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40 articles available in total starting from 06/11/2013. Last article published on 29/04/2025.

Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

Interview: Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

"But life goes on, like in an Abbas Kiarostami movie"

We sat down with the Peruvian director to discuss his debut feature offering an intimate look at one of the most challenging military trainings in Latin America  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: Night Has Come

Review: Night Has Come

Paolo Tizón’s documentary immerses the audience in the world of cadets training for the Peruvian special forces, soon to go off and fight in the country’s “cocaine valley”  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Klaudia Reynicke • Director of Reinas

Interview: Klaudia Reynicke • Director of Reinas

“There’s a little bit of me in this film, too”

The Swiss-Peruvian director chatted with us about the genesis of her latest feature film, the importance of re-examining memories through the filter of the present, and the evocative power of music  

23/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: Reinas

Review: Reinas

This masterfully directed third feature by Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke catapults us back to Lima in the early Nineties  

22/01/2024 | Sundance 2024 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: They Shot the Piano Player

Review: They Shot the Piano Player

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's animated documentary is a love song for Brazil and its music and against dictatorships, which supports the figure of a forgotten and silenced artist  

26/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Special Screenings

Review: The Human Surge 3

Review: The Human Surge 3

Argentinian director Eduardo Williams’ second feature, whose title is a wink at the notion of chronology, is a dazzling and curious piece of experimental filmmaking  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Al Este returns to celebrate Central and Eastern European cinema in Peru

Al Este returns to celebrate Central and Eastern European cinema in Peru

The festival in Lima, which included a masterclass with Ulrich Seidl, ended with the main awards going to the Czech film Art Talent Show and the Swiss film Thunder  

04/05/2023 | Al Este 2023 | Awards

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal team up again on They Shot the Piano Player

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal team up again on They Shot the Piano Player

The animated co-production, which reunites the creators of Chico & Rita, is ready for festival berths with a story centring on the figure of Brazilian musician Tenório Jr  

14/04/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/France/Netherlands/Portugal/Peru

Carmen Julia García, Erika Chávez  • Head of the Office for Image and Nation Branding Strategy, and manager of the Peruvian Directorate of Audiovisual, Sound Production and New Media

Interview: Carmen Julia García, Erika Chávez • Head of the Office for Image and Nation Branding Strategy, and manager of the Peruvian Directorate of Audiovisual, Sound Production and New Media

“Our public funds facilitate shoots and film-related training”

The two representatives of Peru, the guest country at MAFIZ, visited Málaga to strengthen ties with Europe and invite foreign crews to film in its diverse array of locations  

28/03/2023 | Málaga 2023 | MAFIZ

Àlex Monner and Greta Fernández star in Los bárbaros

Àlex Monner and Greta Fernández star in Los bárbaros

The debut film directed by Javier Barbero from Madrid and Martín Guerra from Peru is currently being shot with a cast starring Job Mansilla and Eliza Rycembel  

03/02/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/Peru

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