22nd Lima Film Festival

22nd Lima Film Festival

Official poster of the 22nd Lima Film Festival
Opening film	Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
Location	Lima, Peru
Founded	1997
Awards	Trophy Spondylus: The Dead and the Others
Directors	Marco Mühletaler
Festival date	3–11 August 2018
Website	festivaldelima.com
Lima Film Festival
23rd 21st

The 22nd Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 3 to 11 August 2018 in Lima, Peru. ^{[1] [2]} The awards were announced on 11 August 2018, with The Dead and the Others winning the Trophy Spondylus. ^[3]

Background

In July 2018, the Lima Film Festival officially announced its 22nd edition, under the motto "Look with Freedom" (Spanish : Mira con Libertad) The festival took place from Friday, August 3rd to Saturday, August 11th, 2018. Organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, through its Cultural Center, and presented in collaboration with the BBVA Foundation, the Ministry of Culture of Peru, the Gran Teatro Nacional del Perú, and El Comercio, ^[4] tickets for the event went on sale from July 27th, 2018, at the festival's official venues. ^[5]

The event paid tribute to the careers of three individuals: Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas, Portuguese film producer Paulo Branco, and Peruvian cinematographer Pili Flores Guerra. Additionally, Alicia Morales and Ana María Teruel, both founders of the Lima Film Festival, received a special tribute. ^[4]

Juries

In Competition

Fiction

• Bertha Navarro, Mexican producer - Jury President ^[3]
• Milagros Mumenthaler, Argentine filmmaker
• Antonia Zegers, Chilean actress
• Héctor Gálvez, Peruvian filmmaker
• Gustavo Rondón, Venezuelan filmmaker

Documentary

• Pamela Yates, American filmmaker - Jury President ^[3]
• Sofia Velázquez, Peruvian filmmaker
• Everardo González, Mexican filmmaker

International Critics

• Josefina Sartora, Argentine professor and film critic - Jury President ^[3]
• Ernesto Garratt, Chilean writer
• Reynaldo Ledgar, Peruvian architect and film critic

Official Selection

The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

In Competition

Fiction

Highlighted title indicates award winner. ^[3]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
The Queen of Fear	La reina del miedo	Valeria Bertuccelli	Argentina Denmark
Murder Me, Monster	Muere, monstruo, muere	Alejandro Fadel	Argentina France Chile
The Snatch Thief	El motoarrebatador	Agustin Toscano	Argentina Uruguay France
Hunting Season	Temporada de caza	Natalia Garagiola	Argentina United States France Germany Qatar
Good Manners	As Boas Maneiras	Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra	Brazil France
Los silencios		Beatriz Seigner	Brazil Colombia France
The Dead and the Others	Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos	João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora	Brazil Portugal
Oblivion Verses	Los versos del olvido	Alireza Khatami	Chile France Germany Netherlands
Birds of Passage	Pájaros de verano	Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego	Colombia Denmark Mexico
Killing Jesus	Matar a Jesús	Laura Mora	Colombia Argentina
Sergio and Sergei	Sergio & Sergei	Ernesto Daranas	Cuba Spain
The Eternal Feminine	Los adioses	Natalia Beristáin	Mexico
The Heiresses	Las herederas	Marcelo Martinessi	Paraguay Germany Brazil Uruguay Norway France
Complex Cases	Casos complejos	Omar Forero	Peru
What Couples Do	Los helechos	Antolín Prieto	Peru
Indigenous' Slayer	Mataindios	Oscar Sánchez Saldaña & Robert Julca Motta	Peru
We're All Sailors	Todos somos marineros	Miguel Angel Moulet	Peru Dominican Republic
Silence of the Wind	El silencio del viento	Álvaro Aponte	Puerto Rico Dominican Republic France

Documentary

Highlighted title indicates award winner. ^[3]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Theatre of War	Teatro de guerra	Lola Arias	Argentina Spain Germany
Primas		Laura Bari	Argentina Canada
Silence Is a Falling Body	El silencio es un cuerpo que cae	Agustina Comedi	Argentina
Cocaine Prison	Los burritos	Violeta Ayala	Bolivia
Tranny Fag	Bixa Travesty	Claudia Priscilla & Kiko Goifman	Brazil
Stealing Rodin	Robar a Rodin	Cristóbal Valenzuela	Chile France
El testigo: Caín y Abel		Kate Horne	Colombia Peru England
Ayotzinapa: The Turtle’s Pace	Ayotzinapa, el paso de la tortuga	Enrique García Meza	Mexico
Away From Meaning	Lejos del sentido	Olivia Luengas Magaña	Mexico
The Search	La búsqueda	Mariano Agudo & Daniel Lagares	Peru Spain
Seeing Again	Volver a ver	Judith Vélez	Peru

Made in Peru

Highlighted title indicates award winner. ^[3]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Sangra. Grita. Late!		Aldo Miyashiro	Peru
Southern Winds	Vientos del sur	Franco García Becerra	Peru
Blue Frontier	Frontera azul	Jorge Carmona & Tito Köster	Peru Namibia Indonesia United States French Polynesia
The Bridge Master’s Daughter	La hija del maestro del puente	Matthew Leahy & Elisa Stone Leahy	Peru United States
Prueba de fondo		Oscar Bermeo & Christian Acuña	Peru
Las hijas de Nantu		Willy Guevara	Peru

Irresistible

Highlighted title indicates award winner. ^[3]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
La educación del rey		Santiago Esteves	Argentina
Recreo		Hernán Guerschuny & Jazmín Stuart	Argentina
The Future Ahead	El futuro que viene	Constanza Novick	Argentina
I Will Not Travel Hidden	No viajaré escondida	Pablo Zubizarreta	Argentina Uruguay
The Movie of My Life	O Filme da Minha Vida	Selton Mello	Brazil
Just Like Our Parents	Como Nossos Pais	Laís Bodanzky	Brazil
Dry Martina		Che Sandoval	Chile Argentina
Damn Kids	Cabros de mierda	Gonzalo Justiniano	Chile
The Last Vedette	La última vedette	Edwin Oyarce	Chile
Virus Tropical		Santiago Caicedo	Colombia
¡Las Sandinistas!		Jenny Murray	Nicaragua United States

Samples

Opening film

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name	Yo no me llamo Rubén Blades	Abner Benaim	Panama

Galas

A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows: ^[10]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
The Whole Year is Christmas	Todo el año es Navidad	Román Viñoly Barreto	Argentina
The Great Mystical Circus	O Grande Circo Místico	Carlos Diegues	Brazil
Praça Paris		Lúcia Murat	Brazil
And Suddenly the Dawn	...Y de pronto el amanecer	Silvio Caiozzi	Chile
500 Years		Pamela Yates	United States
The Teacher	Les Grands Esprits	Olivier Ayache-Vidal	France
Eternity Never Surrendered	No sucumbió la eternidad	Daniela Rea Gómez	Mexico

2018 Acclaimed

A list of films selected for the '2018 Acclaimed' lineup is as follows: ^[11]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Transit		Christian Petzold	Germany
The Captain	Der Hauptmann	Robert Schwentke	Germany
The Motive	El autor	Manuel Martín Cuenca	Spain
BlacKkKlansman		Spike Lee	United States
The House by the Sea	La villa	Robert Guédiguian	France
Rainbow: A Private Affair	Una questione privata	Paolo and Vittorio Taviani	Italy
The Insult	قضية رقم ٢٣	Ziad Doueiri	Lebanon
The Wild Pear Tree	Ahlat Ağacı	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Turkey Macedonia France Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Sweden

Around the World in 8 Days

A list of films selected for the 'Around the World in 8 Days' lineup is as follows: ^[12]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Central Airport THF	Zentralflughafen THF	Karim Aïnouz	Germany France Brazil
Animal		Armando Bó	Argentina
Fisherman	Pescador	José Glusman	Argentina
My Best Friend	Mi mejor amigo	Martín Deus	Argentina
Sinfonía		Gilbert Arroyo & Andrés Locatelli	Spain Peru Switzerland
Hacker		Akan Satayev	United States
The Prayer	La prière	Cédric Kahn	France
Coexister		Fabrice Eboué	France
Humboldt in Mexico: The Gaze of the Explorer	Humboldt en México: La mirada del explorador	Ana Cruz	Mexico
How to Talk to Girls at Parties		John Cameron Mitchell	United Kingdom United States
The Wife		Björn Runge	Sweden
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word		Wim Wenders	Switzerland Vatican Italy Germany France

Searches

A list of films selected for the 'Searches' lineup is as follows: ^[13]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Malambo, the Good Man	Malambo, el hombre bueno	Santiago Loza	Argentina
Recetas para microondas		Matías Szulanski	Argentina
The Bed	La cama	Mónica Lairana	Argentina
The Endless Day	El día que resistía	Alessia Chiesa	Argentina
Princesita		Marialy Rivas	Chile
Sal		William Vega	Colombia
Chuquiragua		Mateo Herrera	Ecuador
Yesterday Wonder I Was	Ayer maravilla fui	Gabriel Mariño	Mexico

Awards

In Competition

Fiction

• Trophy Spondylus: The Dead and the Others by João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora ^[3]
• Special Jury Prize: Los silencios by Beatriz Seigner
• Best Director: Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego for Birds of Passage
• Best Actress: Ana Brun for The Heiresses
• Best Actor: Sergio Prina for The Snatch Thief
• Best Screenplay: Beatriz Seigner for Los silencios
• Best Cinematography: Renée Nader Messora for The Dead and the Others
• Best Debut: The Heiresses by Marcelo Martinessi
  • Special Mention: We're All Sailors by Miguel Ángel Moulet

Documentary

• Trophy Spondylus: Silence Is a Falling Body by Agustina Comedi
  • Special Mention: The Search by Mariano Agudo & Daniel Lagares

International Critics

• International Critics' Jury Award for Best Film: Good Manners by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra
  • First Special Mention: The Heiresses by Marcelo Martinessi
  • Second Special Mention: Birds of Passage by Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego

Audience

• Audience Award for International Films: The Movie of My Life by Selton Mello
• Audience Award for National Films: Prueba de fondo by Oscar Bermeo & Christian Acuña

Other Awards

• Peruvian School of the Cinematographic Industry - EPIC Award: Hunting Season by Natalia Garagiola
• Cine del Mañana Work in Progress Award: Song Without a Name by Melina León
• Ministry of Culture Jury Award for Best Peruvian Film: Indigenous' Slayer by Oscar Sánchez Saldaña & Robert Julca Motta
  • Honorable Mention: Seeing Again by Judith Vélez
• National Institute of Consumer Defense and Intellectual Property Award - INDECOPI for Best Best Screenplay of a Peruvian Film in Fiction Competition: We're All Sailors by Miguel Angel Moulet
• APC Signis Peru - Monseñor Luciano Metzinger Communicators Association Award: Birds of Passage by Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego
• Peruvian Association of Film Press - APRECI Award for Best Film in Competition: The Heiresses by Marcelo Martinessi

References

1. "22° Festival de Cine de Lima". El Montonero (in Spanish). 9 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
2. "¿Cúales son las películas que veremos en el 22 Festival de Cine de Lima?". Crónica Viva (in Spanish). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
3. "¡Estos son los ganadores del 22 Festival de Cine de Lima!". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). 11 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
4. Vélez, Luis (18 July 2018). "Post: 22 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP". La Mula (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
5. "¡No te quedes sin entradas para el 22FCL!". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
6. "Competencia Ficción". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
7. "Competencia Documental". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
8. "Hecho en el Perú". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
9. "Las irresistibles". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
10. "Galas". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
11. "Aclamadas 2018". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
12. "La vuelta al Mundo en 8 días". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
13. "Búsquedas". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.

External links

• Official website