| Opening: | Dos besos |
| Directors: | Edgar Saba |
| Location: | Lima, Peru |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Awards: | Trophy Spondylus |
| Date: | 7–15 August 2015 |
| Main: | Lima Film Festival |
| Previous: | 18th |
| Next: | 20th |
The 19th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 7 to 15 August 2015 in Lima, Peru.[1] [2] The awards were announced on 15 August 2015, with Embrace of the Serpent winning the Trophy Spondylus.[3]
The event paid tribute to the careers of German filmmaker Werner Herzog, Arturo Ripstein and Paz Alicia Garciadiego, renowned figures in Mexican cinema, and Peruvian actor Gustavo Bueno.
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:[5]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish; Castilian: El incendio | Juan Schnitman | Argentina | ||
| Paulina | ||||
| Portuguese: Que Horas Ela Volta? | Brazil | |||
| Casa Grande | Fellipe Barbosa | Brazil | ||
| Aurora | Rodrigo Sepúlveda | Chile | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: El club | Chile | |||
| Land and Shade | Spanish; Castilian: La tierra y la sombra | César Acevedo | ||
| Embrace of the Serpent | Spanish; Castilian: El abrazo de la serpiente | Ciro Guerra | ||
| Alias Maria | Spanish; Castilian: Alias María | José Luis Rugeles Gracia | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: La obra del siglo | ||||
| Spanish; Castilian: La pared de las palabras | Cuba | |||
| Ixcanul | ||||
| 600 Miles | Spanish; Castilian: 600 millas | Mexico | ||
| Carmin Tropical | Spanish; Castilian: Carmín tropical | Rigoberto Pérezcano | Mexico | |
| Spanish; Castilian: Las elegidas | Mexico | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: La última noticia | Alejandro Legaspi | Peru | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: Solos | Joanna Lombardi | Peru | ||
| Rosa Chumbe | Jonatan Relayze | Peru | ||
| Magallanes | ||||
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish; Castilian: El trotskismo bárbaro | Marcel Gonnet Wainmayer | Argentina | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: El caso boliviano | ||||
| Tea Time | Spanish; Castilian: La once | Chile | ||
| Beyond My Grandfather Allende | Spanish; Castilian: Allende, mi abuelo Allende | Marcia Tambutti Allende | ||
| Carta a una sombra | Daniela Abad & Miguel Salazar | Colombia | ||
| Burden of Peace | Joey Bink & Sander Wirken | |||
| Portraits of a Search | Spanish; Castilian: Retratos de una búsqueda | Alicia Calderón | Mexico | |
| Kings of Nowhere | Spanish; Castilian: Los reyes del pueblo que no existe | Betzabé García | Mexico | |
| Cloudy Times | Spanish; Castilian: El tiempo nublado | |||
| Dibujando memorias | Marianne Eyde | Peru | ||
| Your Parents Will Come Back | Spanish; Castilian: Tus padres volverán | Pablo Martínez Pessi | Uruguay | |
A list of films selected for the 'Made in Peru' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxic Jungle | Spanish; Castilian: Planta madre | Gianfranco Quattrini | Peru | |
| Barney Elliott | ||||
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Te saludan los cabitos | Luis Cintora | Peru | ||
| Avenida Larco | Antonio Rodríguez | Peru | ||
| Daughter of the Lake | Spanish; Castilian: Hija de la laguna | Ernesto Cabellos | Peru | |
| Following Kina | Spanish; Castilian: Siguiendo a Kina | Sonia Goldenberg | Peru | |
A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Conversations | Portuguese: Últimas conversas | Brazil | ||
| Allende en su laberinto | Chile | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: Gabo: la magia de lo real | Justin Webster | Colombia | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: La semilla del silencio | Juan Felipe Cano | Colombia | ||
| Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso | Spanish; Castilian: Entre Cuba y México, todo es bonito y sabroso | Idalmis Del Risco | ||
| La imagen reb/velada | Andrea Vázquez | Spain | ||
| Around the World in 50 Concerts | Dutch; Flemish: Om de wereld in 50 concerten | Netherlands | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: El aula vacía | Gael García Bernal, Pablo Fendrik, Lucrecia Martel, Pablo Stoll, Diego Vega, Daniel Vega, Carlos Gaviria, Mariana Chenillo, Nicolás Pereda, Tatiana Huezo, Flávia Castro & Erik Rocha | |||
| Dos besos | Peru | |||
A list of films selected for the 'Around the World in 8 Days' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As We Were Dreaming | German: Als wir träumten | Germany | ||
| Volley | Spanish; Castilian: Voley | Argentina | ||
| No Kids | Spanish; Castilian: Sin hijos | Ariel Winograd | ||
| Felix and Meira | French: Félix et Meira | Canada | ||
| Mommy | Canada | |||
| Jerez y el misterio del Palo Cortado | José Luis López-Linares | Spain | ||
| She's Funny That Way | United States | |||
| 5 Flights Up | United States | |||
| The 33 | Spanish; Castilian: Los 33 | |||
| Little Boy | ||||
| Eisenstein in Guanajuato | ||||
| Tales | Persian: قصهها | Iran | ||
| Desert Dancer | Richard Raymond | United Kingdom | ||
| Mustang | ||||
| Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Vietnamese: Cha và con và | Phan Đăng Di | ||