Promoting the Cinema of the Andes/Promoviendo el cine andino

                                          

Here are some links to sites about Andean cinema (most but not all in Spanish), or other sites of interest relating to Andean culture.


Websites

All Roads Film Project
National Geographic's All Roads Film Project promotes the making of films by and about indigenous and underrepresented minority groups. 

Cine andino
A site created by two French film enthusiasts, with a database of 241 film titles!

Cine andino de Luis Figueroa Yábar

The website of the legendary Andean filmmaker, known for his postmodern treatments of indigenous subjects.
 
Encuentro del Cine Andino
The website of a festival of Andean film, inaugurated in 2008, that takes place in Arequipa, Peru.

Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes del Cusco
Site for the Cusco International Festival of Short Subjects, an annual festival which awards prizes for both Peruvian and international short subjects in fiction and documentary.

Inti Films

The website for a Huancayo-based production company co-founded by Nilo Inga Huamán, a Wanka filmmaker from Huáchac who has made several feature length films. 

La Noche de los Cortos

Website for an international festival of short films which takes place in September, in Lima, Peru.

Páginas de Cine Andino
An excellent online resource with synopses of numerous Andean films, biographies of important Andean filmmakers, links to articles and film sites, and more (we hope!) to come.

Soy Andina
Site (in English) for a film documenting two dancers - one a Peruvian immigrant living in the United States, and the other a daughter of a Peruvian immigrant to the U.S. - who explore their cultural roots in the Andes.

Yawar Mallku (encyclopedia article)

An entry (in English) at encyclopedia.com describing Yawar Mallku (Blood of the Condor), a seminal work by the great Jorge Sanjinés.


Videos

Caminos Reales
Trailer for a film by Cajamarca-based filmmaker Hector Marerros, telling the sad, but ultimately triumphant, story of an orphan brought up by a devoted aunt.

Hanapacha Trailer for a film by Puno's Vallejos brothers, a spectacular visual ode to the land, lake and people of Puno, Perú.