Abstract
The Festival de Cine de Lima (Lima Film Festival) launched in 1997 and, from humble beginnings, each year now introduces around 300 films to diverse audiences across the Peruvian capital and beyond. In 2014, for the first time in its history, 4 of the 19 films selected for the feature competition were made by Peruvian directors, signalling a growing recognition of national talent by programming panels and critics that had tended to look beyond national borders for inspiration and challenge. Despite the relative paucity of coordinated film production activity in Peru, it is argued here that the flourishing of Lima Film Festival provides evidence of a deep sense of film appreciation that conveys a commitment to all forms of cinema. This essay reflects critically on the local, national and international impact of this Festival, its influence on the development of film policy in Peru and explores its role as a ‘key building block of film culture’ across a complex national framework.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 132-148 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | New Review of Film and Television Studies |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 12 Jan 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Lima
- film festival
- political violence
- Shining Path
- independent cinema
Profiles
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Sarah Barrow
- School of Media, Language and Communication Studies - Professor of Film and Media
- Area Studies - Member
- Women of Influence - Community Participation in Peru - Group Lead
- Film, Television and Media - Member
Person: Group Lead, Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research