Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

The first film made in Sullana, an urban coming-of-age story.

A portrait about the jazz musician Joao Aragao.

The death of the infant brings both sorrow and joy: sorrow for the family and joy for the community, because it is believed that she dies like a little angel, without sin. The wawa pampay (the infant's burial) is performed with qarawis, huayno songs, and the deceased child is adorned with many flowers.

Negocio al agua is considered the first Peruvian fiction film, released in 1913 during the silent era. This comedy tells the story of a wealthy young woman pursued by two opportunistic men interested in her fortune, while she is already in love with an honorable suitor. Set in early 20th-century Lima, the film is an important milestone in Peruvian cinema because it marked the beginning of narrative filmmaking in the country. Although the film is now considered lost, it remains a key reference in the history of Peruvian film

A grieving and distraught father must accept his feelings and make a decision that will change the course of his life forever.

This is one of four short films taken from the censored movie Chiaraqe, ritual battle (1975). In seven minutes, it explains in a didactic and expository tone what the confrontation between two groups of communities in the Cusco highlands consists of. Dances, men on horses, flying stones, warakas and liwis alive, a lizard, a dead man. The short film is a testimony to the ritual event, but it is also a testimony to the filmmakers' view of the populations of the Andes 50 years ago.

Rafael and Antonio are two best friends who work as kitchen assistants in the restaurant of one of the most prestigious chefs. When Antonio is promoted to chef, the dynamics of his friendship with Rafael changes, generating jealousy in Rafael.

An adventure will turn into a nightmare when a group of young people in the middle of an expedition through the Andes suddenly find themselves persecuted by a sadistic murderer who wants to use their bodies to compose a work of art.

A conservative guy meets a former sex worker, and they both fall in love that day. However, they both have secrets that the other doesn't know.

What is the name of the regime that disappears people, that closes the media, that has drug trafficking allies as its main advisers, that sterilizes women without consulting them, that kills journalists, that persecutes you with SUNAT, that denigrates you with headlines, who corrupts opposition politicians and buys them for their purposes, who fills you with scary speeches day and night, who has entered the government to steal, to loot, to burden the country by weight, to flee to Japan and to resign from there? This regime is called Fujimori. It is time to remember what that dictatorship was like, which has been washing its face for a quarter of a century. It is time to remember that Keiko Fujimori was not outside the dictatorship but participated in it. He fed on her. Because Keiko Fujimori is the most ambitious and wicked version of her father. We have to ask ourselves if we will be up to the task so that we are not the sad and submissive version of Peru in the early nineties.

The story of peruvian saint Santa Rosa de Lima.

In 1987, 'Negro', 11 years old, and 'Gringo', one year younger, worked together like so many other children at Lima's Wholesale Fruit Market. In the short-film 'Little Men Meet' they shared with us their lives, jobs and dreams. We meet them again twenty years later. The country, their lives, jobs and dreams have changed. In 'Distant Dreams' the lives ou our cast members reflect upon the past, the present and the future of our country.

Regina is trapped in a routine she can't escape. She plans to move and start a life, but the coldness of her home holds her back. Her brother Roberto tries to help, revealing a truth she isn't ready to accept.

A young man takes care of his sick mother

Latencia has as its main character the water of Corongo, its beauty, life, harmony and connection that it generates; facing a possible and growing threat of mining, so it will be up to us to choose what we want to keep.

Video essay | HD | Color | 06:02 | Peru | 2021 A little girl is frightened when she sees workers leaving a factory in a movie theater. Later, perhaps to scare more children, she increases the production of optics for video. Do we win or lose with repetition? Perhaps it is too late to become unaccustomed to control. PROJECT REALIZED FOR MUTA - Festival of Audiovisual Appropriation Sound artist: MICHAEL MAGÁN

Inspired by actual events, the film follows Aquiles, an Amazonian boy abducted by the terrorist group Shining Path. Through his testimony, we witness his journey from victim to fighter and his desperate attempt to escape. A raw and intimate look at indoctrination, violence, and survival, the film reconstructs his struggle for identity and freedom.

This documentary narrates the different stages through which the Peruvian cumbia genre has passed. The story is told by the leading musicians of this movement, such as Jaime Moreyra and Julio Simeón from the group Los Shapis, Edilberto Cuestas from Los Ecos, Jorge Rodríguez from Los Mirlos, “Tito” Caycho from Los Destellos and Rossy War, among others equally outstanding. Their testimonies are commented on by specialists who observe the Peruvian cumbia as a sociocultural phenomenon such as Carlos Iván Degregori, Gonzalo Portocarrero, Rodrigo Montoya and Teófilo Altamirano

Oniric short film.

Have you ever imagined a fun story with the mlp characters and a bit of satire? Here you go!

A criminal organization faces a problem when one of its lowest range employees loses an important envelope that his boss gave him to deliver. While they look for a solution, the problem gets to higher levels of the organization, until it gets to the biggest boss in the mob; The biggest Fish.

Maria visits her mother's apartment for the first time after her death, intending to put it up for sale. Once inside, she encounters objects from her childhood that remind her of a significant event from her past.

Distance is both a farewell and a quest. A farewell to a space—the family home—and to the time it holds—a distant, bygone era. And a gathering of memories, words, and objects whose images, projected onto the walls of the house, seek to reconstruct that time before turning their gaze forward.

An angel, now a man, who chose to leave everything behind and become human, realizes he is tired of living in a city he doesn't understand. So he asks Death for help, so that she can return him to his former life. A poetic critique of the city of Lima, inspired by the poems of Blanca Varela and Marco Martos.

A boy goes to live with his uncle after his father is unjustly imprisoned. The uncle sells the boy's pet burro for drink. The boy finds the burro but he is injured and needs to be put down. The boy finds evidence to clear his father and a priest gives the boy money for another burro

The highest peaks of the mountains rage rise above the clouds. The high mountains rage of the mountains rise above the clouds. Sometimes they seem to merge with the sky. There is no god and neither there is devil. We are in the heights of the Peruvian Andes, more than 5000 meters above sea level, where Celestino a peasant hermit undertakes a healing journey with his cow Samichay, from the loneliness and height of the Andes to the chaos of urbanization and villages.

Maritza, a young policewoman, falls in love with Marco, who trades in clandestinely extracted archeological pieces. But Lieutenant Eduardo, Maritza's boss, is attracted to her.

Former child soldier Carlitos wants to unite his wartime parents. But Tania and Shogún are no regular parents. Carlitos chose them as his mother and father although they were enemies in the Peruvian civil war.

Shortly after Martina is evicted, her boyfriend breaks up with her. Overwhelmed by misfortune, Martina decides to jump into the nearest ravine to end her life, but she unexpectedly encounters an old man about to leap into the water.

A young man from the countryside, eager to succeed, asks his father for his inheritance in advance. With the money, he travels to the city, but unfortunately, some prostitutes drug and rob him. He befriends a group of young delinquents who take him in as part of their family. He commits crimes with them and shares his loneliness. Out of shame, he doesn't return home, but he finally decides to go back, and his father receives him with affection and appreciation.

A journey through the history of contemporary dance in Peru, guided by its most prominent figures.

Attracted by the circuses that have arrived in the capital, a boy is late getting home, worrying his parents.

The loss of the carmine dyeing technique, which reached great development during the Inca era.

Cinema Week ULima Shortfilm

In "All Girls Love Yosdy" we follow the life of Yosdy, one day when she leaves school some problems arise that will torment her. Short film inspired by the song "All Girls Love Alice" by Elton John.

Atoqcha travels between his home in the mountains where his mother lives and the city of Cusco, looking for a place to live and work, seeking a future as a civil engineering student. Along his journey, he will find a friend who will welcome him like family. However, he cannot forget his mother or his sister, who is also searching for her own path, or the land where he grew up. Going back is his way, despite starting anew, because his heart will always be divided, just like his country.

Ariel and Rocío, two children abused by their grandmother, run away from home to reunite with their mother, who works in another country. The children face threatening challenges and travel through several countries to find her.

Due to various circumstances, many children work on the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. Although a group of Catholic priests helps them, they are endangered by organ traffickers and drug dealers. When one of the children is kidnapped and the perpetrators evade the Bolivian police, the Blessed Virgin Mary intervenes, performing miraculous acts.

Emile, a withdrawn young woman with a passion for programming, meets "B", a mysterious boy whose consciousness is trapped in the web. Together, they confront their opposing concerns about individual perception and the limits of the human condition.

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Short Film.

A boy lives in an isolated world of fantasies. One day he meets an old man who has been condemned by his family to live in isolation due to a contagious disease. The two make a secret pact to make their dreams come true.

Manuel Bauer offers us a fascinating journey across Peru aboard a freight train; an incredible descent from the Altiplano lead mines, at an altitude of 4,800 metres, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Set amidst staggering scenery, Steel Life alternates between a road movie peppered with encounters and the social x-ray of a country victim of the neo-colonial system.

Mauricio is an unscrupulous hunter who, seeing his sick daughter, decides to save her, placing an order to make money, however, this will bring consequences to the magical beings of the forest, with his ancestors and even with himself.

This documentary explores the development of the project "The Word of the Mute," created by Jota Castro. It was a symbolic manifesto addressing communication barriers and the need for inclusion, developed within the framework of the 5th Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – EU. The film documents the project's process, which aimed to promote international relations and dialogue among the LAC-EU member countries.

It is a documentary about the play "The Last Rehearsal" by the Yuyachkani Cultural Group.

A young man runs a newsstand, dreams of becoming a writer, and must find a way to gain recognition. He's forced to live in the newsstand. He discovers a strange box left outside. One day, he meets a schoolgirl named Andrea, who gives him hope, but he soon realizes things aren't so simple and must face life with a less naive perspective.