List of Bolivian films explained

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This is a list of films produced in Bolivia from the 1920s to present.

1920s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1925
Corazón Aymara considered to be the first Bolivian fiction feature film[1] [2]
The Prophecy of the Lake Bolivia's second completed fiction feature film; banned by the authorities for its social critique and its portrayal of a white woman in love with an indigenous man; never released

1930s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1930
Wara Wara the only known surviving work from Bolivia's silent-film era [3]
1931
Hacia la Gloria

1950s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1950
1951
1952
1953
Vuelve Sebastiana
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

1960s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
Ukamau First feature film to use both Spanish and a native language (Aymara)[4]
1967
1968
Mina Alaska Hugo Roncal, Chrysta Wagner, Charlie Smith First Latin American film to be restored by the AMPAS Film Archive.[5]
1969
Yawar mallku

1970s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1970
1971
El Coraje del pueblo
1972
1973
1974
1975
Andean Women
1976
Chuquiago
La chaskañawi
1977
1978
1979

1980s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1980
1981
El celibato
1982
Mi socio Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival
1983
1984
Amargo mar
Aymara Leadership Hubert Smith
Los Hermanos Cartagena
1985
1986
Café con pan
1987
1988
1989
La chola Remedios
La nación clandestina

1990s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1990
1991
Los igualitarios
1992
1993
1994
Jonás y la Ballena Rosada
1995
Cuestión de fe
Jonah and the Pink Whale
Para recibir el canto de los pájaros
1996
Alma (Ajayu)
La despedida
1997
1998
El Día que Murió el Silencio
1999
Calle de los poetas
Desempolvando nuestra historia
El camino de la costa

2000s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
2000
2001
Cierre de emisión
El delirio
The Delirium
2002
2003
Sexual Dependency Alexandra Aponte, Roberto Urbina Drama
El corazón de Jesús
2004
El atraco
Los hijos del último jardín
2005
American Visa
Di buen día a papá
Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo
Dioses domados
Lo más bonito y mis mejores años
2006
¿Quién mató a la llamita blanca? Erika Andia, Pablo Fernandez, Augustin Mendieta, Guery Sandoval, Miguel Valverde Comedy
2007
Cocalero
Evo Pueblo
Los Andes no creen en Dios
2008
Verse
Cementerio de Elefantes
2009
Perfidia Rodrigo Bellott
Zona Sur
El regalo de Pachamama
Rojo Amarillo Verde Martin Boulocq, Sergio Bastani, Rodrigo Bellott Patricia Garcia, Daniel Aguirre Camacho, Ismael Suárez, Diego Paesano, Lorena Sugier, Santiago Rozo

2010s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
2010
En Busca Del Paraiso
2011
The Old People
2012
Insurgentes
Las bellas durmientes
2013
Once Upon a Time in Bolivia Luis Caballero, Miguel Angel Mamani, Ivan Nogales, Raul Beltran, Reynaldo Yuhra, Miguel Estellano Drama
El olor de tu ausencia
Yvy Maraey
Olvidados
2015
Sealed Cargo
2016
Dark Skull

2020s

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
2020
Chaco
Pseudo Drama, Thriller
2021
2022
The Ones from BelowAlejandro QuirogaFernando Arze Echalar, César Bordón, Luis Bredow, Sonia ParadaWestern, Drama
UtamaAlejandro Loayza Grisi Luisa Quispe, José Calcina, Santos ChoqueDrama
The VisitorMartín BoulocqEnrique Araoz, Svet Mena, César Troncoso, Mirella Pascual, Teresa Gutierrez, Romel VargasDrama
Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My VillageCésar GalindoVíctor Acuario, Hermelinda Luján, Melisa Álvarez, Alder Yaurisaca, Cosme Flores, Bernando Rosado, Juan Ubaldo HuamanComedy-drama

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Notes and References

  1. http://bioscopic.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/wara-wara/ "Wara Wara"
  2. http://www.radiopanama.com.pa/nota.aspx?id=838791 "El lago Titicaca ha fascinado a los cineastas una y otra vez"
  3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11629746 "Bolivia's struggle to preserve its film heritage"
  4. Web site: Unheard Voices: Cinema of Bolivia. Kuxa Kanema. MUBI. 5 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20111227180600/http://mubi.com/lists/unheard-voices-cinema-of-bolivia. 27 December 2011. dead.
  5. Web site: Film Acquisition and Preservation Committee - Overview. LALIFF Website. Latino International Film Institute and Festival. 18 March 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320195848/http://latinofilm.org/overview/. 20 March 2012.