Lotus

Unbelievable surrendering. Encouraged by the depths of love to survive. A chase of the shadows. A protection of what we hold closest to us. The sun, roots, and life all around are signs to keep going. The curiosity occurs to give up, but it is not followed. Her life, more fragile than could have ever imagined. The tide is high. Dusk marks the transition from light to dark. He is here, with the moon.

Director | Choreographer: Jacob Jonas @jacobjonasthecompany
Featuring: Nic Walton @nic_walton & Isabella Walton
Cinematographer: Jessica Young @jbyfilm
Score: Paulo Gallo @paulogallog
Camera Operator: David Markun @donmagicjuan
1st AC: Javier Juanillo @javieralexj13
Editor: Emma Rosenzweig-Bock @emmaarielle
Colorist: Franziska Heinemann @franziska.heinemann

Performed by Lotus String Quartet
1° Violin: Alexander Abukhovich @mielophon
2° Violin: Anais Burgos Sepúlveda @anaisvbs
Viola: Evdokia Ivashova @divashova_
Cello: Carlos Diego Herrera @cdiego24

Score preparation: Andres Hernandez @andres.h.sarmiento Jimmy C. Beas @jimmycb.iolin
Ensemble Contractor Berlin: Stefan Menzel @stefan__mp
Recording Engineer/Editor/Pre-Mixing: Benjamin Pellicer @gato__zambrano
Sound Design and Sound Editing: Feliciano Quintana @feliciano_qo
Stereo Mix / Master: Paulo Gallo @paulogallog
Immersive Audio Design / Dolby Atmos Score Mix & Mastering: Christopher Manhey @christopher.manhey
Atmos Assistant: Nicolás Hernández @nixoslash
Studio: Omni Soundlab @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 Soundlab. @municipaldesantiago

Executive Producer: Jill Wilson @_jillwilson_
Producers: Jacob Jonas @jacobjonasthecompany Emma Rosenzweig Bock @emmaarielle

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

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.