Biography

Alondra Berber Mijangos, known as the absinthe drinker, is a Mexican surrealist poet, polymath, and art witch, interested in exploring various aesthetic, philosophical, and subconscious languages. Author of the books El péndulo de cal (2013) and El fuego de las mariposas (2015). Practitioner of Midraf calligraphy (the personal alphabet for the writing of Alondra) created by her from dreams and altered states of consciousness. She made her film debut in 2022 with the movie Nourishment of the oblivion, which premiered at the First-Time Filmmaker Sessions and the Lift-Off Filmmakers Sessions at Pinewood Studios in United Kingdom. Screenwriter and director of the films Nourishment of the oblivion, Misméntica instora, The death of the minotavr, Mauve, Minotavr I and Minotavr II. Her essay films and hybrid art videos have been presented at film festivals in the UK, France, Greece and Colombia. Her film The death of the minotavr (2022) was nominated for best experimental short film at the Hallucinea Film Festival in Paris.