesco Majo and Nataly Cadavid.

It was born from a simple question that continues to guide everything we do:

What does water remember?

From that question, we develop long-term documentary projects that explore the relationship between water, memory, consciousness and the invisible connections between human beings and the living world.

We work where documentary cinema meets scientific inquiry, where observation encounters contemplation, and where poetry becomes another way of understanding reality.

We are not interested in proving ideas.

We are interested in creating spaces where questions can breathe.

Our films do not seek to explain.

They invite people to slow down.

To listen.

To observe.

To rediscover water not only as a natural resource, but as a living thread that connects landscapes, cultures, generations and all forms of life.

Each project grows through research, dialogue, travel and human encounter.

Scientists, musicians, artists, philosophers, indigenous knowledge keepers and ordinary people all become part of the same conversation.

Because some questions belong to science.

Others belong to poetry.

And some can only be explored where both meet.

Our Approach

We work at the intersection of:

• Documentary cinema

• Scientific research

• Human experience

• Poetic visual language

• Deep listening

Rather than offering conclusions, we create cinematic experiences that invite reflection, contemplation and dialogue.

Every film is one chapter of an ongoing journey.

Collaborate

We collaborate with cultural institutions, museums, foundations, researchers, universities, festivals and independent producers who share an interest in exploring new ways of seeing the relationship between humanity and the natural world.

We welcome partnerships, co-productions, screenings, exhibitions and research collaborations.

"We do not film water.

We film what water awakens.

Memory.

Listening.

Silence.

Transformation.

And the invisible bond that unites all living beings."




About us:

Francesco Majo
Photographer & Filmmaker

Visual storyteller with 30 years of experience in photography and filmmaking.
His work focuses on light, time, perception and the human presence, with a background in commercial and editorial production and a current focus on long-form experimental documentary cinema.
www.francescomajo.com
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Nataly Cadavid
Research & Direction

Born in Colombia, with a deep sensitivity for human processes, memory and symbolic languages.
Nataly works at the intersection of research, intuition and narrative structure, guiding the films through coherence, depth and ethical integrity.
www.pablomajo.com