Discoveries from Peru World Cinema

Documentary about Gerardo Manuel Rojas Rodo, renowned performer, musician, television host, radio announcer and promoter of rock in Peru.

It is a production from Tacna.

The director's second film. Self-produced.

Not all of Antarctica's soil is white due to the greenhouse effect; the diversity of species and the large amount of exploratory and research work carried out there are some of the amazing facts one discovers after watching the documentary.

The department of Cajamarca is often portrayed in the media as a poor region due to its high poverty rates, which in 2018 affected 13.9 percent of the population. Considering that it is the main gold-mining region, contributing almost a quarter of Peru's production, with well-known megaprojects like Yanacocha, one has to ask: Why is there so much poverty amidst mountains of gold that literally crisscross its landscape? Any visitor to its capital city is struck by the lush greenery of its landscapes and the abundance of dairy products sold in its old, bustling streets.

100% Chimbote Horror Movie

Artisans and Peruvians from different regions tell us how they subsist using the resources of their region, preserving its cultural value in their work, and how this has allowed them to survive, even in the midst of a global pandemic. This documentary, without a set script and in close collaboration with the director, allows us to glimpse the daily lives of its subjects, some of whom have been followed for over 15 years.

After his wife's death, Andrés Godoy shuts himself away in his apartment, lost in grief. While his friend Giovanni tries in vain to pull him out, Andrés falls into a vortex of self-destruction that culminates in three suicide attempts, each of which fails miserably. Furious and unrestrained, he plunges into a dangerous underworld that will lead him to confront the boundary between madness and miracle.

This documentary was made entirely by women filmmakers, in all areas of production. With this film, 25-year-old Silvia Arellano becomes the youngest Peruvian director to release a feature film.

A journey through the archives connects decades of military and police repression in Peru, from the internal armed conflict to the 2022-2023 protests. Voices from the past emerge to confront a power that insists on silencing them, reinterpreting the present through interwoven images and stories that invite collective reflection on truth, justice, and dignity. In a context marked by the threat of an amnesty law seeking to release military and police personnel responsible for human rights violations, this work opens a space of resistance through living memory against oblivion.

A son returns to the forgotten house of his childhood where he grew up with his mother, whom he now has to take care of in the city, having been banished from the countryside due to age and senile dementia.

This documentary tells the story of Richard Picón, an artist with a disability who reminisces about his time on stage, as well as the story of how Capaz Perú, the association that produced this film, was founded. It premiered at the Centro Cultural España, as part of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Woven from interviews and commentaries, reflections and poems, *Song of Intensity* is a vivid portrait of contemporary Peruvian poetry. This documentary film, directed by Cristbond, takes us on a journey through the urban reality of Lima, revealing the chaotic world of the capital and the aspirations of a youth seeking in poetic language a way to critique their place and time.

Documentary about the band "Voz Propia", which includes testimonies from its members, and recordings of the band's rehearsals.

Visual artists from various generations participate, artists who, over these three decades, have accompanied the case through symbolic production. It is an attempt to explore the impulses that have generated the repertoire of works addressing the case: indignation, solidarity, homage, courage, and the need for reflection.

A musical documentary that reunited iconic traditional musicians for the first time in two years due to the pandemic, in one of Lima's most emblematic peñas (folk music venues). It was an emotional reunion filled with traditional Peruvian music and moving stories. What you're about to see is exactly what happened. A soulful, heartfelt, and vibrant encounter that simply had to be shared.

Film about the history and concept of the traditional Ancash dance.

In the agricultural region of the Virú Valley, many young women have disappeared near the highway. Renato is a driver with mental health issues who hasn't overcome his childhood traumas. One day he meets Brenda, and she awakens in him a morbid love that will soon expose him.

Documentary focused on the genetic improvement of alpacas.

Christian film starring Hernán Romero, Haydeé Cáceres, among others.

The documentary filmed in Espinar includes various testimonies that highlight the environmental impact of the Swiss-based mining company Glencore. In Switzerland and other European countries, there is ongoing debate about whether companies should be held responsible for the damage caused by their operations abroad.

A Peruvian and a Mexican in Miami: penniless, undocumented, and friendless. All they have is hunger, and to survive they'll have no choice but to get involved in adult activities.

Voices of resistance echo from the depths of the Marañón Canyon. What would be the consequences of disrupting millions of years of connection between the Andes and the Amazon? Two megadams would flood villages, unique forests, and unstudied rock paintings. Communities and activist groups are organizing to ensure that the waters of the Marañón River continue to flow freely.

Linet is in a room, the days passing as she recalls the unfortunate events that led her there. She longs to see her friend Talia again; however, the uncertainty surrounding what happened to her and the tricks her mind plays on her will present difficulties that could lead to a tragic end.

“November_2020” is a non-fiction audiovisual essay that focuses its attention on the events that occurred between November 9 and 16, 2020, a period in which the coup d'état perpetrated by the Congress of the Republic of Peru took place, removing President Martín Vizcarra and placing Manuel Merino as president, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 36 years have passed since January 26, 1983, when eight journalists and two farmers were massacred in Uchuraccay, a previously unknown village in the highlands of Ayacucho, Peru. The annual commemoration of the crime provides an opportunity to revisit this case, address some aspects that have remained in the shadows, and also see how it has endured in the collective memory or the memories of those directly or indirectly affected by the tragedy.

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.

Lucía was kidnapped and sexually exploited by a human trafficking network, but she eventually escaped from that sinister place. She was never able to report what they did to her, but she decided to return to that world to gain enough money and power to take revenge on those who had scarred her forever.

Documentary produced in Moquegua, about the social conflict that occurred in the region in 2008.

Documentary filmed on board a cruise ship during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thriller film shot in Lambayeque.

This documentary delves into the anti-corruption protests following the impeachment of Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra, depicting the police repression firsthand, as reported by the filmmaker. The documentary does not attempt to encompass the entirety of the political crisis in Peru, but rather to showcase episodes from this historic day, with the aim of recognizing and honoring the heroes who fell in the fight against corruption in Peru.

Regional cinema doesn't stop, nobody can stop it. Now it's the turn of a production from Abancay, Apurímac.

Film by Yhan Chávez.

It premiered at the 1st Independent Film Meeting

“Dynamite” appears to be based on the life of Cuban singer Ady León, who plays the lead role. She portrays a young orphan living under the guardianship of her abusive and humiliating aunt. Ady escapes and leads a troubled life, drinking, using drugs, and having affairs. Leaving a bar, she is nearly raped, but Cairo, a Black man, intervenes, supporting her and encouraging her to turn her life around. He pushes her to become a boxer. She accepts and begins training with a friend of Cairo's known as El Italiano.

A docudrama about the history of the town of Mazamari, in Satipo.

Action film in which a former soldier haunted by his past has to protect his family with his life.

A wealthy Arab man is the victim of two clueless and ambitious villains and suffers the theft of his collection of Alhazred stones. The case must be solved by Captain Carmelo and his partner in police adventures.

Different lives in a Peruvian city called Mala are portrayed, showing the lives of its inhabitants, with their sorrows and joys. Sacrifice, dreams, unhappy lives, and hope for the future.

"You Make Me Feel Good" tells six stories that take us on a journey through real and intense love, love forbidden by society, and relationships taken to extremes. But passion, hope, and faith shine through, demonstrating that it's always possible to rewrite our stories from the depths of our hearts.

Prophets will come from the wind, the forest, and the water. For time is One and not All. Those who travel through time will sit at the Table of Kings and speak of blind ages and immemorial times.

Elvira talks to her grandfather through the book he published in Huamanga 30 years ago. Reading it, Elvira realizes that both Ayacucho and Lima have changed a lot, but that the experiences of migration remain the same.

The doors of the Candia Meza family are open.

"In the Moche culture, every forty or fifty years the temples were buried, and an exactly identical temple was built on top. One cycle ended and another began. I believe that's what Peru is like (...) A phrase from the Peruvian poet José Watanabe that speaks to us about the history of Peru. A history that is apparently being lived out today."

A contemplative look at the daily life of Zaña. Several documentary vignettes and landscapes unfold and are born before the lens, rescuing the time and rhythm of the countryside of the characters who inhabit the community.

Through the eyes of prominent Indigenous youth, their families, and communities, the documentary addresses the tragic events that unfolded during the rubber boom of the early 20th century in the Putumayo region. In this context, nearly 30,000 Indigenous people from the Huitoto, Murui, Bora, Ocaina, Tikuna, and Andoque communities lost their lives after being enslaved and tortured by rubber barons. One hundred years later, these young artists and leaders have taken on the challenge of rebuilding their cultures and their historical understanding, developing a communal, poetic, and healing vision for the future with local, national, and global reach.

José will be involved in a problem with a drug trafficker, which he will have to solve with the help of Alonso, Diego, and Claudio, who will execute a plan.

The giant screen lights up again to present a new film made in Chota with renowned actors; it deals with the life of a citizen accustomed to irresponsibility and mistreatment.

Police on drug trafficking.

Two young police officers are selected for a special division where they meet Mao, a strange commander who, in addition to being physically gifted, is corrupt and ruthless. Upon discovering irregularities in his command, the two officers decide to become his rivals, which threatens Mao's financial interests.

pain and suffering due to bad decisions. "AIDS"

From birth, women are condemned. We are born into a society that treats us as second-class citizens. They impose toys, expectations, even colors on us. A mold we are forced to fit into. A world where men and society as a whole see our bodies as objects to desire. Where the blood that flows from our vaginas—the only blood not born from violence—is the one most looked upon with disgust and shame. This is a poetic essay on the lived experiences of women, a statement we make against all the bullshit.

A couple has decided to separate permanently. He will stay in Lima and she will return to Japan, her homeland. They and their immediate surroundings—their bodies, their living room, their decorations, their paintings—will begin a meaningful dance that will give form to their conflicting emotions.

The birth of life as a cyclical concept. An exploration of an abandoned and ruined pier in the sea, which at a certain time of day is filled with life, with birds.

How can something we are made of, something that we are, perhaps the most intimate part of us, our flesh, our bodily sounds, our animality, still arouse perplexity and unease in us?

The story begins when Siu Cao, a Fachoy warrior, after a long search, finds Pac Pow in a Chinese restaurant in Lima, but Pac Pow flees before he can confront him. Now Siu Cao will try to capture him, and Pac Pow must decide whether to continue running or face him. The plot unfolds in a parallel underworld that borders on reality in a present-day Lima that appears indifferent but is secretly known in the Chinese restaurants.

Five underground bands from Lima rent a bus and embark on a DIY punk tour to Chiclayo and Trujillo, cities in northern Peru. This documentary, featuring live sound recordings and real footage, captures the energy and attitude of their music.

A young woman from a small town in Catalonia travels to Peru and falls so in love with the country that she decides to become a citizen. While battling Latin American bureaucracy, her homeland is experiencing a revolution for independence from Spain. This documentary chronicles the director's journey to obtain her new Peruvian ID and offers a charming reflection on national identities.

A foreign producer hires a psychotic rock band member to make a gore film. Through a website, he recruits a group of local and foreign explorers who embark on a journey to the stone forest of Cerro de Pasco. Once there, something unexpected will happen.