Guest expected on January 4, January 5, and January 6
Film Festival 2025
An eight-year-old alpaca shepherd, elated by Peru's potential qualification for the 2018 World Cup, finds his world in peril when a mining company threatens to poison the water, destroy the region's delicate ecosystem, and jeopardize the future of his community.
film details
| Director: | Franco García Becerra |
| Producers: | Diego Sarmiento, Jorge Constantino, Annemarie Gunkel, Franco García Becerra |
| Screenwriter: | Annemarie Gunkel, Alicia Quispe |
| Cinematographers: | Johan Carrasco |
| Editor: | Franco García Becerra, Juan Francisco González |
| Music: | Daniel Castro |
| Cast: | Nely Huayta, Richard Taipe, José Merma, Rubén Huillca |
| Original Language Title: | Raíz |
| Country: | Peru/Chile |
| Language: | In Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Running Time: | 83 minutes |
| Premiere Status: | California Premiere |
| Awards: | Special Mention, Berlinale - Generation Kplus; Grand Jury Prize, Seattle International Film Festival; Karel Zeman Award, Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth; ECO PRIZE, Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival; Jury prize for Best Direction, Latin American Fiction Competition, Lima Film Festival |
| Primary Company: | Luxbox |