| Opening: | Memories of Underdevelopment |
| Directors: | Alicia Morales |
| Location: | Lima, Peru |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Awards: | Trophy Spondylus |
| Date: | 5–13 August 2016 |
| Main: | Lima Film Festival |
| Previous: | 19th |
| Next: | 21st |
The 20th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 5 to 13 August 2016 in Lima, Peru.[1] [2] The awards were announced on 13 August 2016, with Dark Beast winning the Trophy Spondylus.[3]
The event paid tribute to the careers of three individuals: Edgar Saba, former director of the Lima Film Festival, Belgian filmmaker Luc Dardenne, and Brazilian actor Lázaro Ramos.[4]
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:[6]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident Light | Spanish; Castilian: La luz incidente | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: La larga noche de Francisco Sanctis | Francisco Márquez & Andrea Testa | Argentina | ||
| Aquarius | ||||
| Neon Bull | Portuguese: Boi Neon | |||
| Oblivious Memory | Portuguese: Quase Memória | Brazil | ||
| Neruda | ||||
| Much Ado About Nothing | Spanish; Castilian: Aquí no ha pasado nada | Chile | ||
| Lost North | Spanish; Castilian: Sin norte | Fernando Lavanderos | Chile | |
| Dark Beast | Spanish; Castilian: Oscuro animal | Felipe Guerrero | ||
| Alba | Ana Cristina Barragán | |||
| Semana Santa | Alejandra Márquez Abella | |||
| Desierto | Mexico | |||
| Epitaph | Spanish; Castilian: Epitafio | Yulene Olaizola & Rubén Imaz | Mexico | |
| The Dreamer | Spanish; Castilian: El soñador | Peru | ||
| [wi:k] | Rodrigo Moreno del Valle | Peru | ||
| One Last Afternoon | Spanish; Castilian: La última tarde | Joel Calero | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: El apóstata | ||||
| From Afar | Spanish; Castilian: Desde allá | |||
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somos Cuba: We Are Cuba | German: Somos Cuba - Wir sind Kuba | Annett Ilijew | Germany | |
| Spanish; Castilian: Las lindas | Melisa Liebenthal | Argentina | ||
| Favio: Chronicle of a Director | Spanish; Castilian: Favio: Crónica de un director | Alejandro Venturini | Argentina | |
| Cinema Novo | Brasil | |||
| Curumim | Marcos Prado | Brasil | ||
| Jerico: The Infinite Flight of Days | Spanish; Castilian: Jericó: el infinito vuelo de los días | Catalina Mesa | ||
| A Secret in the Box | Spanish; Castilian: Un secreto en la caja | Javier Izquierdo | Ecuador | |
| Loneliness Square | Spanish; Castilian: Plaza de la soledad | |||
| Tempestad | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico | ||
| When Two Worlds Collide | Mathew Orzel & Heidi Brandenburg | |||
| Eldorado XXI | Salomé Lamas | |||
A list of films selected for the 'Made in Peru' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Light on the Hill | Spanish; Castilian: La luz en el cerro | Ricardo Velarde | Peru | |
| Old Town | Spanish; Castilian: Pueblo Viejo | Hans Matos Cámac | Peru |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La señal | Leandro Pinto Le Roux | Peru | ||
| Sarita Colonia, the Moral Truce | Spanish; Castilian: Sarita Colonia, la tregua moral | Javier Ponce Gambirazio | Peru | |
| The Little Firemen | Spanish; Castilian: Los bomberos | |||
A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Friend from the Park | Spanish; Castilian: Mi amiga del parque | |||
| Campo Grande | ||||
| Real Beleza | Brazil | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: La memoria del agua | ||||
| Between Fences | Hebrew: בין גדרות | |||
| A Monster with a Thousand Heads | Spanish; Castilian: Un monstruo de mil cabezas | Mexico | ||
| Vanity | French: La Vanité | |||
A list of films selected for the 'Essential: The Ones from 2016' lineup is as follows:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slack Bay | French: Ma Loute | |||
| Elle | ||||
| Persian: فروشنده | ||||
| Sweet Dreams | Italian: Fai bei sogni | |||
| Loving | ||||
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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of a Sudden | German: Auf Einmal | |||
| Girl Asleep | Rosemary Myers | Australia | ||
| Karadima Forest | Spanish; Castilian: El bosque de Karadima | Matías Lira | Chile | |
| Rara | Pepa San Martín | |||
| Perros | Harold Trompetero | |||
| Kiki, Love to Love | Spanish; Castilian: Kiki, el amor se hace | Spain | ||
| Captain Fantastic | United States | |||
| United States | ||||
| Pinches actores | Guillaume Dufour & Jerome Dufour | France | ||
| One Man and His Cow | French: La Vache | Mohamed Hamidi | France | |
| All Roads Lead to Rome | ||||
| Rumbos paralelos | Mexico | |||
| Above and Below | Nicolas Steiner | |||