Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

It narrates the sentimental adventures of five great friends, who must face compromising situations with their respective partners, with disastrous consequences, but no less fun.

A shy boy of humble origins, during his first day of school, must endure the mistreatment and humiliation of another boy, son of his mother's employers.

Fishing businessman Luis Barletto is in trouble with the nationalist government, mysterious vehicles follow him. Meanwhile in Chaclacayo a gardener looks after his country house. His son José is a poor, shy and ugly boy who has lived an existence full of humiliation. On January 1, 1972, Barletto went to rest at his home in Chaclacayo. But he finds José armed with a pistol and a bloody ritual begins.

Juan Rodríguez (Dino López), a man of about 40, goes to the cemetery to place flowers on his sister's and mother's grave. There, he remembers his past. As a young man, he was irresponsible and carefree. His mother, Elena (Ruth Cancho, on the left carrying the basket), was a modest woman who survived by washing clothes for people. His sister, Chaska (Laura Valdivia Huamani), was a fifteen-year-old who dreamed of the traditional party given to girls her age. His father, Armando, was an alcoholic, unemployed, and committed petty thefts to support his addiction and that of his friend.

Sol is a funeral keyboardist who has sought refuge in the monotony of her work for years. Her son, Junior, is about to finish university and will soon leave the nest. Amidst the sweltering, desert-like city they inhabit, mother and son will try to connect before their imminent separation.

An indigenous tradition in the highlands of Peru where three key players take part: a wild condor, a raging bull and brave young men.

A production of the Villa Cáritas and San Pedro schools together with the University of Lima.

Documentary about Venezuelan migration.

Would you be able to leave everything behind to pursue your dreams? Pablo Yglesias, a resident of Barcelona, ​​decided in 2013 to change his life and start a biosphere conservation project in the Amazon of Peru.

Lucha Reyes is the most important singer of Peruvian Creole music. Born into a very poor family, she triumphed despite great limitations. She overcame four of the major obstacles imposed by society at that time; she achieved success despite being a woman, poor, Black, and ill. Her life represents a social and political turning point.

The confrontation between the condor and the bull occurred primarily in the southern Andes: Apurímac, Ayacucho, and parts of Huancavelica—that is, Chanca lands, known for their inherent rebelliousness. Later, it spread to Cusco, Arequipa, and Puno. Bullfights were mainly held by peasants or indigenous communities, where the bull was never killed, and great care was taken with the condor. To some extent, the condor symbolizes the Andean world; it is a deity of the Apus (mountain spirits) and a messenger, while the bull is foreign. Ultimately, as a result of acculturation, the bull, incorporated into Andean culture, now receives all due respect, as a member of the family. As in other events, the blood spilled in the ring is considered an "offering" to the earth; the dead and wounded are not mourned much, but rather are part of the many rituals throughout the year.

Sofía, a seven-year-old girl, is spending her last summer with her father, Aldo. As the days go by—filled with trips to the sea, games, and quiet moments—Sofía begins to sense the absences, the decline, and the slow approach of death in her surroundings. In a home where the adults are also struggling to stay afloat, she tries to make sense of love, farewell, and the passing of time. Hopefully the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow is an intimate portrait of the end of childhood and the first encounters with life’s fragility.

A cab driver struggles to survive in the city of Lima working as a cab driver to improve his difficult economic situation, but realizing that things are not improving, he becomes involved in a clandestine business.

About the preparation and consumption of chicha, an ancestral drink made from corn, in a picantería in Arequipa.

Gaston Aramayo and Victoria de Aramayo show their art and craft as puppeteers with the Kusi Kusi group.

Short film.

Short film about the popular artist and mime Jorge Acuña

Through social networks, a son and his mother overcome the physical distance that separates them in an intimate and simple story. in an intimate and simple story.

A look at the normalization of violence through footage depicting scenes that are representative of the subject matter, while a typical story of abuse unfolds, this one can only have an disturbing ending.

The story of three children who live in extreme poverty and family abuse. Julian, the father, is an alcoholic man who not only beats his children but also mistreats Blanca, his wife. While she works hard and evenly to support the family, he goes out for a walk with his mistress. Finally, he abandons his family for that love affair.

After watching Madonna and Britney kiss at the 2003 VMAs, Romina, who has always felt different, realizes an important part of herself, one that was always there.

The footprints of the path is a socio-political documentary feature that analyzes the footprints left in the collective memory of the Ayacucho region (Peru) after the conflict that faced and continues to confront the Marxist Shining Path movement and the Peruvian State. It is a critical, dynamic and impressive documentary that delves into the depths of the suffering of a people and that does not give the viewer respite, placing him face to face with the protagonists of the conflict. This time, it will be the viewer who must draw their own conclusions.

A film that recreates family disputes over inheritances left by parents, with tragic consequences in many cases. Based on the novel "The Cup of Death" by the writer Manuel Guerra from Cajamarca.

Yuraktukto (in Quechua, yurak means “white”, tuktu means “flower”). “White Flower” is the name given by the community members of Mamagpampa, in Kañaris (Ferreñafe, Lambayeque) to the nurse of the health post, Ángela Blanca Flor Fernández Cruzado, a very special person who uses theater and clowning techniques for her learning sessions, and to teach them how to prevent diseases in an area of ​​extreme poverty where no other health professional wants to go and work.

Festival celebrating the arrival of water for planting.

A couple of murderers, in the heat of an unhealthy competition. FICTION is just a mere excuse - NOTHING is what it seems. Allow yourself to contemplate the disturbing ending.

Due to the two hundred years of the proclamation of Peru's independence, six trans women rehearse to characterize an iconic character in Peruvian history: the Tapada Limeña. At the same time, in present, we see their conflicts for being trans women and sex workers in a Lima that makes them invisible.

Film by Arturo Ayala Quispe.

Refugees fleeing the Shining Path terrorists build a new city called Manchay on the edge of Lima, Peru. A gift from an American family funds construction of the city’s first modern health clinic, inspiring other donors to send medical supplies. Against great odds, the clinic has thrived for 13 years. Award-winning writer-director Ann Hedreen traces the unlikely connection between the people of this asentamiento humano (human settlement), and her great-uncle, a Swedish-American pioneer of the Peruvian fishing industry. The film introduces a network of teachers, volunteers, medical professionals–and one very determined priest–who help these refugees carve a new life from an abandoned gravel pit in one of the world’s most sprawling megacities. With an estimated one-sixth of the world’s population now living in settlements like Manchay, Zona Intangible portrays the challenges facing one such community, and the complex ties between their future and a benefactor they never met.

I don't need a casting call to know I'm going to film her. I don't want her to act, I just talk to her a little. And I also wander around Cajamarca, getting to know people and places.

Two friends are talking after a long time. A few minutes after it starts, they agree to record the conversation and that one of them will later overlay various images from their walks around the city onto the spoken words.

Angelita is a story of loneliness. Of abandonment. Of isolation. A story where every second you question whether life is worth living and whether the sacrifice of each step is justified. A reality that is stark and aggressive towards a poor old woman, with a pathetic and miserable life, who only waits for the strength and courage to sever her only connection to the world. A life lived with the motivation of awaiting death or finally being able to decide, of her own free will and for the sake of her health, to let herself die.

Documentary production with direct sound on optical tape

It is a short film about ecological protection of the Chillon River Valley..

Antonio, a young punk musician from Huancayo, in the Peruvian Andes, is forced to reunite with his estranged father Pedro, a traditional folk saxophonist. As tensions rise and old wounds resurface, the two must navigate their differences in hopes of discovering a second chance for their family.

A group of young people get together to play basketball on improvised courts in the district of Surco. These spaces are not only the place where they practice the sport they love; they are also a refuge that welcomes bonds of fraternity, voices of indignation and moments of liberation.

In a religious retreat, Maria and Camila defy the rules to live a night of confessions and discoveries through an intimate journey of youthful rebellion and search for identity that will test their friendship and faith. Between laughter and secrets, they discover that growing up is also an act of courage.

Through the testimony of community leader Rosa Dueñas, the film reveals the organizational dynamics of the women of the El Planeta settlement, located on the left bank of the Rímac River in Lima. Rosa, like the other women of El Planeta, is a migrant from Ancash, and we follow her in her organizing activities alongside the women of her neighborhood as they fight for fundamental human rights, such as access to healthcare, food, decent housing, and education.

Short film directed by Macarena Coello

One Sunday, a young domestic worker rehearses her courageous resignation, with which she hopes to be able to confront her boss.

Isabel finds relief from her intense anxiety and shyness by moving in with Paula, her best friend. However, the dynamic shifts when Paula starts a romantic relationship, and Isabel's connection with her partner triggers an unexpected emotional twist.

Formally eclectic, the first few seconds of the film seem to introduce us to a typical sensory documentary, but soon the flow of the narrative evolves into a much more complex portrait of the port of Paita, by concatenating recordings made by the author himself, videos generated by an AI, Google Maps views and archival images.

The micro-world of an isolated Amazonian native community is altered by the visit of an outsider with a camera and mysterious intentions.

Documentary about the force of the scissors dance, its historical importance and cultural resistance through the body and its movements.