Through Rocks and Clouds

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Through Rocks and Clouds

  • Peru, Chile | 2024 | Quechua, Spanish
  • Original Title: Raiz
  • Director: Franco García Becerra
  • Screenplay: Annemarie Gunkel, Alicia Quispe
  • DoP: Johan Carrasco
  • Editor: Franco García Becerra, Juan Francisco González
  • Cast: Alberth Merma, Nely Huayta, Richard Taipe, Rubén Huillca, José Merma
  • Premiere: India Premiere
  • Tags: Films by women, Social Impact

Award :

Generation Kplus - Special Mention, Berlin International Film Festival 2024

Synopsis :

Feliciano, an 8-year-old Alpaca herder, feels euphoric: Peru has a chance to qualify for the World Cup. Meanwhile the pressure of a mining company puts Feliciano ́s village at risk and threatens his world and his dreams.

Directors Bio :

Franco García’s debut feature film, Southern Winds (2018), premiered at the Lima Film Festival (Peru), also was selected at Dominican Global Film Festival, Chicago Latino Film Festival, Cine de las Americas Film Festival, among others. Through Rocks And Clouds (2024), his second feature film, had its world premiere at the 74th Berlin Film Festival.