# 19th Lima Film Festival

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

## 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.

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

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

#### Documentary

* Justin Webster, British producer
* Eugenio Polgovsky, Mexican filmmaker
* Heddy Honigmann, Peruvian filmmaker

### International Critics

* Rodrigo Bedoya, Peruvian journalist
* Edgar Soberón, Panamanian film critic
* Javier Porta Fouz, Argentine film critic

## 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) |
| The Fire | El incendio | Juan Schnitman | Argentina |
| Paulina | Paulina | Santiago Mitre | ArgentinaBrazilFrance |
| The Second Mother | Que Horas Ela Volta? | Anna Muylaert | Brazil |
| Casa Grande | Casa Grande | Fellipe Barbosa | Brazil |
| Aurora | Aurora | Rodrigo Sepúlveda | Chile |
| The Club | El club | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
| Land and Shade | La tierra y la sombra | César Acevedo | ColombiaChileFranceNetherlands |
| Embrace of the Serpent | El abrazo de la serpiente | Ciro Guerra | ColombiaArgentinaVenezuela |
| Alias Maria | Alias María | José Luis Rugeles Gracia | ColombiaArgentinaFrance |
| The Project of the Century | La obra del siglo | Carlos M. Quintela | CubaArgentinaGermanySwitzerland |
| The Wall of Words | La pared de las palabras | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| Ixcanul | Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | GuatemalaFrance |
| 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 | Rosa Chumbe | Jonatan Relayze | Peru |
| Magallanes | Magallanes | Salvador del Solar | PeruArgentinaColombiaSpain |

#### Documentary

    Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| 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 | BoliviaAustraliaColombiaUnited States |
| Tea Time | La once | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| Beyond My Grandfather Allende | Allende, mi abuelo Allende | Marcia Tambutti Allende | ChileMexico |
| Carta a una sombra | Carta a una sombra | Daniela Abad & Miguel Salazar | Colombia |
| Burden of Peace | Burden of Peace | Joey Bink & Sander Wirken | GuatemalaNetherlandsSpain |
| 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 | ParaguaySwitzerland |
| Dibujando memorias | 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 | Dos besos | Francisco Lombardi | Peru |

#### 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) |
| Toxic Jungle | Planta madre | Gianfranco Quattrini | Peru |
| The Debt | The Debt | Barney Elliott | PeruUnited StatesSpain |

##### Documentary

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| Te saludan los cabitos | Te saludan los cabitos | Luis Cintora | Peru |
| Avenida Larco | 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:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
| Last Conversations | Últimas conversas | Eduardo Coutinho | Brazil |
| Allende en su laberinto | 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 | CubaMexico |
| La imagen reb/velada | 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 | ArgentinaBrasilColombiaEl SalvadorMexicoPeruUnited StatesUruguay |
| Dos besos | 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:
| 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 | ArgentinaSpain |
| Felix and Meira | Félix et Meira | Maxime Giroux | Canada |
| Mommy | Mommy | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| Jerez y el misterio del Palo Cortado | Jerez y el misterio del Palo Cortado | José Luis López-Linares | Spain |
| She's Funny That Way | She's Funny That Way | Peter Bogdanovich | United States |
| 5 Flights Up | 5 Flights Up | Richard Loncraine | United States |
| The 33 | Los 33 | Patricia Riggen | United StatesChile |
| Little Boy | Little Boy | Alejandro Monteverde | MexicoUnited States |
| Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Peter Greenaway | NetherlandsMexico |
| Tales | قصه‌ها | Rakhshān Banietemad | Iran |
| Desert Dancer | Desert Dancer | Richard Raymond | United Kingdom |
| Mustang | Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | TurkeyFranceGermanyQaṭar |
| Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Cha và con và | Phan Đăng Di | VietnamFranceNetherlandsGermany |

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

* Trophy Spondylus: Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
* 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