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Tito Catacora, Oscar Catacora (póstumo)

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Day 06 at 16:00 - Teatro Cervantes

Day 07 at 18:30 - Multicines Rosaleda - Sala 1

Day 07 at 20:30 - Cine Albéniz - Sala 4

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COUNTRY Peru

PRODUCTION Cine Aymara

YEAR2023

DURATION104 min

WRITING Oscar Catacora

CINEMATOGRAPHY Julio González F, Tito Catacora, Oscar Catacora

EDITION Tito Catacora

CAST Luz Diana Mamani, Cecilio Quispe, Juan Choquehuanca, Irma D. Percca, José D. Calisaya, Francisco F. Torres, Alipio Pauro, Félix R. Tique, Hilaria Catacora, Edwin F. Riva, Justina B. Navarro

INTERNATIONAL SALES Quechua Films

CONTACT sergiogarcia@quechuafilms.com

SYNOPSIS The Communal Justice accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, of the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this young woman, who, as a result of gender violence, begins to have terrifying visions after being touched by the evil spirits that inhabit the forbidden places of the Andes.

Tito Catacora

He is a director, screenwriter and film producer based in southern Peru. In addition to dedicating himself to filmmaking, he holds a bachelor's degree in Education, a master's degree in Intercultural Education, and has completed doctoral studies in Education. His experience in the field of film production began in 2007 with the production company Cine Aymara Studios. Since then, he has participated in the making of several short and feature-length productions, both in the fiction, documentary and experimental genres. In 2021, he produced the feature-length documentary Pakucha, which won several awards at national and international film festivals.

FILMOGRAPHY Yana-Wara (feature film, 2023), Pakucha (documentary, 2021)

Oscar Catacora (póstumo) He was born in 1987 in southern Peru. He was of Aymara descent. He had a degree in Social Communication Sciences and has studied Arts with a specialization in Theatre at the National University of Puno Altiplano, Peru. He was a self-taught filmmaker who began his career as an audiovisual producer at the age of 17, alongside the production company Cine Aymara Studios, where he developed a long list of experimental short films. In 2007, he made his first experimental medium-length film, El sendero del chulo, produced on video and lasting 45 minutes, which was presented at film festivals in his home country. In 2017, he participated in the 21st Lima Film Festival, where he presented his debut feature film Wiñaypacha, which received an Honorable Mention as the best Peruvian film, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Peru, and was selected as the best Peruvian film in the II National Feature Film Festival University of Lima. FILMOGRAPHY Yana-Wara (feature film, 2023), Wiñaypacha (feature film, 2017)