| Opening: | A Concrete Cinema |
| Directors: | Alicia Morales |
| Location: | Lima, Peru |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Awards: | Trophy Spondylus The Family |
| Date: | 4–12 August 2017 |
| Main: | Lima Film Festival |
| Previous: | 20th |
| Next: | 22nd |
The 21st Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 4 to 12 August 2017 in Lima, Peru.[1] [2] The awards were announced on 12 August 2017, with The Family winning the Trophy Spondylus.[3]
In July 2017, the Lima Film Festival officially announced its 21st edition, under the motto "Latin America without borders" (Spanish; Castilian: Latinoamérica sin fronteras). The festival took place from Friday, August 4th to Saturday, August 12th, 2017. Tickets for the event went on sale from July 27th, 2017, at the festival's official venues.[4]
The event paid tribute to the careers of two individuals: Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, and Peruvian actor Gianfranco Brero.
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:[5] [6]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish; Castilian: La novia del desierto | Cecilia Atán & Valeria Pivato | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: La idea de un lago | ||||
| Spanish; Castilian: El otro hermano | ||||
| Vazante | ||||
| Joaquim | ||||
| Gabriel and the Mountain | Portuguese: Gabriel e a montanha | Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa | ||
| Los perros | ||||
| A Fantastic Woman | Spanish; Castilian: Una mujer fantástica | |||
| Chameleon | Spanish; Castilian: Camaleón | Jorge Riquelme Serrano | Chile | |
| Spanish; Castilian: La defensa del dragón | Natalia Santa | Colombia | ||
| Medea | Alexandra Latishev | |||
| Santa & Andres | Spanish; Castilian: Santa y Andrés | Carlos Lechuga | ||
| Last Days in Havana | Spanish; Castilian: Últimos días en La Habana | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: El vigilante | Diego Ros | Mexico | ||
| Spanish; Castilian: La región salvaje | ||||
| Retablo | Alvaro Delgado Aparicio | |||
| Woodpeckers | Spanish; Castilian: Carpinteros | Dominican Republic | ||
| The Family | Spanish; Castilian: La familia | Gustavo Rondón Córdova | ||
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orione | Toia Bonino | Argentina | ||
| Soldier | Spanish; Castilian: Soldado | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina | |
| In the Intense Now | Portuguese: No Intenso Agora | Brazil | ||
| The Color of the Chameleon | Spanish; Castilian: El color del camaleon | Andrés Lübbert | ||
| Adriana's Pact | Spanish; Castilian: El pacto de Adriana | Lissette Orozco | Chile | |
| The Grown-Ups | Spanish; Castilian: Los niños | Chile | ||
| El silencio de los fusiles | Natalia Orozco | |||
| My Aunt Toty | Spanish; Castilian: Mi tía Toty | León Felipe Troya | Mexico | |
| In One Corner of the Soul | Spanish; Castilian: En un rincón del alma | Jorge Dalton | El Salvador | |
| Devil's Freedom | Spanish; Castilian: La libertad del diablo | Everardo González | Mexico | |
| Green River: The Time of the Yakurunas | Spanish; Castilian: Río verde : El tiempo de los Yakurunas | Alvaro Sarmineto & Diego Sarmiento | Peru | |
| We Are All Stars | Spanish; Castilian: Todos somos estrellas | Patricia Wiesse Risso | Peru | |
A list of films selected for the 'Galas' lineup is as follows:[7]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los ganadores | Néstor Frenkel | Argentina | ||
| Regreso a Coronel Vallejos | Carlos Castro | Argentina | ||
| Flavia de la Fuente's Short Films Program | Flavia de la Fuente | Argentina | ||
| Roberto Bolaño: La batalla futura | Ricardo House | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: La mujer del animal | Colombia | |||
| Terminal | Christian Meier | United States | ||
| Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk | United States | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: El vendedor de orquideas | ||||
A list of films selected for the 'Made in Peru' lineup is as follows:[8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eyes of the Journey | Spanish; Castilian: Los ojos del camino | Rodrigo Otero Heraud | Peru | |
| Nada queda sino nuestra ternura | Sébastien Jallade | Peru | ||
| Pacificum, Return to the Ocean | Spanish; Castilian: Pacificum, el retorno al océano | Mariana Tschudi | Peru | |
| Deliciosa fruta seca | Ana Caridad Sánchez | Peru | ||
| El Abuelo | Gustavo Saavedra | Peru | ||
| Eternity | Aymara: Wiñaypacha | Peru | ||
A list of films selected for the 'Essential: The Ones from 2017' lineup is as follows:[9]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the Fade | German: Aus dem Nichts | Germany | ||
| Good Time | United States | |||
| United States | ||||
| Finnish: Toivon tuolla puolen | ||||
| French: Jeannette, l’enfance de Jeanne d’Arc | France | |||
| I Am Not Your Negro | ||||
| On Body and Soul | Hungarian: Testről és lélekről | Hungary | ||
| A Ciambra | Italy | |||
| 11th Hour | ||||
A list of films selected for the 'Around the World in 8 Days' lineup is as follows:[10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maracaibo | Miguel Ángel Rocca | Argentina | ||
| Armero | Christian Mantilla-Vargas | Colombia | ||
| United States | ||||
| Saved by Grace | Johnny Remo | United States | ||
| Solace | United States | |||
| It Comes at Night | United States | |||
| United States | ||||
| Mr. Stein Goes Online | French: Un profil pour deux | Stéphane Robelin | France | |