# 20th Lima Film Festival

The 20th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 5 to 13 August 2016 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 13 August 2016, with Dark Beast winning the Trophy Spondylus.

## Background

The event paid tribute to the careers of three individuals: Edgar Saba, former director of the Lima Film Festival, Belgian filmmaker Luc Dardenne, and Brazilian actor Lázaro Ramos.

## Juries
### In Competition
#### Fiction

* Ciro Guerra, Colombian filmmaker - Jury President
* Ezequiel Acuña, Argentine filmmaker
* Daniela Michel, Mexican film critic
* Karim Aïnouz, Brazilian filmmaker
* Alonso Cueto, Peruvian author

#### Documentary

* Nicolás Echevarría, Mexican filmmaker - Jury President
* Gema Juárez Allen, Argentine film producer
* Aldo Garay, Uruguayan filmmaker

### International Critics

* Rosalba Oxandabarat, Uruguayan journalist and film critic - Jury President
* Leonardo D'Espósito, Argentine film critic
* Claudio Cordero, Peruvian journalist

## Official Selection

The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:

### In Competition
#### Fiction

    Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| Incident Light | La luz incidente | Ariel Rotter | ArgentinaFranceUruguay |
| The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis | La larga noche de Francisco Sanctis | Francisco Márquez & Andrea Testa | Argentina |
| Aquarius | Aquarius | Kleber Mendonça Filho | BrazilFrance |
| Neon Bull | Boi Neon | Gabriel Mascaro | BrazilUruguayNetherlands |
| Oblivious Memory | Quase Memória | Ruy Guerra | Brazil |
| Neruda | Neruda | Pablo Larraín | ChileSpainFranceArgentina |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Aquí no ha pasado nada | Alejandro Fernández Almendras | Chile |
| Lost North | Sin norte | Fernando Lavanderos | Chile |
| Dark Beast | Oscuro animal | Felipe Guerrero | ColombiaArgentinaNetherlandsGermanyGreece |
| Alba | Alba | Ana Cristina Barragán | EcuadorMexicoGreece |
| Semana Santa | Semana Santa | Alejandra Márquez Abella | MexicoFrance |
| Desierto | Desierto | Jonás Cuarón | Mexico |
| Epitaph | Epitafio | Yulene Olaizola & Rubén Imaz | Mexico |
| The Dreamer | El soñador | Adrián Saba | Peru |
| [wi:k] | [wi:k] | Rodrigo Moreno del Valle | Peru |
| One Last Afternoon | La última tarde | Joel Calero | PeruColombia |
| The Apostate | El apóstata | Federico Veiroj | UruguaySpain |
| From Afar | Desde allá | Lorenzo Vigas | VenezuelaMexico |

#### Documentary

    Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| Somos Cuba: We Are Cuba | Somos Cuba - Wir sind Kuba | Annett Ilijew | Germany |
| The Pretty Ones | Las lindas | Melisa Liebenthal | Argentina |
| Favio: Chronicle of a Director | Favio: Crónica de un director | Alejandro Venturini | Argentina |
| Cinema Novo | Cinema Novo | Eryk Rocha | Brasil |
| Curumim | Curumim | Marcos Prado | Brasil |
| Jerico: The Infinite Flight of Days | Jericó: el infinito vuelo de los días | Catalina Mesa | ColombiaFrance |
| A Secret in the Box | Un secreto en la caja | Javier Izquierdo | Ecuador |
| Loneliness Square | Plaza de la soledad | Maya Goded | MexicoNetherlands |
| Tempestad | Tempestad | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico |
| When Two Worlds Collide | When Two Worlds Collide | Mathew Orzel & Heidi Brandenburg | PeruSpainUnited Kingdom |
| Eldorado XXI | Eldorado XXI | Salomé Lamas | PortugalFrance |

### Parallel Sample
#### Opening film

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Memories of Underdevelopment | Memorias del subdesarrollo | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |

#### Made in Peru

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

##### Fiction

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| The Light on the Hill | La luz en el cerro | Ricardo Velarde | Peru |
| Old Town | Pueblo Viejo | Hans Matos Cámac | Peru |

##### Documentary

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| La señal | La señal | Leandro Pinto Le Roux | Peru |
| Sarita Colonia, the Moral Truce | Sarita Colonia, la tregua moral | Javier Ponce Gambirazio | Peru |
| The Little Firemen | Los bomberos | Quincy Perkins | PeruUnited States |

#### Galas

A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| My Friend from the Park | Mi amiga del parque | Ana Katz | ArgentinaUruguay |
| Campo Grande | Campo Grande | Sandra Kogut | BrazilFrance |
| Real Beleza | Real Beleza | Jorge Furtado | Brazil |
| The Memory of Water | La memoria del agua | Matías Bize | ChileArgentinaSpainGermany |
| Between Fences | בין גדרות | Avi Mograbi | FranceIsrael |
| A Monster with a Thousand Heads | Un monstruo de mil cabezas | Rodrigo Plá | Mexico |
| Vanity | La Vanité | Lionel Baier | SwitzerlandFrance |

#### Essential: The Ones from 2016

A list of films selected for the 'Essential: The Ones from 2016' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| Slack Bay | Ma Loute | Bruno Dumont | GermanyFrance |
| Elle | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | FranceGermanyBelgium |
| The Salesman | فروشنده | Asghar Farhadi | IranFrance |
| Sweet Dreams | Fai bei sogni | Marco Bellocchio | ItalyFrance |
| Loving | Loving | Jeff Nichols | United KingdomUnited States |

#### Around the World in 8 Days

A list of films selected for the 'Around the World in 8 Days' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| All of a Sudden | Auf Einmal | Aslı Özge | GermanyFranceNetherlands |
| Girl Asleep | Girl Asleep | Rosemary Myers | Australia |
| Karadima Forest | El bosque de Karadima | Matías Lira | Chile |
| Rara | Rara | Pepa San Martín | ChileArgentina |
| Perros | Perros | Harold Trompetero | ColombiaArgentina |
| Kiki, Love to Love | Kiki, el amor se hace | Paco León | Spain |
| Captain Fantastic | Captain Fantastic | Matt Ross | United States |
| Pelé: Birth of a Legend | Pelé: Birth of a Legend | Jeff Zimbalist & Michael Zimbalist | United States |
| Pinches actores | Pinches actores | Guillaume Dufour & Jerome Dufour | France |
| One Man and His Cow | La Vache | Mohamed Hamidi | France |
| All Roads Lead to Rome | All Roads Lead to Rome | Ella Lemhagen | ItalyUnited States |
| Rumbos paralelos | Rumbos paralelos | Rafael Montero | Mexico |
| Above and Below | Above and Below | Nicolas Steiner | SwitzerlandGermany |

## Awards
### In Competition
#### Fiction

* Trophy Spondylus: Dark Beast by Felipe Guerrero
* Special Jury Prize: Aquarius by Kleber Mendonça Filho
* Best Director: Lorenzo Vigas for From Afar
* Best Actress: Sonia Braga for Aquarius
* Best Actor: Lucho Cáceres for One Last Afternoon
* Best Screenplay: Guillermo Calderon for Neruda
* Best Cinematography: Diego García for Neon Bull
* Best Debut: Alba by Ana Cristina Barragán
* Special Mention: The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis by Francisco Marquez & Andrea Testa

#### Documentary

* Trophy Spondylus: Tempestad by Tatiana Huezo
** Special Mention: Eldorado XXI by Salomé Lamas

### International Critics

* International Critics' Jury Award for Best Film: Dark Beast by Felipe Guerrero
** Special Mentions: The Dreamer by Adrián Saba, Neon Bull by Gabriel Mascaro & The Apostate by Federico Veiroj

### Audience

* First Audience Award: One Last Afternoon by Joel Calero
* Second Audience Award: La señal by Leandro Pinto Le Roux

### Other Awards

* Ministry of Culture Jury Award for Best Peruvian Film: The Dreamer by Adrián Saba
** Honorable Mention: The Light on the Hill by Ricardo Velarde
* Peruvian School of the Cinematographic Industry - EPIC Award: The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis by Francisco Marquez & Andrea Testa
* APC Signis Peru - Monseñor Luciano Metzinger Communicators Association Award: Alba by Ana Cristina Barragán