![]() Official poster of the 21st Lima Film Festival | |
Opening film | A Concrete Cinema |
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Location | Lima, Peru |
Founded | 1997 |
Awards | Trophy Spondylus: The Family |
Directors | Alicia Morales |
Festival date | 4–12 August 2017 |
Website | festivaldelima |
The 21st Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 4 to 12 August 2017 in Lima, Peru. [1] [2] The awards were announced on 12 August 2017, with The Family winning the Trophy Spondylus. [3]
In July 2017, the Lima Film Festival officially announced its 21st edition, under the motto "Latin America without borders" (Spanish : Latinoamérica sin fronteras). The festival took place from Friday, August 4th to Saturday, August 12th, 2017. [1] Tickets for the event went on sale from July 27th, 2017, at the festival's official venues. [4]
The event paid tribute to the careers of two individuals: Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, and Peruvian actor Gianfranco Brero. [1]
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include: [5] [6]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
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The Desert Bride | La novia del desierto | Cecilia Atán & Valeria Pivato |
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The Idea of a Lake | La idea de un lago | Milagros Mumenthaler |
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The Lost Brother | El otro hermano | Adrián Caetano |
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Vazante | Daniela Thomas |
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Joaquim | Marcelo Gomes |
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Gabriel and the Mountain | Gabriel e a montanha | Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa |
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Los perros | Marcela Said |
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A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica | Sebastián Lelio |
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Chameleon | Camaleón | Jorge Riquelme Serrano | Chile |
The Dragon Defense | La defensa del dragón | Natalia Santa | Colombia |
Medea | Alexandra Latishev |
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Santa & Andres | Santa y Andrés | Carlos Lechuga |
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Last Days in Havana | Últimos días en La Habana | Fernando Pérez |
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The Night Guard | El vigilante | Diego Ros | Mexico |
The Untamed | La región salvaje | Amat Escalante |
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Retablo | Alvaro Delgado Aparicio |
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Woodpeckers | Carpinteros | José María Cabral | Dominican Republic |
The Family | La familia | Gustavo Rondón Córdova |
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English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
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Orione | Toia Bonino | Argentina | |
Soldier | Soldado | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina |
In the Intense Now | No Intenso Agora | João Moreira Salles | Brazil |
The Color of the Chameleon | El color del camaleon | Andrés Lübbert |
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Adriana's Pact | El pacto de Adriana | Lissette Orozco | Chile |
The Grown-Ups | Los niños | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
El silencio de los fusiles | Natalia Orozco |
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My Aunt Toty | Mi tía Toty | León Felipe Troya | Mexico |
In One Corner of the Soul | En un rincón del alma | Jorge Dalton | El Salvador |
Devil's Freedom | La libertad del diablo | Everardo González | Mexico |
Green River: The Time of the Yakurunas | Río verde : El tiempo de los Yakurunas | Alvaro Sarmineto & Diego Sarmiento | Peru |
We Are All Stars | Todos somos estrellas | Patricia Wiesse Risso | Peru |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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A Concrete Cinema | Un cine en concreto | Luz Ruciello | Argentina |
A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows: [7]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
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Los ganadores | Néstor Frenkel | Argentina | |
Regreso a Coronel Vallejos | Carlos Castro | Argentina | |
Flavia de la Fuente's Short Films Program | Flavia de la Fuente | Argentina | |
Roberto Bolaño: La batalla futura | Ricardo House |
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The Animal's Wife | La mujer del animal | Víctor Gaviria | Colombia |
Terminal | Christian Meier | United States | |
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk | United States | |
The Orchid Seller | El vendedor de orquideas | Lorenzo Vigas |
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A list of films selected for the 'Made in Peru' lineup is as follows: [8]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
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The Eyes of the Journey | Los ojos del camino | Rodrigo Otero Heraud | Peru |
Nada queda sino nuestra ternura | Sébastien Jallade | Peru | |
Pacificum, Return to the Ocean | Pacificum, el retorno al océano | Mariana Tschudi | Peru |
Deliciosa fruta seca | Ana Caridad Sánchez | Peru | |
El Abuelo | Gustavo Saavedra | Peru | |
Eternity | Wiñaypacha | Óscar Catacora | Peru |
A list of films selected for the 'Essential: The Ones from 2017' lineup is as follows: [9]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
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In the Fade | Aus dem Nichts | Fatih Akin | Germany |
Good Time | Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie | United States | |
The Beguiled | Sofia Coppola | United States | |
The Other Side of Hope | Toivon tuolla puolen | Aki Kaurismäki |
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Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc | Jeannette, l’enfance de Jeanne d’Arc | Bruno Dumont | France |
I Am Not Your Negro | Raoul Peck |
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On Body and Soul | Testről és lélekről | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Italy | |
11th Hour | Jim Sheridan |
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A list of films selected for the 'Around the World in 8 Days' lineup is as follows: [10]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
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Maracaibo | Miguel Ángel Rocca | Argentina | |
Armero | Christian Mantilla-Vargas | Colombia | |
Amityville: The Awakening | Franck Khalfoun | United States | |
Saved by Grace | Johnny Remo | United States | |
Solace | Afonso Poyart | United States | |
It Comes at Night | Trey Edward Shults | United States | |
The Glass Castle | Destin Daniel Cretton | United States | |
Mr. Stein Goes Online | Un profil pour deux | Stéphane Robelin | France |
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