Ciro Guerra is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, and for The Wind Journeys, selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.
The Lima Film Festival is a film festival held annually by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). Its original name was Festival Elcine. The official name has been Festival of Lima, Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine since 2007.
Embrace of the Serpent is a 2015 internationally co-produced adventure drama film directed by Ciro Guerra, and written by Guerra and Jacques Toulemonde Vidal. Shot almost entirely in black and white, the film follows two journeys made thirty years apart by the indigenous shaman Karamakate in the Colombian Amazonian jungle, one with Theo, a German ethnographer, and the other with Evan, an American botanist, both of whom are searching for the rare plant yakruna. It was inspired by the travel diaries of Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes, and dedicated to lost Amazonian cultures.
The Heiresses is a 2018 Paraguayan drama film directed by Marcelo Martinessi. Set in contemporary Asunción, it tells the story of two women who have lived together for 30 years in an inherited house but are running out of money. When one is imprisoned for attempted fraud, the other has to readjust her life. Selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, the leading actress Ana Brun won the Silver Bear for Best Actress and the director Marcelo Martinessi won the Silver Bear.
Birds of Passage is a 2018 epic crime film directed by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego.
We're All Sailors is a 2018 Peruvian-Dominican drama film written and directed by Miguel Angel Moulet in his directorial debut. It stars Andrey Sladkov and Ravil Sadreev.
The 27th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 10–18 August 2023 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 18 August 2023, with Tótem winning the Trophy Spondylus.
The 26th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 4 to 12 August 2022 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 12 August 2022, with Dusk Stone winning the Trophy Spondylus.
The 25th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 19 to 29 August 2021 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 29 August 2021, with Clara Sola winning the Trophy Spondylus.
The 24th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 21 to 30 August 2020 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 30 August 2020, with The Fever winning the Trophy Spondylus.
The 23rd Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 9 to 17 August 2019 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 17 August 2019, with Bacurau winning the Trophy Spondylus.
The Last Laugh is a 2023 Peruvian comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Gonzalo Ladines. Starring César Ritter and Gisela Ponce de León accompanied by Gianfranco Brero, Giselle Collao, Daniel Menacho, Job Mansilla, Hernán Romero and Gabriela Velásquez. It is about a talk show host who, after the death of his father, loses his sense of humor and seeks to get it back.
The 28th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, will run 9–17 August 2024 in Lima, Peru.
Reinaldo Cutipa is a 2023 Peruvian drama film directed by Oscar Gonzales Apaza and written by Gonzales and Jaime Luna Victoria. It stars Jesús Luque Colque, Sylvia Majo and Danitza Pilco. It is about Reinaldo whose relationship with his overprotective mother will change when he meets his teenage girlfriend Rosaura who wants to travel to Lima.
Tayta Shanti is a 2023 Peruvian drama film directed, written and edited by Hans Matos Camac. It is about Angie and her cousin Marcelo who must face their own identity: she struggling to accept her ethnicity and he struggling to accept his true sexuality.
Antonia is a 2022 Peruvian drama film written and directed by Natalia Rojas Gamarra in her directorial debut. It stars Antonia Moreno and Paulina Bazán. It is about a woman who must deal with the pressure of being a mother due to her age, although she has other desires.
Open-Pit is a 2023 Peruvian-French experimental docudrama film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by Felipe Esparza Pérez in his directorial debut. It is about a father and son separated by the death of the wife/mother whose paths will cross again.
Autoerotic is a 2021 Peruvian coming-of-age drama film directed, written and co-produced by Andrea Hoyos in her directorial debut. It stars Rafaella Mey and Micaela Céspedes accompanied by María del Carmen Gutiérrez, Wendy Vásquez, Renato Rueda, César Ritter, Beto Benites and Laynol Zavaleta. It is about a 15-year-old teenager who explores her sexuality through an online dating program.
The 21st Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 4 to 12 August 2017 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 12 August 2017, with The Family winning the Trophy Spondylus.
