international short film competition
El perú es un lugar para morir
Víctor Augusto Mendívil
Peru · 13'
Screenings
Synopsis
Working from footage shot in Peru in 1950 by a foreigner, Víctor writes a letter to his son to question the country he will inherit: between heartbeats and ruins, he searches for a hope that still holds out amid disappointment.
Details
- Direction
- Víctor Augusto Mendívil
- Country
- Peru
- Runtime
- 13'
Direction
Víctor Augusto Mendívil
Víctor Augusto Mendívil (Lima, Peru) is a documentary filmmaker and editor, a graduate of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and of the Instituto del Cine Madrid. He directed the short films Pasaje de ida (2020), 299.00 (F84.0) (2021), ¿Quién es? (2023) and Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad (2024), selected and awarded at more than 150 international festivals. El Perú es un lugar para morir (2026) is his fifth work, an archive essay that continues his investigation into memory, inheritance and the impossibility of fully understanding what we love.