List of Bolivian films explained
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This is a list of films produced in Bolivia from the 1920s to present.
1920s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 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
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1930 |
Wara Wara | | | | the only known surviving work from Bolivia's silent-film era [3] |
| 1931 |
Hacia la Gloria | | | | | |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 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
2020s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 2020 |
Chaco | | | | |
Pseudo | | | Drama, Thriller | |
| 2021 |
| 2022 |
The Ones from Below | Alejandro Quiroga | Fernando Arze Echalar, César Bordón, Luis Bredow, Sonia Parada | Western, Drama | |
Utama | Alejandro Loayza Grisi | Luisa Quispe, José Calcina, Santos Choque | Drama | |
The Visitor | Martín Boulocq | Enrique Araoz, Svet Mena, César Troncoso, Mirella Pascual, Teresa Gutierrez, Romel Vargas | Drama | |
Willaq Pirqa, the Cinema of My Village | César Galindo | Víctor Acuario, Hermelinda Luján, Melisa Álvarez, Alder Yaurisaca, Cosme Flores, Bernando Rosado, Juan Ubaldo Huaman | Comedy-drama | | |
Further reading
- José Sànchez-H.: The Art and Politics of Bolivian Cinema, Scarecrow Press 1999,
External links
Notes and References
- http://bioscopic.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/wara-wara/ "Wara Wara"
- http://www.radiopanama.com.pa/nota.aspx?id=838791 "El lago Titicaca ha fascinado a los cineastas una y otra vez"
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11629746 "Bolivia's struggle to preserve its film heritage"
- 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.
- 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.