Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

Research to obtain food for human consumption from microalgae in Andean lagoons.

The importance of early childhood education in preschool age.

Peruvian documentary film written and directed by Ernesto Carlín. The film narrates the last months of the life of twice democratically elected president Alan García Pérez and analyzes the circumstances of his painful departure. The film didn't have financing from the Peruvian State.

In the documentary "Pisar Suavemente na Terra", three Indigenous leaders from the Amazon try to keep their ways of being in the world alive. This is the story of Kátia, chief of the Akrãtikatêjê people, of Manuel, chief of the Munduruku people and of José Manuyama, a teacher of Kokama origin. The three narrate the threats to their territories promoted by large-scale mining, monoculture, oil extraction, logging and the construction of hydroelectric plants. Interconnected by the voice and ancestral thoughts of Ailton Krenak, these accounts of resistance present us with other ways of existing and walking in the world.

A young man made of clay, fragmented by his father's emotional abandonment, takes refuge in an imaginary world where he tries to rebuild himself through his own pain, heal his wounds, and search for answers.

Joel, a faithful believer in God, begins to bless the food for a family dinner, which will become increasingly strange.

Pro Telecine S.A., Dir Pierre Aisner Marchok, Pej Luis Arauco, Cam Bernard Ziderman- Allain Casanova, Son Pierre Boucat, Ed Pierre Maury, Lab Telecine, Lf Lima.

Civic action services of the Peruvian Air Force-FAP in civil society.

Rehabilitation of the villages of the Callejón del Huaylas after the 1970 earthquake, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank - IDB.

Regarding non-conventional energy: sun, air, water, which can be harnessed for community development.

The Peruvian Newsreel No. 162 of December 1968 celebrates Rímac in two articles that connect the past and present of this quintessentially Creole district. The first revisits the Stone Bridge and the Alameda de los Descalzos, major urban development projects of Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros, in the 17th century. It also covers projects commissioned by Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Junyent at the end of the 18th century, such as the Real Felipe Fortress, the Royal College of San Carlos, the remodeling of the Acho Bullring, and the Paseo de Aguas (Water Promenade), inspired by the love of the actress Micaela Villegas, La Perricholi. The newsreel incorrectly attributes the construction of the Quinta de Presa to the Viceroy.

After traveling through several countries, the holy relics contained in the Jerusalem Cross are displayed for veneration by the faithful of Lima. Lima 1953

Report in Quechua of the massive processional parade of Christian saints in which the people of Cusco conceal the traditional veneration of the mummies of the Incas of Tawantinsuyo.

Homeland Film. Filmed by Alberto Santana.

Produced and filmed by Ernesto Calvo. It includes: the welcoming of victorious shooters in Chile; gala races in Santa Beatriz; the national football championship; and the match between Atlético Chalaco and Alianza Lima.

Amazing animated photographs at night, with artificial light.

This feature film blends fiction with documentary, blurring the lines between time and place by presenting a figure from our popular culture, Saint Martin de Porres, in contemporary clothing at times, strolling through present-day Lima. This image not only aims to demystify him but also to give him a completely different, non-Christian meaning, to the point of making him an unsettling presence within the city.

Second part of the science fiction film made in Bambamarca, Cajamarca.

Documentary that narrates the events and social significance of the most important gastronomic festival in Peru.

One travels (or so they say) to return to lost parts of oneself. The question: can one begin a new life? A feeling of freedom, a return to childhood and to the 'animalistic' merges with an unexpected reflection on fatherhood and essential bonds.

After completing his medical studies abroad, Enrique returns to his family's hacienda and falls in love with Lucía, a young peasant woman. Despite the opposition of Enrique's parents, the young couple will fight for their love.

A film by Nílver Meza.

Short film.

Brenda, a reclusive designer who feeds her blood to a mysterious cocoon beneath her bed, faces pressure to meet Priscilla, her online partner. When Priscilla visits, reality and the supernatural blur. Strange visions and voices haunt Brenda as the cocoon fades and something sinister lurks in her apartment. An unexpected and terrifying encounter leads to a violent confrontation, leaving Brenda to face the consequences of her actions and a disturbing figure emerging from the shadows.

After fifteen years of unexplained absence, Jeremy returns to visit his father and finds him a lonely and bitter widower. Unable to reconcile their differences, Jeremy finds it very difficult to carry out his mission: to welcome his father into the world of death.

Short film.

Report on the artistic expression of the Paramonga culture.

Short film.

Short Animated Film.

This short film originated from an academic work in semiotics at the Graduate School of Architecture of the Architectural Association in London. Cartoon caricaturing an immigrant from the interior of Peru and his work and dreams in the country's capital, while showing a cheerful image of Lima's architecture and environment: the one-pipe alley, street vendors, the dream of owning a home, the slum urbanization, among others.

Short film.

Short film.

Short film. Kata exercises.

Rafael Hastings superimposes several versions of the face of his friend, the musician and percussionist Manongo Mujica, showing the multiplicity of images that can derive from the recording of a movement from the same point towards the four cardinal points (East to West and North to South, respectively) and the musician's face becomes a kind of "fifth cardinal point".

A young woman shares her journey of overcoming adversity after being bullied at school, recounting how she found a way to heal her emotional wounds, as well as a path to self-confidence and resilience, especially through taekwondo.

A little guinea pig trying to escape a cruel fate discovers that his salvation might lie behind a camera. Together with Mateo, a curious boy, he embarks on an unexpected journey shaped by Peruvian cinema.

Three older sex workers try to rebuild their lives in a conservative town after being displaced by a younger generation.

El Coloso tells the story of a venue founded by Alejandro Lovaton, a migrant from Yanahuanca, who went from selling churros in Lima to establishing an iconic space for cumbia, chicha, and folk music. Its transformation over the years, from nightclub to garage and evangelical church, reflects personal memories and the social and cultural changes of recent Peruvian history.

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An ordinary day where two ordinary people get together to talk about ordinary things.

Ghost in the Park traces the narratives of the community of Görlitzer Park, an area in Berlin known for public drug use and trade. Highlighting “drug consumption buses” that promote safer use and aim to reduce HIV transmission among drug users, the space of the bus is taken as an axis through which the experiences and feelings of the community around the park are amplified.

A young religious woman is welcomed by a mysterious family to offer her help. During her visit, she will come to realize that beneath their faith lies a dark secret.

Portrait of a young boy from the Cocama Native Community of Iquitos, who makes a living playing the violin at funerals.

A night watchman at a company falls asleep and dreams that his wife is cheating on him with his brother. Distressed upon waking, he rushes home and finds his wife engaged in a lively conversation with his brother. This scene arouses the watchman’s suspicions, forcing him to make a final decision.

Fredy Ortiz, lead singer of UCHPA, revolutionized rock in Quechua. Before that, he was apolice officer during Peru's darkest years. Decades later, he returns to the towns markedby violence to heal, remember, and turn silence into music.

Peru, 2020. The pandemic closed the borders, shut down the skies and plunged us into an infinite pause. Three years without sun, trapped in a static routine. But although the streets were deserted and silence covered the city, traffic never stopped.

Dorian (criminal lawyer) is obsessed with getting justice for the murder of his best friends (the Tarazovs). He finds himself caught in a moral dilemma and chaos with the unexpected visit of Artiom (police lieutenant), who is handling the case of the Tarazovs' murder.

Defeated in combat, Ángel returns home to his village in a remote part of the Peruvian Andes. When he arrives, however, he finds the place has completely changed. What was the 18th century is now the present day. What has become of the ideals of the revolution he fought for? The people who live in Peru today, what are they fighting for?

Video art charged with a strong oceanic feeling.

Ana Uriarte's anthropological vision of the struggle of the Bora, Huitoto, Ocaina and Yagua natives of the river Putumayo to preserve their way of life, beliefs and knowledge against the progressive colonisation of their territories.

Practically stripped of their own names, an old catchascanista who no longer has a place in this world, a young waitress looking for love among the travelers she serves, and a gravedigger marked by his father's crimes, flee their small town and the adjectives imposed on them