Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

Manu enjoys the loneliest vacation of his life.

Mike and Alanna drove a motorbike and sidecar from Alaska to Argentina and interviewed 120 couples about how to stay together for life. They also subjected themselves to scientific tests, to see if their marriage would last. They found out the results at the end of the road...

In 2016 Sebastián was born. The mother’s puerperium was like a rebirth, as she was able to discover the world again as a mother and as a child. That year she told this secret history which is full of symbols, repetitive images, altered by the words that, as titles and subtitles, indicate precise concepts that often do not correspond.

An intimate look at the female universe, a journey in time through evocative images and the personal stories of women from the same family. The personal search of a daughter in the life of her mother and grandmother, contrasting the dreams, ideas and experiences of three generations.

From interviews and testimonies Antonio Capurro builds a documentary that revolves around same-sex couples. Esposos wants to banish prejudices and stereotypes by trying to encourage reflection in our society. We will see well-known characters, citizens, activists, my friends, my family, a lesbian couple, a gay couple, heterosexual couples, the director's boyfriend and many others.

Abril a flower that grows inside a bull's skull tries as hard as she can to comunicate with the other flowers in the outside garden. Animated short inspired by a poem by Pedro Venegas Chilm.

The police detective Waldo, of immersed and circumspect disposition and temper, investigates several crimes associated with indigenous rituals that occur in some regions of the Peruvian Andes. There we find a boy and a girl who are about to enter puberty and begin to interact with certain mythical beings, a supernatural belief very common in many Andean villages. A sinister character, pretending to be on a mission of faith, but imbued with religious dogmatism and intolerance, interrupts this peaceful scene as he casts an ominous shadow over these ancient Peruvian beliefs. Although Waldo's boss considers him inferior and distrusts his methods (a form of discrimination), the policeman continues his efforts to capture the "Extirpator of Idolatries.¨ At the same time, Waldo will resolve his own inner conflict which has troubled him all his life.

On a busy workday, the president of the most important advertising agency in Peru receives a visit from a childhood "friend" who will propose the business of his life.

Short film.

In 1971, some young Peruvian playwrights founded the group Yuyachkani, a Quechua word which means: "I am thinking, I am remembering. 25 years later, in 1996, the group celebrates its anniversary, performing a retrospective of its most important works, which allows them to think and remember about the scene they have traveled

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.

A woman who has just turned 22 has finished her degree, but without a job and constantly comparing herself to others, she feels her life is a failure. That's why, after initially ignoring the problem, she tries to find solutions and embarks on a journey of self-discovery to take the first step and help herself.

Historical drama that recounts the period of Peruvian doctor Daniel Alcides Carrión during his research on smallpox in 1885. Famous for inoculating himself with the virus and developing his own medical history, the plot explores, through memory, the events that led Carrión to make this decision and the consequences it had on his life and that of his loved ones.

“If your house were a person, what would you tell it? Dear house, I want to tell you I´ve been making this film for you”. Camino a casa is a performative and experimental letter to the director's future house.

When her screenplay is critiqued in class, Gabriela, a film student, tries to get her mother to acknowledge that the causes of her premature downfall lie in her childhood.

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.

Short film.

In 1900, education was forbidden to the indigenous people of Puno, and it was then that pioneers of education rose up to fight against the authorities of the time for the creation of Aymara and Quechua schools. It is a story of love and sacrifice.

Alejandra is a woman who cultivates music, but suffers from the constant abuse of her partner, Walter. When she is diagnosed with cancer, Alejandra endures a series of hardships that she can only bear thanks to her faith in God.

Film by Marcelino Huamán Gutiérrez.

Short film.

Monitoring the sporting work of Rose Mari Boeck in the South American Youth Pentathlon Championship.

Medium-length film. A story of filial love amidst an invasion on the outskirts of Lima.

Short film.

Short film about the making of Robles Godoy's second feature film.

When a plagiarism accusation surfaces at film school, an unbreakable friendship begins to fracture under the weight of ambition and silence.

Film made in collaboration with a union of domestic workers in Cusco, migrants from the countryside to the city.

Waru Waru is the name given by the inhabitants of the Puno highlands to an ancient agricultural technique that allows them to make use of the vast flood-prone plains. By raising the land into large ridges and using dikes, canals, and drainage systems, they are able to create favorable conditions for farming.

Blas Arará, an afro-peruvian slave from a plantation, will try to teach an Andean boy how to dance Morenada. Given the fact that the dance is an affront to the landowners, his Creole boss decides to teach Blas a lesson.

A ghostly presence wanders through familiar images that are revealed as simulations of an experience that used to be human.

A documentary about Alan García based on a series of archival materials

Observational short film made during a barbecue

The inspection of an everyday landscape through a window that faces the street and a wall that moves.

Connie, a young lawyer and supporter of her family, will be involved in a bet to win an account at the law firm where she works, otherwise she will be fired. This bet will lead her to unintentionally expose her own life on social networks in a way she never imagined, leading her to hilarious, funny and even embarrassing situations. Will Connie win the bet?

After the Agrarian Reform enacted in 1969 by the government led by Juan Velasco Alvarado, the Andean communities recovered their land, obtained fundamental rights such as access to public education and the possibility of working for themselves. From then on, life alternatives opened up for the children of the Andes who, unlike their predecessors, could attend school, although they still had to face many scarcities. This film looks at the lives of these children, who, together with their communities, are trying to move forward.

Ethnographic documentary about an indigenous South American tribe.

The defining feature of the image is not expected to be 'that it makes a sound'; perhaps it sounds less strange to state or see that sounds imagine... Preverbal sensory interaction, the way in which sensations are formed, the process of perception as such, the ultra-fast channels of information (if we have to call them that) that we call instinct, unconscious or intuition intervene decisively in the construction-secretion of this frankly psychedelic object.

A 49-minute, uninterrupted tracking shot depicts a state of mind and a social class. The only option left is escape—or at least a back-and-forth journey. But every journey offers only relative and temporary relief. At this point, however, something more may be happening.

An evangelical pastor convinces a poor peasant woman to take care of her teenage daughter, but his true intention is to sexually abuse her. When the mother threatens to report him, the pastor decides to kill her. A previously unreleased feature film from the director of Blood and Tradition and El Tunche.

It is the story of a prestigious professional who, due to his alcoholism, loses his economic and social standing. He wanders the streets of Huamanga like a beggar. His wife and three young children live in poverty, but they haven't lost hope of seeing their loved one recover, although this seems very difficult because, despite their efforts, the protagonist relapses into drinking time and time again.

Brus Rubio is a young Bora-Huitoto man who tells the story of his community through paintings made with natural dyes on tree bark. Through Brus's art, we can gain insight into the reality of Amazonian peoples and the unique vision an artist has of his own world, both real and imagined.

Short film.

The farmers of Qhewe are the only community that preserves the Inca tradition of making a suspension bridge from ichu, an Andean vegetable that they collect in large quantities, braid into cords of all sizes and with them weave the bridge over the river.

Conservation service for literary works and bibliographic studies carried out at the National Library of Peru.

Using the Marcawasi stone park as a backdrop, an allegory is made about life in the Andean context.

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.

The altarpiece maker, Edilberto Jiménez, returns to the city of Ayacucho after the massacre of December 15, 2022, to make another altarpiece.

Fiction, based on a story by Isabella Falco, through the volume “Anales de la Inquisición” (Doña Ana de Castro) by Ricardo Palma. The last dawn of a woman (the beautiful Toledo woman) condemned to be burned at the stake by the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition of Lima, in the year 1736, is narrated.

Before Cuaresma there is Carnaval, the time when everyone can do whatever they want. This documentary narrated by a generation of carnival-goers together with archival footage from 50 years ago, portrays the party full of music, food, drink and color that today unites an entire people; people who then, repent for their sins.