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.
The Ibero-American Festival of Short films ABC (FIBABC) (Spanish: Festival Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes ABC (FIBABC)) has its origins in the 2009 when the journalists and film makers, helmed by Pedro Touceda Fernandez and supported by the Spanish ABC with the Community of Madrid and Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences (AACCE) set up an international cinematographic festival of short films. The FIBABC takes place every year between 5 September – 25 November.
The shape of things to come is a 2021 internationally co-produced science fiction drama film directed by Victor Checa and written by Víctor Checa and Victor Huizar. It stars Fernando Bacilio and Lorenzo Molina.
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 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.
Shipibos Stories is a 2023 Peruvian Shipibo-language drama film written and directed by Omar Forero.
Diógenes is a 2023 Quechua-language drama film written and directed by Leonardo Barbuy La Torre. It was selected to compete in the Zonazine section at the 26th Málaga Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on March 14, 2023. The film won the Silver Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film, and Barbuy La Torre won for Best Director. It is a co-production between Peru, Colombia and France.
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.
LXI (61) is a 2021 Peruvian drama film directed by Rodrigo Moreno del Valle who co-wrote with llary Alencastre Pinilla. It stars Javier Saavedra, Cynthia Moreno, Rodrigo Palacios and Sebastián Rubio. It is about 4 friends who meet again to talk about what happened to another of their friends.
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 22nd Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 3 to 11 August 2018 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 11 August 2018, with The Dead and the Others winning the Trophy Spondylus.
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.
