Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

The owners of the Cinema Theater have hit the nail on the head with the installation in the park and with the film of the Ravine, a lively and interesting parade of our world, which already runs to mass with a sleepy face and crosses the Bridge of Sighs and leaves the church with a weary air, as it goes down to the bathroom contentedly and happily soaks in the waves. There is a part of the film especially for shoemakers. It is the one about the staircase of the baths, in which only feet are seen parading by, quick and small, fine and ordinary, rushing down the stairs.

Olimpo Film Company. Filmed by Fernando Lund

Cinema Theater Company. Filmed by Jorge Goitizolo

Cinema Theater Company. Filmed by Jorge Goitizolo

Olimpo Cinema Company. Filmed by Fernando Lund

Cinema Theater Company. Filmed by C. L. Chester

Cinema Company Theater. Filmed by C. L. Chester

Filmed by Jorge Goitizolo on December 25, 1910.

It contains footage of a lion escaping from the zoo.

The screening of this film constitutes the greatest record achieved in the field of national films, given its great length.

What had only been seen until now in major European capitals: that a party held in Callao on Sunday at five in the afternoon was seen in Lima in exquisite detail 24 hours after it took place. It is yet another success that puts the Cinema Teatro at the forefront of Lima's cinemas, as the footage taken yesterday is crisp, clear, and complete like no other of that spectacle.

It contains: views of the border conflict with Bolivia caused by a skirmish in the Peruvian garrison of Manuripe; the delivery of the standard to Battalion No. 18; football match in honor of Jorge Chávez.

Olimpo cinema company.

We do not hesitate to call the film that Mr. Goitizolo has taken on La Herradura beach the best of the series of national views. The beautiful beach with interesting water effects, the tunnel that leads to it, the Salto del Fraile with its historic bridge, a group of cheerful strollers, all this is admirably reproduced in the new film.

Showing the newly arrived animals.

Peruvian Corporation. Filmed by C. L. Chester.

Filmed by C. L. Chester and acquired by the Cinema Theater Company.

It is a film of a journey on the Central Railway from Callao to the regions of Chanchamayo, Huancayo, Perené, and Mantaro. It is shown in five parts, with a total length of 3,000 feet. It is reported that the film, with a total duration of two hours, “will be sent to England as an illustrative report for our country.”

Cinema Theater Company. Filmed by Jorge Goitizolo.

Filmed by the Cinema Theater Company.

Demonstrating the public's fondness for watching military maneuvers and exercises, Goitizolo ended the year by recording this film.

Part of some exhibitions in Callao made by Juan Jose Pont.

An unprecedented investigation reveals the rapid and uncontrolled growth of illegal and informal mining in Peru. The report demonstrates, for the first time, the direct impact of this activity on various regions of the country.

An intimate portrait of the archaeologist, researcher and cultural manager Carlos del Águila Chávez.

Documentary.

Documentary.

The documentary is a video memoir recorded in the mid-1980s. The poet, in the foreground, discusses poetry, art, and the socio-political and cultural realities of his time, revealing part of his literary universe and his transcendental vision of life, poetry, and the power of words.

Four stories about people who saw their bank accounts swell thanks to ill-gotten gains from people linked to drug trafficking and money laundering.

After the destruction of the planet due to the Third World War, the few surviving humans will fight for their subsistence...

Film by Adán Díaz.

Naryha is a clairvoyant who meets a mysterious young man during one of her consultations. While trying to unravel the mystery surrounding him, she discovers a demonic entity within him that she will try to unleash at all costs. This demonic entity will seek to prevent the clairvoyant from achieving her goal, and a series of terrifying events will unfold.

It tells the story of Carlos Cóndor, a former soldier who confronts the Spanish mafia to protect his family. In the first installment, his sister Cinthya is kidnapped, and Cóndor fights to rescue her. In the second installment, the mafia kills his mother, and in this installment, they kill his girlfriend and… it's likely Cóndor himself will be killed as well. It's an action-packed film featuring martial arts, carrying an implicit message that revalues ​​our customs and ancestral roots of our Andean culture.

It is a cinematic journey to the very heart of the elusive concept of truth. This five-part documentary delves into various classical and contemporary theories of truth, inviting the audience to reflect on this fundamental philosophical notion. Through accessible yet philosophically rigorous discussions and interviews with leading experts, the film illuminates the complexities and nuances of our understanding of truth.

Second feature film from this Christian film production company, La Luz Films.

After 25 years, Bárbara, Fiorella, Gabriel, Érika, Marco, Daniela, and Pablo reunite to recount their beginnings in the world of music and acting, as well as their experiences and memories within what was, in their own words, a whirlwind in their lives.

This historical overview of Wanka clothing was presented in the Session Hall of the Municipality of Huancayo.

First documentary about Peruvian metal with interviews and images about its exponents in Lima, the capital of Peru.

Through illustration, the artist has documented animals, plants, objects, and designs of endangered Indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon. One of her first experiences in this artistic endeavor for research was with the Iskonawa, or 'children of the paucar' (a Panoan people from the Ucayali region). Using various manual and digital techniques, along with her field photography, she created a hundred images to illustrate a vocabulary and educational materials, as part of a project to document and revitalize the Iskonawa language and culture, a project conceived more than ten years ago. Today, far removed from academia, she returns to these images with many questions about her place in the Amazon as a linguist, researcher, and mestiza.

The first audiovisual experiment that explores living in a city with nuances as complex as Cusco, where ignorance and contempt for the Andean-racial are related to the socio-economic-political situation of the people of Cusco, and how different entities that belong to the daily life of the city are experienced through its noises and textures.

A group of young artists occupies an old abandoned school in downtown Lima.

This production narrates important episodes in the life of the saint that occurred between the 12th and 13th centuries, when Dominic and the nascent Order of Preachers sought to evangelize the people who belonged to the religious movement known as "Catharism", rooted in the French region of Languedoc.

Film made as a thesis work for the Master's Degree in Visual Anthropology, from PUCP, see on Vimeo.

The Crosses of Porcón represent not only an expression of faith, but also a profound symbol of identity, collective memory, and living cultural heritage passed down from generation to generation in the communities of Cajamarca. Each cross reflects history, devotion, and the spiritual connection of a people to their roots.

“What Sustains” is a documentary that seeks to broaden our mental paradigms about neurodiversity and our perception of reality through a tapestry of personal stories that reflect on harmonious coexistence among all beings. We are greatly limited as humanity by all the concepts and values ​​we have learned culturally. Human beings have far greater mental and emotional capacities than we conceive of as possible. This documentary, born from Validarte, a cultural association that works with neurodiverse people through art, and the French production company ImyProd, is a scientific and spiritual quest to understand our capacity to co-create reality and the importance of diversity and respect for all beings, regardless of their differences.

An experimental feature film born from innovative and thought-provoking dramaturgical research. The project is part of the Tantarantana International Program as a Creative Factory.

Mexican drug trafficker Salvador López, along with his Peruvian partners Leonardo and Rafael, are celebrating the success of their alliance at a private gathering. In the middle of the party, Jorge Cisneros arrives, offering the Peruvians the opportunity to become one of their buyers, which enrages Salvador. The Peruvians reject him, and Cisneros leaves, offended, later attempting to kill the Peruvians. Thus begins an all-out war.

Chiclayo documentary about autism.

Thriller film shot in Lambayeque.

Documentary by the Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker filmed in Puno, in the districts of Conduriri, Ilave and Nuñoa.

Christian religious documentary produced in Junín.

Ethnographic documentary about how women of the Xennial micro-generation, born between 1977-1983, from the middle class in Lima, perceive and experience their time.

Documentary filmed in Cuba during the nine days of official mourning for the death of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.

It addresses the themes of bullying and gender identity, a melodrama with elements of fantasy horror.

The film, which portrays two families and is punctuated by the intimate journey of an imaginary conquistador, questions the Amazonian reality of contemporary Peru. An exploration of the daily consequences of a colonization that never truly ended, the documentary challenges humanity's place in this desecrated world.

Perico Duarte (José Bustamante), a high school student, is in trouble for spending too much time playing video games, specifically Dota. There's a lot of concern at home. His younger brother, Christian (Ignacio Ramos), warns his friends at school, and they go to Justo Canal (Víctor Burga), the teacher who works most closely with the students and who was even writing an educational book, to intervene and save the teenager from his gambling addiction.

Dayana and Michael, a couple in love who arrive in the city of Huancavelica for a day trip, reach the town of Santa Bárbara, a place known for the numerous suicides that have occurred there in the last 18 years; as well as four young people who are out for fun and Diego, a young orphan searching for his past; unaware that fate will bring their lives together and trap them in a terrifying story with no return…

It recounts the events that shaped the personality of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as the writing of the Royal Commentaries of the Incas, a masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age and a foundational text of Latin American literature.

Ten women from different generations and social backgrounds recount how they gradually reclaimed their voices and carved out a space for themselves in politics and music—traditionally male-dominated and patriarchal spaces in Peru. Marly Anzualdo, a human rights activist; Sandra Requena, a renowned singer in the underground music scene; Carmela Vildoso, a sociologist and former Minister of Women; Aurora Chirinos, a biologist; Isabel Asto, an Andean music singer; Victoria Villanueva, co-founder of Manuela Ramos; Merian Eyzaguirre, a singer and LGBTQ activist; Marisa Godinez, an illustrator; Lola Marchena, a Creole music singer; and Armandina Quispe, a former leader of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation, open their homes to share life stories that reveal how the personal intertwines with the political. By listening to them, we gain access to the complex experiences of women who, with tender but rebellious gestures, expand the places of enunciation in a country adverse to dissent.

Through the experience of violinist Mauro Gamboa (Gringucha de Sucre) and scissor dancer Anthony Aroni (Rupaq Sonqo), we find ourselves at the heart of the Water Festival; an ancestral tradition of the Peruvian Andes, in which the people celebrate for five days the relationship they have with water and the respect for their protective apus.

A personal portrait of the ritual act of consumption, establishing connections between the political remnants of modernity and the resurgence of alternative forms of thought. A performative tapestry woven from Anthropology, Humanism, and Ecology to explain the habit of consumption, both figuratively and literally.