07/25/2023
Lima Film Festival 2023 Schedule: Let's be protagonists!
By Daniel Ruiz, accredited by the festival for CineVista (Twitter: @tatoruiz)
Under the slogan "Let's be protagonists," the Lima Film Festival returns, the most important space for Latin American and Ibero-American cinema in this part of the region, as well as the best refuge for world cinema. It serves as a shelter and protection for cinephiles, fulfilling the ritual of watching films in the most suitable space: the dark theater. However, it also aims to reach the audience, the real protagonist, who is not necessarily in the capital of the country, through virtual screenings on the festival's digital platforms.
From August 10th to 18th, there will be room for 138 films - including feature films, medium-length films, and short films - screened in theaters at five locations in the city (Centro Cultural PUCP, Complejo NOS PUCP, Cineplanet Alcázar, Cine Lumière at the Alianza Francesa de Lima, and Sala Armando Robles Godoy at the Ministry of Culture of Peru). For the virtual edition, available only within the country, the audience will have access to all Peruvian films in competition, as well as industry meetings and various exhibitions.
The 27th edition comes with competitive sections, national showcases, tributes, exhibitions, panel discussions, and more. The competitive section will feature a total of 34 Latin American films, divided into Fiction (16), Documentary (11), and Made in Peru (7) categories. In the Fiction category, viewers can watch the latest works of Lila Avilés with "Tótem," which was screened at the previous Berlinale edition; Lisandro Alonso's "Eureka" featuring Viggo Mortensen and Chiara Mastroianni; and Rodrigo Moreno's "The Delinquents," winner of the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section. Other films include Matías Bize's "El castigo," Amat Escalante's "Perdidos en la noche," and Fernando López Cardona's Colombian film "Memento morí," among others.
The Documentary category will feature Maite Alberdi's "La memoria infinita," which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. It will also include Tatiana Huezo's "El eco," the Colombian films "Transfariana" by Joris Lachaise and "Amando a Martha" by Daniela López, as well as what might be Kleber Mendonça Filho's most personal film, "Pictures of Ghosts."
Outside the competition, there will be an extensive selection of films that have been featured in important festivals during the first semester of the year. Sections like "Aclamadas" and "Galas" will showcase the latest works from directors like Aki Kaurasmäki, Lucia Murat, Wes Anderson, Pedro Almodóvar, Wim Wenders, Nanni Moretti, Ira Sachs, and Justine Triet, among others.
The festival will also pay tribute to key figures in the Ibero-American and global film industry through various retrospectives, including works by Argentine director and producer Lita Stantic, Peruvian actor Hernán Romero, Spanish producer Esther García, French filmmaker Léos Carax, and one of the most influential figures of the Nouvelle Vague: Jean-Luc Godard.
Regarding Peruvian cinema, the festival continues to provide a privileged and essential space for the display of national identity. This new edition will feature the posthumous work of director Óscar Catacora, as well as films from directors such as Adrián Saba, Omar Forero, and Gonzalo Ladines, among others. The festival will also pay homage to one of the icons of Peruvian cinema, Armando Robles Godoy, on the occasion of his centennial birth, with the restored version of his film "La muralla verde" (1972) as the festival's opening film. Other restored films from the same director, such as "Imposible amor" (2000), "El cementerio de los elefantes" (1973), and "Sonata soledad" (1987), will also be screened.
Within this section dedicated to Peruvian cinema, there will be room for other restored cinematic classics and films from directors like Alberto 'Chicho' Durant, Francisco Lombardi, and Nora de Izcue, the first female director in the country. Her first work, a medium-length film called "Runan Caycu," was released in 1973. The festival will also include exhibitions such as "Muestra Intermitente: Reflexiones e imágenes a partir del cine peruano" and "Armando Robles Godoy: 100 años."
Below is the complete list of all the films in the festival, with tickets available for purchase now.
COMPETITIVE SECTIONS
FICTION COMPETITION
16 fiction films in competition, from different parts of Latin America, including four representing Peruvian cinema:
Argentina
- EUREKA by Lisandro Alonso
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno
- LA BARBARIE by Andrew Sala
Brazil
- THE BURITI FLOWER by João Salaviza and Renée Nader
Chile
- LOS COLONOS by Felipe Gálvez
- EL CASTIGO by Matías Bize
Colombia
- MEMENTO MORI by Fernando López Cardona (Opening film of FICCI 62)
Costa Rica
- TENGO SUEÑOS ELÉCTRICOS by Valentina Maurel
Mexico
- PERDIDOS EN LA NOCHE by Amat Escalante
- TÓTEM by Lila Avilés
Nicaragua
- LA HIJA DE TODAS LAS RABIAS by Laura Baumeister
Panama
- LAS HIJAS by Kattia G. Zúñiga
Peru
- HISTORIAS DE SHIPIBOS by Omar Forero
- YANA-WARA by Óscar Catacora and Tito Catacora
- LA ERECCIÓN DE TORIBIO BARDELLI by Adrián Saba
- DIÓGENES by Leonardo Barbuy La Torre
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
11 Latin American documentaries were selected this year, including one from Peru.
Argentina
- EL CASTILLO by Martín Benchimol
- EL JUICIO by Ulises de la Orden
Brazil
- PICTURES OF GHOSTS by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Chile
- LA MEMORIA INFINITA by Maite Alberdi
Colombia
- TRANSFARIANA by Joris Lachaise
- AMANDO A MARTHA by Daniela López
Cuba
- EL CASO PADILLA by Pavel Giroud
Mexico
- UNA JAURÍA LLAMADA ERNESTO by Everardo Gonzáles
- EL ECO by Tatiana Huezo
Paraguay
- GUAPO’Y by Sofía Paoli Thorne
Peru
- AULA 8 by Héctor Gálvez
MADE IN PERU
This section is dedicated to showing Peruvian films in absolute premiere. A selection of films that will compete for the audience's vote and the PUCP Community Award, with a jury composed of university representatives, including students, staff, and faculty.
- TAYTA SHANTI by Hans Matos Cámac
- REINALDO CUTIPA by Oscar Gonzales Apaza
- MUERTO DE RISA by Gonzalo Ladines
- ISLANDIA by Ina Mayushin
- SONIDO AMAZÓNICO by Luis A. Chumbe
- CIELO ABIERTO by Felipe Esparza
- ROJO PROFUNDO by Maga Zevallos
SHOWCASES
Peru
- LA MURALLA VERDE by Armando Robles Godoy
ACCLAIMED FILMS
This section presents 12 highly anticipated auteur films from around the world, direct from festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance.
Austria
- CORSAGE by Marie Kreutzer
- FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurasmäki
France
- PASSAGES by Ira Sachs
- THE SITTING DUCK by Jean-Paul Salomé
- HOURIA by Mounia Meddour
- ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
Spain
- 20,000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
- EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA by Pedro Almodóvar
United States
- ASTEROID CITY by Wes Anderson
Italy
- A BRIGHTER TOMORROW by Nanni Moretti
Japan
- PERFECT DAYS by Wim Wenders
Turkey
- ABOUT DRY GRASSES by KuruOtlar Üstüne
GALAS
Six films starring or created by artists of great relevance.
Argentina
- VIRGILIO by Alfred Oliveri
Brazil
- O MENSAGEIRO by Lucia Murat
Spain
- LA CASA DEL CARACOL by Macarena Astorga
Japan
- NOSARI: IMPERMANENT ETERNITY by TatsuyaYamamoto
Peru
- LA PIEL MÁS TEMIDA by Joel Calero
Dominican Republic
- LA HEMBRITA by Laura Amelia Guzmán
Armando Robles Godoy: 100 years
- LA MURALLA VERDE
- IMPOSIBLE AMOR
- EL CEMENTERIO DE LOS ELEFANTES
- SONATA SOLEDAD
Restored Peruvian classics
- ALIAS ‘LA GRINGA’ by Alberto ‘Chicho’ Durant
- ASIA, EL CULO DEL MUNDO by Juan Carlos Torrico
- CUENTOS INMORALES by José Carlos Huayhuaca, Pili Flores-Guerra, Augusto Tamayo, and Francisco Lombardi
- CALLEJÓN OSCURO by Francisco Lombardi
- NOTICIERO CULTURAL VICUS (10 EPISIODIOS) by Silvia Kantor
- OBRAS DE FRANCISCO ADRIANZÉN
- GRUPO CHASKI: RETRATOS DE SOBREVIVENCIA
- OBRAS DE NORA DE IZCUE
- CORTOMETRAJES DE VICKY CHICÓN
- HUANDO by Jorge Vignati and Firmo García
- IQUITOS, CAPITAL AMAZÓNICA DEL PERÚ by Antenor del Pozo
- CORTOMETRAJES DE FRANCISCO SALOMÓN
Lita Stantic Retrospective
- LA CIÉNAGA by Lucrecia Martel
- ERRANTE. LA CONQUISTA DEL HOGAR by Adriana Lestido
- YO, LA PEOR DE TODAS by María Luisa Bemberg
Esther García Retrospective
- EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA by Pedro Almodóvar
- EL ÁNGEL by Luis Ortega
- LA LEY DEL DESEO by Pedro Almodóvar
- MI VIDA SIN MÍ by Isabel Coixet
Hernán Romero Retrospective
- SIN COMPASIÓN by Francisco Lombardi
- EL BIEN ESQUIVO by Augusto Tamayo
- NO SE LO DIGAS A NADIE by Francisco Lombardi
Leos Carax Retrospective
- ANNETTE
- BAD BLOOD
- BOY MEETS GIRL
TRAYECTORIA EDGAR LOSTAUNAU
In this edition, the festival acknowledges the career of Peruvian sound technician Edgar Lostaunau with three of the great films from his filmography:
- LA TETA ASUSTADA by Claudia Llosa
- CONTRACORRIENTE by Javier Fuentes-León
- MARUJA EN EL INFIERNO by Francisco Lombardi
FRANCE IN LIMA: JEAN-LUC GODARD
This year, thanks to the Embassy of France in Peru, the French Institute, and the Alliance Française, there will be a retrospective of four restored feature films by one of the most important filmmakers in France and the world: Robert Bresson.
- BREATHLESS
- CONTEMPT
- ALPHAVILLE
- PIERROT LE FOU
- LA CHINOISE
IN MEMORIAM
Felipe Degregori and Diego Bertie. Admission to view these films will be free.
- TODOS SOMOS ESTRELLAS by Felipe Degregori
- BAJO LA PIEL by Francisco Lombardi
15th FILMOCORTO
A new edition of this short film competition returns this year, thanks to the Filmoteca PUCP. 97 short films on various themes. Of these, 12 were selected and will be evaluated by the FilmoCorto Jury, who will award two prizes: the "Jury Prize for Best Short Film" and the "Special Jury Prize." Additionally, the audience can vote for their favorite short film.
- EL FARO by Mauricio Esparza and Luis Ángel Esparza
- HAMPUY. AMTA HARU by Jimy Carhuas
- LA VOZ DEL HUITO by Rita Sánchez, Joaquina Izaguirre, and Mara Corrales
- ¿QUIÉN ES? by Víctor Mendivil
- LA IMPORTANCIA DE UN SOFÁ by Camila Ampuero and Sebastián Zavala
- EL ÚLTIMO CARREO by Pablo Malek
- PENDIENTES by Álvaro Velarde
- CHICA by Juan Yactayo
- CASO YANGALI: SEPARADOS A LA FUERZA by Nayeli Livia
- SOLA by Séneca Dávalos
- LOS HUECOS DE LA LUNA by Paulo D’Angelo
- HIPOCAMPO by Víctor Ybazeta
PERU SHORTS
A selection of five short films that received grants from the Ministry of Culture of Peru will be available to the public with free admission.
- PUKITO by Henry Ticona Huaquisto
- MORENADA by Hans Matos Cámac
- ESTE NO SOY YO by Jaír García Tellez
- EL MITAYERO by Lupe Benites
- PERRO EN CALLEJÓN by Jhon Jairo Susaníbar Capelo"
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