27th Lima Film Festival
The 27th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 10–18 August 2023 in Lima, Peru.[1][2] The awards were announced on 18 August 2023, with Tótem winning the Trophy Spondylus.[3]
 Official poster of the 27th Lima Film Festival | |
| Opening film | The Green Wall |
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| Location | Lima, Peru |
| Awards | Trophy Spondylus: Tótem |
| Directors | Marco Mühletaler |
| Festival date | 10–18 August 2023 |
Background
On June 27, 2023, the Lima Film Festival officially announced its 27th edition under the motto "#LetsBeProtagonists" (Spanish: #SeamosProtagonistas). The festival took place from August 10 to 18, 2023, featuring both in-person and virtual screenings. Organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and presented by the BBVA Foundation in Peru, the Ministry of Culture of Peru, the Gran Teatro Nacional del Perú, and in collaboration with PromPerú,[4] the complete programming and ticket sales were available starting from July 25, 2023.[5]
In its 27th edition, the film festival paid tribute to the careers of five distinguished personalities: Argentine filmmaker Lita Stantic, Peruvian actor Hernán Romero, Spanish film producer Esther García, French filmmaker Leos Carax, and the BBVA Foundation for its 50th anniversary.[6] On August 8, 2023, a surprise screening for the film The Monroy Affaire (Spanish: El caso Monroy) scheduled to take place on August 17, 2023, was announced, along with a talk featuring the film's director and artistic director of the festival, Josué Méndez, and its protagonist, the Mexican actor Damián Alcázar, on August 18, 2023.[7]
Juries
Fiction
Fiction Cinematography
Documentary
International Critics
- Leny Fernández, Peruvian film critic[11]
- Diego Brodersen, Argentine film critic
- Denise Tavares, Brazilian teacher and researcher
PUCP Community
- Maricielo Chilquillo Zuñiga[12]
- Renata Fernández
- Alessandro Zevallos Fajardo
- Carmen Toledo Larios
- Francisco Rumiche Zapata
Ministry of Culture of Peru
- Tania Medina Caro[13]
- Juan Carlos Oganes Oblitas
- Alberto Castro
Peruvian Association of Film Press - APRECI
Monseñor Luciano Metzinger Communicators Association - APC Signis Peru
International Labour Organization - CINETRAB
Association of Female Film Directors of Peru - NUNA
- Rocío Lladó[18]
- Joanna Lombardi
- Marité Ugás
Creativity and Arts School - ECRAN
- Gisella Ramírez[19]
- Daniel Vega
- Gonzalo Otero
Official Selection
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:[20][21][22]
Fiction
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Punishment | El castigo | Matías Bize |
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| I Have Electric Dreams | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel |
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| Diógenes | Leonardo Barbuy |
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| Shipibos Stories | Historias de shipibos | Omar Forero | Peru |
| Yana-Wara | Tito Catacora & Óscar Catacora | Peru | |
| The Buriti Flower | Crowrã | João Salaviza & Renée Nader |
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| Lost In the Night | Perdidos en la noche | Amat Escalante |
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| The Erection of Toribio Bardelli | La erección de Toribio Bardelli | Adrián Saba |
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| Tótem | Lila Avilés |
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| Eureka | Lisandro Alonso |
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| Memento mori | Fernando López Cardona |
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| Sister & Sister | Las hijas | Kattia G. Zúñiga |
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| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno |
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| The Barbarians | La barbarie | Andrew Sala |
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| Daughter of Rage | La hija de todas las rabias | Laura Baumeister |
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| The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez |
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Documentary
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| Pictures of Ghosts | Retratos fantasmas | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil |
| Classroom 8 | Aula 8 | Héctor Gálvez | Peru |
| The Padilla Affair | El caso Padilla | Pavel Giroud |
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| A Wolfpack Called Ernesto | Una jauría llamada Ernesto | Everardo González |
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| The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo |
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| The Trial | El juicio | Ulises de la Orden |
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| Guapo'y | Sofía Paoli Thorne |
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| Loving Martha | Amando a Martha | Daniela López Osorio |
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| Transfariana | Joris Lachaise |
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| The Castle | El castillo | Martín Benchimol |
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Made in Peru
Space dedicated to showcasing Peruvian films in their absolute premiere.[23]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tayta Shanti | Hans Matos Cámac | Peru | |
| Reinaldo Cutipa | Oscar Gonzales Apaza | Peru | |
| The Last Laugh | Muerto de risa | Gonzalo Ladines | Peru |
| Islandia | Ina Mayushin | Peru | |
| Amazon Sound | Sonido amazónico | Luis A. Chumbe | Peru |
| Open-Pit | Cielo abierto | Felipe Esparza |
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| Rojo profundo | Maga Zevallos | Peru | |
Opening film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Green Wall | La muralla verde | Armando Robles Godoy | Peru |
Acclaimed
The most highly anticipated auteur cinema on a worldwide level: Cannes, Berlin, Sundance. A list of films selected for the 'Acclaimed' lineup is as follows:[24]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| Corsage | Marie Kreutzer |
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| Passages | Ira Sachs | France | |
| The Sitting Duck | La syndicaliste | Jean-Paul Salomé | France |
| Houria | Mounia Meddour |
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| 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Spain |
| Strange Way of Life | Extraña forma de vida | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Asteroid City | Wes Anderson | United States | |
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
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| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan | |
| A Brighter Tomorrow | Il sol dell'avvenire | Nanni Moretti |
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| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
Galas
Works starring or created by highly relevant artists. A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows:[25]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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| Nosari: Impermanent Eternity | Nosari no shima | Tatsuya Yamamoto | Japan |
| The House of Snails | La casa del caracol | Macarena Astorga |
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| Babygirl | La hembrita | Laura Amelia Guzmán | Dominican Republic |
| Virgilio | Alfred Oliveri |
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| The Messenger | O mensageiro | Lúcia Murat |
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| The Punishment | La piel más temida | Joel Calero |
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Awards
Fiction
- Trophy Spondylus: Tótem by Lila Avilés[3]
- Honorable Mention: Shipibos Stories by Omar Forero
- Special Jury Prize: Eureka by Lisandro Alonso
- Best Director: Rodrigo Moreno for The Delinquents
- Best Actress: Antonia Zegers for The Punishment
- Best Actor: Marcelo Subiotto for The Barbarians
- Best Screenplay: Felipe Gálvez and Antonia Girardi for The Settlers
- Best Debut: I Have Electric Dreams by Valentina Maurel
Fiction Cinematography
- Best Cinematography: Diego Tenorio for Tótem
- Honorable Mention: Andrés Felipe Morales for Memento mori
Documentary
- Trophy Spondylus: Pictures of Ghosts by Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Special Mention: The Trial by Ulises de la Orden
International Critics
- International Critics' Jury Award for Best Film: The Delinquents by Rodrigo Moreno
- First Honorable Mention: Eureka by Lisandro Alonso
- Second Honorable Mention: Shipibos Stories by Omar Forero
Audience
- Audience Award for the Best Voted Film from the Fiction, Documentary, and Made in Peru sections: Rojo profundo by Maga Zevallos
PUCP Community
- PUCP Community Award for Made in Peru Best Film: Islandia by Ina Mayushin
- Honorable Mention: Rojo profundo by Maga Zevallos
Other Awards
- Ministry of Culture Jury Award for Best Peruvian Film: Open-Pit by Felipe Esparza
- First Honorable Mention: Yana-Wara by Tito Catacora & Óscar Catacora
- Second Honorable Mention: Rojo profundo by Maga Zevallos
- International Labour Organization – CINETRAB Award for Best Fiction: Open-Pit by Felipe Esparza
- International Labour Organization – CINETRAB Award for Best Documentary: The Echo by Tatiana Huezo
- Peruvian Association of Film Press - APRECI Award for Best Film in Competition: The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez
- Honorable Mention: The Delinquents by Rodrigo Moreno
- APC Signis Peru - Monseñor Luciano Metzinger Communicators Association Award: The Buriti Flower by João Salaviza & Renée Nader
- Gio Award: Transfariana by Joris Lachaise
- ECRAN Award: Valentina Maurel for I Have Electric Dreams
- NUNA Award: Valentina Maurel for I Have Electric Dreams
References
- "Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP abre su convocatoria 2023". Recursos Culturales (in Spanish). 17 January 2023.
- "Festival de Cine de Lima 2023 se llevará a cabo del 10 al 18 de agosto". TV Perú (in Spanish). 25 July 2023.
- "¡Estos son los ganadores del 27 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP!". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). 18 August 2023. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- "Official Announcement of the 27th Lima Film Festival". Lima Film Festival on Facebook (in Spanish). 27 June 2023.
- "Programming and Ticket Sales Date for the 27th Lima Film Festival". Centro Cultural PUCP on Twitter (in Spanish). 14 July 2023.
- "Homenajes". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Announcement of a surprise screening of El caso Monroy, by Josué Méndez". Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP on Twitter (in Spanish). 8 August 2023.
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- "Jurado de Fotografía de Ficción". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado de Documental". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado de la Crítica Internacional". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado Comunidad PUCP". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado del Ministerio de Cultura del Perú". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado APRECI". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado APC SIGNIS". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado OIT - CINETRAB". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado Crónicas de la Diversidad". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado NUNA". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Jurado ECRAN". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "27 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP. Catálogo" (PDF). festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- "Ficción". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Documental". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Hecho en el Perú". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Aclamadas". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Galas". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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