Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

Joaquín, a young man being pursued by the police, decides to take a detour before continuing on his way.

The documentary captures the reaction of the Shipibo people after seeing the images filmed by anthropologist Harry Tschopik Jr. in 1953; it is a reunion with their relatives and the customs of almost 6 decades ago, it is a film that captures their most heartfelt impressions about the inevitable changes and the future of the Shipibo people.

Film by Lenin Salinas.

Documentary by Cesar Vivanco.

Salvador Velarde is like William Turner, a painter of light, and like Turner, he paints his being in the landscape. He speaks to us with winds, tides, greens, oranges, and blues. This is a portrait of the master.

The Chukus de Canas are one of the most important traditional Andean celebrations due to their symbolic significance. They perform only during Carnival, donning their impressive costumes and gathering in the small towns of the highland provinces at this time. This celebration is also linked to the agricultural cycle, as this period is critical for the ripening of crops grown in the region.

Another example of the peculiar B (or Z) movies.

A well-made documentary that moves you with a story that highlights the figure of an exemplary athlete like Mauro Mina.

This is the story of Alex and Nicolás, two estranged brothers. Alex has always experienced intense and dangerous emotions and is involved with a gang of kidnappers and extortionists. Suddenly, fate will reunite Nicolás with Alex's ex-girlfriend, Andrea, who is still the love of his life.

Hector, with his unstable personality, lives completely absorbed by Matilde, his mother. An overprotective and unhinged woman, she commits disturbing acts to keep her son close.

Santiago returns to his community to visit his father and learns that his brother has died. His immense sadness ends when he meets Carmen, unaware that this sincere love will bring the worst evils upon the land of his former friend.

An abandoned building, the tallest in the city, is filled with trash, mold, and vermin, holding secrets that have remained undiscovered for over twenty years. Within its walls lives the architect Alberto Vásquez, a solitary old man, whom some believe to be a ghost. He dwells on the top floor, far from the murmur and noise, yet also grappling with the memories that lead him back to the building he designed and promoted. He internalizes every detail of the building's decline, its intrigues, and its failures.

Based on the poem by Julia Pineda.

BASED ON THE POEM BY LIZETH BENITES

A poet's heartbreak leads him to seek refuge in alcohol.

Based on the poem by Juan José Borja.

A film by Hector Marreros based on the story by Carlos Cabrera.

Marinera Festival, the national dance, in the city of Trujillo.

A report on the Uros, ancestral inhabitants of Lake Titicaca.

Short film.

A documentary about "the mystery of the stones" used to build pre-Hispanic structures. The film explores some of the theories and beliefs surrounding how the large stone blocks used in ancient Peruvian cultures were moved, carved, shaped, and placed. Were the men who built the temples and sculpted these stones "sent" or "superior" beings?

The story follows the challenges faced by Isaac Paliza, owner of a mechanic shop in Pueblo Libre, to compete in the Gran Premio de Caminos del Inca every year. It's a story of passion for motorsports, a passion that drives him to save his earnings from the shop to participate.

A tour of Lima's beaches on the Costa Verde on a summer Sunday.

Short film.

Documentary of the Inca citadel.

View of the Sacred Lake of the Incas

Short film.

Short film.

Short film.

Short animated film.

Presentation of the 1980 women's national volleyball team at the peak of their performance. Match against Japan, their toughest opponent.

Short film.

Short film.

Short film.

Every four years, the eight communities gather for the Repaje ceremony at the Markapata church. They are the zealous guardians of the treasure of Inca P’uyu Tarki, which is said to be hidden in the church's attic. Inca P’uyu Tarki competed with the devil to build the church.

It is a masterpiece of Cusco's popular creativity, where the saints come to life. The Corpus Christi celebration in June is a solstice festival, coinciding with a ceremonial time in the Andes. Just as in the Inca past the ancient mummies were carried in procession, today the images of saints and virgins serve as emblems of current social groups.

The citadel of Machu Picchu reveals itself to us as suspended above the abysses, a beauty that is discovered little by little, to the rhythm of the mists, the play of shadows and light, with extracts from the poems "Heights of Machu Picchu" by Pablo Neruda.

During the course of our era, a major pre-Hispanic civilization, now called the Moche, developed on the northern coast of Peru, flourishing as the Roman Empire declined, a thousand years before the Inca civilization emerged. The film reconstructs the various aspects of the social and romantic life of the Moche people, based on their rich pottery.

Documentary.

Documentary.

Short film.

Documentary about Daniel Estrada Pérez.

Short film.

On the meaning of religious enclosure in the 17th and 18th centuries in the Santa Catalina convent in the city of Arequipa.

Problems of the old usurer Domingo with his young wife Rosa due to the arrival of his godson from the mountains.

Short film.

Based on the short story "Continuidad en los Parques" by Julio Cortázar

The Peruvian woman in the new society of the country led by the revolutionary government of the armed forces.

Childhood experience consulted in several children.

A screenwriter is going through a romantic crisis.

In the Villa El Salvador neighborhood, Pedrito, an 8-year-old boy, has to abandon his studies to help support his family.

Short film.

A portrait of the scientist Pedro Paulet, from the memory of his daughter

Short film.

Short film.

The richness of the Paracas National Park and its surroundings, where it is possible to appreciate the remains of ancient pre-Columbian agricultural techniques – Las Hoyas – that allowed the desert to be cultivated.

Short film.