19th Lima Film Festival

19th Lima Film Festival
	Official poster of the 19th Lima Film Festival
Opening film	Dos besos
Location	Lima, Peru
Founded	1997
Awards	Trophy Spondylus: Embrace of the Serpent
Directors	Edgar Saba
Festival date	7–15 August 2015
Website	festivaldelima.com
Lima Film Festival
	20th 18th

The 19th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 7 to 15 August 2015 in Lima, Peru.^[1]^[2] The awards were announced on 15 August 2015, with Embrace of the Serpent winning the Trophy Spondylus.^[3]

Background

The event paid tribute to the careers of German filmmaker Werner Herzog, Arturo Ripstein and Paz Alicia Garciadiego, renowned figures in Mexican cinema, and Peruvian actor Gustavo Bueno.^[1]

Juries

In Competition

Fiction

Antonio Saura, Spanish producer^[2]
Javier Fuentes-León, Peruvian filmmaker
Diego Quemada-Díez, Mexican filmmaker
Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
Gastón Pauls, Argentine actor

Documentary

Justin Webster, British producer^[3]
Eugenio Polgovsky, Mexican filmmaker
Heddy Honigmann, Peruvian filmmaker

International Critics

Rodrigo Bedoya, Peruvian journalist^[4]
Edgar Soberón, Panamanian film critic
Javier Porta Fouz, Argentine film critic

Official Selection

The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:^[5]

In Competition

Fiction

Highlighted title indicates award winner.^[3]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
The Fire	El incendio	Juan Schnitman	Argentina
Paulina		Santiago Mitre	Argentina Brazil France
The Second Mother	Que Horas Ela Volta?	Anna Muylaert	Brazil
Casa Grande		Fellipe Barbosa	Brazil
Aurora		Rodrigo Sepúlveda	Chile
The Club	El club	Pablo Larraín	Chile
Land and Shade	La tierra y la sombra	César Acevedo	Colombia Chile France Netherlands
Embrace of the Serpent	*El abrazo de la serpiente*	Ciro Guerra	Colombia Argentina Venezuela
Alias Maria	Alias María	José Luis Rugeles Gracia	Colombia Argentina France
The Project of the Century	La obra del siglo	Carlos M. Quintela	Cuba Argentina Germany Switzerland
The Wall of Words	La pared de las palabras	Fernando Pérez	Cuba
Ixcanul		Jayro Bustamante	Guatemala France
600 Miles	600 millas	Gabriel Ripstein	Mexico
Carmin Tropical	Carmín tropical	Rigoberto Pérezcano	Mexico
The Chosen Ones	Las elegidas	David Pablos	Mexico
The Last News	La última noticia	Alejandro Legaspi	Peru
Alone	Solos	Joanna Lombardi	Peru
Rosa Chumbe		Jonatan Relayze	Peru
Magallanes		Salvador del Solar	Peru Argentina Colombia Spain

Documentary

Highlighted title indicates award winner.^[3]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
The Barbarian Trotskyism	El trotskismo bárbaro	Marcel Gonnet Wainmayer	Argentina
The Bolivian Case	El caso boliviano	Violeta Ayala	Bolivia Australia Colombia United States
Tea Time	La once	Maite Alberdi	Chile
Beyond My Grandfather Allende	Allende, mi abuelo Allende	Marcia Tambutti Allende	Chile Mexico
Carta a una sombra		Daniela Abad & Miguel Salazar	Colombia
Burden of Peace		Joey Bink & Sander Wirken	Guatemala Netherlands Spain
Portraits of a Search	Retratos de una búsqueda	Alicia Calderón	Mexico
Kings of Nowhere	Los reyes del pueblo que no existe	Betzabé García	Mexico
Cloudy Times	El tiempo nublado	Arami Ullon	Paraguay Switzerland
Dibujando memorias		Marianne Eyde	Peru
Your Parents Will Come Back	Tus padres volverán	Pablo Martínez Pessi	Uruguay

Parallel Sample

Opening film

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Dos besos		Francisco Lombardi	Peru

Made in Peru

A list of films selected for the 'Made in Peru' lineup is as follows:^[5]

Fiction

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Toxic Jungle	Planta madre	Gianfranco Quattrini	Peru
The Debt		Barney Elliott	Peru United States Spain

Documentary

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Te saludan los cabitos		Luis Cintora	Peru
Avenida Larco		Antonio Rodríguez	Peru
Daughter of the Lake	Hija de la laguna	Ernesto Cabellos	Peru
Following Kina	Siguiendo a Kina	Sonia Goldenberg	Peru

Galas

A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows:^[5]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
Last Conversations	Últimas conversas	Eduardo Coutinho	Brazil
Allende en su laberinto		Miguel Littín	Chile
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Gabo: la magia de lo real	Justin Webster	Colombia
The Seed of Silence	La semilla del silencio	Juan Felipe Cano	Colombia
Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso	Entre Cuba y México, todo es bonito y sabroso	Idalmis Del Risco	Cuba Mexico
La imagen reb/velada		Andrea Vázquez	Spain
Around the World in 50 Concerts	Om de wereld in 50 concerten	Heddy Honigmann	Netherlands
The Empty Classroom	El aula vacía	Gael García Bernal, Pablo Fendrik, Lucrecia Martel, Pablo Stoll, Diego Vega, Daniel Vega, Carlos Gaviria, Mariana Chenillo, Nicolás Pereda, Tatiana Huezo, Flávia Castro & Erik Rocha	Argentina Brasil Colombia El Salvador Mexico Peru United States Uruguay
Dos besos		Francisco Lombardi	Peru

Around the World in 8 Days

A list of films selected for the 'Around the World in 8 Days' lineup is as follows:^[5]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Countrie(s)
As We Were Dreaming	Als wir träumten	Andreas Dresen	Germany
Volley	Voley	Martín Piroyansky	Argentina
No Kids	Sin hijos	Ariel Winograd	Argentina Spain
Felix and Meira	Félix et Meira	Maxime Giroux	Canada
Mommy		Xavier Dolan	Canada
Jerez y el misterio del Palo Cortado		José Luis López-Linares	Spain
She's Funny That Way		Peter Bogdanovich	United States
5 Flights Up		Richard Loncraine	United States
The 33	Los 33	Patricia Riggen	United States Chile
Little Boy		Alejandro Monteverde	Mexico United States
Eisenstein in Guanajuato		Peter Greenaway	Netherlands Mexico
Tales	قصه‌ها	Rakhshān Banietemad	Iran
Desert Dancer		Richard Raymond	United Kingdom
Mustang		Deniz Gamze Ergüven	Turkey France Germany Qaṭar
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories	Cha và con và	Phan Đăng Di	Vietnam France Netherlands Germany

Awards

In Competition

Fiction

Trophy Spondylus: Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra^[3]
Special Jury Prize: The Project of the Century by Carlos M. Quintela
Best Director: Pablo Larraín for The Club
Best Actress: María Telón for Ixcanul & Magaly Solier for Magallanes
Best Actor: Kristyan Ferrer for 600 Miles
Best Screenplay: Santiago Mitre for Paulina
Best Cinematography: César Acevedo for Land and Shade
Best Debut: 600 Miles by Gabriel Ripstein
Special Mention: Alone by Joanna Lombardi

Documentary

Trophy Spondylus: Carta a una sombra by Daniela Abad & Miguel Salazar
- Special Mention: Portraits of a Search by Alicia Calderón

International Critics

International Critics' Jury Award for Best Film: The Fire by Juan Schnitman & The Project of the Century by Carlos M. Quintela
- Special Mention: Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra & Portraits of a Search by Alicia Calderón

Audience

First Audience Award: Magallanes by Salvador Del Solar
Second Audience Award: The Second Mother by Anna Muylaert

Other Awards

Ministry of Culture Jury Award for Best Peruvian Film: Rosa Chumbe by Jonatan Relayze
Peruvian School of the Cinematographic Industry - EPIC Award: Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante
APC Signis Peru - Monseñor Luciano Metzinger Communicators Association Award: The Second Mother by Anna Muylaert
Peruvian Association of Film Press - APRECI Award for Best Film in Competition: The Club by Pablo Larraín

References

^ a b "El Ministerio de Cultura presenta el 19 Festival de Cine de Lima". DAFO (in Spanish). 31 July 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ a b "Lo que trae el 19 Festival de Cine de Lima: Programación y entradas". TVPerú Noticias (in Spanish). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ a b c d e "¡EL 19 FESTIVAL DE CINE DE LIMA SE DESPIDIÓ CON UNA GRAN CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA!". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Jurado de la Crítica Internacional". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ a b c d "Programacion 19 Festival de Cine de Lima" (PDF). festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

External links

Official website

[dafo-1] "El Ministerio de Cultura presenta el 19 Festival de Cine de Lima". DAFO (in Spanish). 31 July 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[tvperu-2] "Lo que trae el 19 Festival de Cine de Lima: Programación y entradas". TVPerú Noticias (in Spanish). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[awards-3] "¡EL 19 FESTIVAL DE CINE DE LIMA SE DESPIDIÓ CON UNA GRAN CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA!". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[4] "Jurado de la Crítica Internacional". festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[programming-5] "Programacion 19 Festival de Cine de Lima" (PDF). festivaldelima.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.