 Official poster of the 19th Lima Film Festival | |
| Opening film | Dos besos |
|---|---|
| Location | Lima, Peru |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Awards | Trophy Spondylus: Embrace of the Serpent |
| Directors | Edgar Saba |
| Festival date | 7–15 August 2015 |
| Website | festivaldelima |
The 19th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 7 to 15 August 2015 in Lima, Peru. [1] [2] The awards were announced on 15 August 2015, with Embrace of the Serpent winning the Trophy Spondylus. [3]
The event paid tribute to the careers of German filmmaker Werner Herzog, Arturo Ripstein and Paz Alicia Garciadiego, renowned figures in Mexican cinema, and Peruvian actor Gustavo Bueno. [1]
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include: [5]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fire | El incendio | Juan Schnitman | Argentina |
| Paulina | Santiago Mitre |
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| The Second Mother | Que Horas Ela Volta? | Anna Muylaert | Brazil |
| Casa Grande | Fellipe Barbosa | Brazil | |
| Aurora | Rodrigo Sepúlveda | Chile | |
| The Club | El club | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
| Land and Shade | La tierra y la sombra | César Acevedo |
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| Embrace of the Serpent | El abrazo de la serpiente | Ciro Guerra |
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| Alias Maria | Alias María | José Luis Rugeles Gracia |
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| The Project of the Century | La obra del siglo | Carlos M. Quintela |
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| The Wall of Words | La pared de las palabras | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante |
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| 600 Miles | 600 millas | Gabriel Ripstein | Mexico |
| Carmin Tropical | Carmín tropical | Rigoberto Pérezcano | Mexico |
| The Chosen Ones | Las elegidas | David Pablos | Mexico |
| The Last News | La última noticia | Alejandro Legaspi | Peru |
| Alone | Solos | Joanna Lombardi | Peru |
| Rosa Chumbe | Jonatan Relayze | Peru | |
| Magallanes | Salvador del Solar |
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| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Barbarian Trotskyism | El trotskismo bárbaro | Marcel Gonnet Wainmayer | Argentina |
| The Bolivian Case | El caso boliviano | Violeta Ayala |
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| Tea Time | La once | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| Beyond My Grandfather Allende | Allende, mi abuelo Allende | Marcia Tambutti Allende |
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| Carta a una sombra | Daniela Abad & Miguel Salazar | Colombia | |
| Burden of Peace | Joey Bink & Sander Wirken |
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| Portraits of a Search | Retratos de una búsqueda | Alicia Calderón | Mexico |
| Kings of Nowhere | Los reyes del pueblo que no existe | Betzabé García | Mexico |
| Cloudy Times | El tiempo nublado | Arami Ullon |
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| Dibujando memorias | Marianne Eyde | Peru | |
| Your Parents Will Come Back | Tus padres volverán | Pablo Martínez Pessi | Uruguay |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos besos | Francisco Lombardi | Peru | |
A list of films selected for the 'Made in Peru' lineup is as follows: [5]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxic Jungle | Planta madre | Gianfranco Quattrini | Peru |
| The Debt | Barney Elliott |
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| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Te saludan los cabitos | Luis Cintora | Peru | |
| Avenida Larco | Antonio Rodríguez | Peru | |
| Daughter of the Lake | Hija de la laguna | Ernesto Cabellos | Peru |
| Following Kina | Siguiendo a Kina | Sonia Goldenberg | Peru |
A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows: [5]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Conversations | Últimas conversas | Eduardo Coutinho | Brazil |
| Allende en su laberinto | Miguel Littín | Chile | |
| Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Gabo: la magia de lo real | Justin Webster | Colombia |
| The Seed of Silence | La semilla del silencio | Juan Felipe Cano | Colombia |
| Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso | Entre Cuba y México, todo es bonito y sabroso | Idalmis Del Risco |
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| La imagen reb/velada | Andrea Vázquez | Spain | |
| Around the World in 50 Concerts | Om de wereld in 50 concerten | Heddy Honigmann | Netherlands |
| The Empty Classroom | El aula vacía | Gael García Bernal, Pablo Fendrik, Lucrecia Martel, Pablo Stoll, Diego Vega, Daniel Vega, Carlos Gaviria, Mariana Chenillo, Nicolás Pereda, Tatiana Huezo, Flávia Castro & Erik Rocha |
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| Dos besos | Francisco Lombardi | Peru | |
A list of films selected for the 'Around the World in 8 Days' lineup is as follows: [5]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| As We Were Dreaming | Als wir träumten | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
| Volley | Voley | Martín Piroyansky | Argentina |
| No Kids | Sin hijos | Ariel Winograd |
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| Felix and Meira | Félix et Meira | Maxime Giroux | Canada |
| Mommy | Xavier Dolan | Canada | |
| Jerez y el misterio del Palo Cortado | José Luis López-Linares | Spain | |
| She's Funny That Way | Peter Bogdanovich | United States | |
| 5 Flights Up | Richard Loncraine | United States | |
| The 33 | Los 33 | Patricia Riggen |
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| Little Boy | Alejandro Monteverde |
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| Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Peter Greenaway |
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| Tales | قصهها | Rakhshān Banietemad | Iran |
| Desert Dancer | Richard Raymond | United Kingdom | |
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven |
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| Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Cha và con và | Phan Đăng Di |
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