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

English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Countrie
Incident Light	La luz incidente	Ariel Rotter
	La larga noche de Francisco Sanctis	Francisco Márquez & Andrea Testa	Argentina
Aquarius	Aquarius	Kleber Mendonça Filho
Neon Bull	Boi Neon	Gabriel Mascaro
Oblivious Memory	Quase Memória	Ruy Guerra	Brazil
Neruda	Neruda	Pablo Larraín
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
Alba	Alba	Ana Cristina Barragán
Semana Santa	Semana Santa	Alejandra Márquez Abella
Desierto	Desierto	Jonás Cuarón	Mexico
Epitaph	Epitafio	Yulene Olaizola & Rubén Imaz	Mexico
The Dreamer	El soñador	Adrián Saba	Peru
Wik \|	Wik \|	Rodrigo Moreno del Valle	Peru
One Last Afternoon	La última tarde	Joel Calero
	El apóstata	Federico Veiroj
From Afar	Desde allá	Lorenzo Vigas

Documentary

English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Countrie
Somos Cuba: We Are Cuba	Somos Cuba - Wir sind Kuba	Annett Ilijew	Germany
	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
A Secret in the Box	Un secreto en la caja	Javier Izquierdo	Ecuador
Loneliness Square	Plaza de la soledad	Maya Goded
Tempestad	Tempestad	Tatiana Huezo	Mexico
When Two Worlds Collide	When Two Worlds Collide	Mathew Orzel & Heidi Brandenburg
Eldorado XXI	Eldorado XXI	Salomé Lamas

Parallel Sample

Made in Peru

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

Fiction

Documentary

Galas

A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows:

English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Countrie
My Friend from the Park	Mi amiga del parque	Ana Katz
Campo Grande	Campo Grande	Sandra Kogut
Real Beleza	Real Beleza	Jorge Furtado	Brazil
	La memoria del agua	Matías Bize
Between Fences	בין גדרות	Avi Mograbi
A Monster with a Thousand Heads	Un monstruo de mil cabezas	Rodrigo Plá	Mexico
Vanity	La Vanité	Lionel Baier

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	Production Countrie
Slack Bay	Ma Loute	Bruno Dumont
Elle	Elle	Paul Verhoeven
	فروشنده	Asghar Farhadi
Sweet Dreams	Fai bei sogni	Marco Bellocchio
Loving	Loving	Jeff Nichols

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	Production Countrie
All of a Sudden	Auf Einmal	Aslı Özge
Girl Asleep	Girl Asleep	Rosemary Myers	Australia
Karadima Forest	El bosque de Karadima	Matías Lira	Chile
Rara	Rara	Pepa San Martín
Perros	Perros	Harold Trompetero
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
Rumbos paralelos	Rumbos paralelos	Rafael Montero	Mexico
Above and Below	Above and Below	Nicolas Steiner

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