REVIEW Rosa Chumbe
Rosa Chumbe is an intriguing debut feature length drama from Chinese-Peruvian director Jonatan Relayze. Yet despite moments of glimmering promise,... Read Article
Peruvian Cinema
New Animated Rainforest Fable ‘Ainbo’ Highlights Growth of Peruvian Film Industry
The eyes of international media might still be on the likes of Argentina or Brazil when it comes to South... Read Article
It’s Not Cultural, It’s Political: An Interview With Storm In The Andes’ Mikael Wiström and Josefin Ekermann
Swedish film-maker Mikael Wiström’s documentary Storm in the Andes juxtaposes the drastically different yet interconnected stories of Flor Gonzales and... Read Article
REVIEW Storm In The Andes
Storm In The Andes (Tempestad En Los Andes) marks the final instalment of director Mikael Wiström’s “Peruvian trilogy”. The documentary... Read Article
Free to watch online: Ten Political Films from Latin America 1964-99
Cinema has always played a major role in the dissemination of political understanding and in developing a collective memory of... Read Article
REVIEW El Limpiador
Adrián Saba’s debut feature El Limpiador (The Cleaner) is an apocalypse film like no other. Indeed, in spite of the... Read Article
REVIEW Octubre
Octubre follows the journey of pawn-broker cum loan-shark, Clemente, as he gradually discovers humanity. He leads a dull, lonely, and... Read Article
REVIEW Bad Intentions
Set against the background of 1980s Communist guerilla attacks from the Shining Path group, Rosario Garcia-Montero’s Bad Intentions follows the... Read Article
Quick Guide to South American films at the London Film Festival
The 54th BFI London Film Festival is running from October 13th to 28th. There is a fine range of South... Read Article
The magic realism of Peruvian Claudia Llosa’s ‘La Teta Asustada’ and ‘Madeinusa’
The film world rarely publicises women directors, and sometimes, when pressed, it can be hard to think of any at... Read Article