The 30th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 6–15 August 2026 in Lima, Peru. Argentine sports documentary film The Match, directed by Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco, served as the opening film for the festival.
The awards were announced on 16 August 2026, with Mexican film Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building, directed by Bruno Santamaría Razo, winning the Trophy Spondylus. How to Live with...? by Luisa García Alva won Best Film in the Peruvian Competition while Relict by Guillermo Quintero won for Best Documentary.
Background In late July 2026, the full lineup for the festival was announced. This years' motto is "We'll see each other" (). The festival will be directed by Edward Venero, with Josué Méndez as the festival's artistic director. A new section titled Música was introduced, destined to films where music is a prominent theme.
Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho and filmmaking duo Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás are among this year's honorees. Additionally, Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr will also be honored with a special retrospective of his work.
Official Selection The lineup of titles selected for the official selection is as follows:
In Competition Latin American Fiction Highlighted title indicates award winner. English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Countrie(s) The Anatomy of the Horses La anatomía de los caballos Daniel Vidal Toche Peru, Spain, Colombia, France The Condor Daughter La Hija Cóndor Álvaro Olmos Torrico Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay The Currents Las corrientes Milagros Mumenthaler Argentina, Switzerland Death Has No Master La muerte no tiene dueño Jorge Thielen Armand Venezuela, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg Flies Moscas Fernando Eimbcke Mexico Forever Your Maternal Animal Siempre soy tu animal materno Valentina Maurel Belgium, France, Mexico If I Were Alive Se eu fosse vivo... vivia André Novais Oliveira Brazil The Ivy Hiedra Ana Cristina Barragán Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain The Night is Fading Away La noche está marchándose ya Ramiro Sonzini, Ezequiel Salinas Argentina On the Road En el camino David Pablos Mexico The Red Hangar Hangar rojo Juan Pablo Sallato Chile, Argentina, Italy The River Train El tren fluvial Lorenzo Ferro, Lucas A. Vignale Argentina November Noviembre Tomás Corredor Mexico, Brazil, Norway, Colombia Sad Girlz Chicas tristes Fernanda Tovar Mexico, Spain, France Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul Bruno Santamaría Razo Mexico, Brazil, Denmark
Latin American Documentary Highlighted title indicates award winner. English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Countrie(s) Black Cocaine Cocaína negra Cristóbal Valenzuela Chile, Uruguay December Diciembre Lucas Gallo Argentina, Uruguay A Bigger Place Un lugar más grande Nicolás Défossé Mexico, France El coloquio de los pájaros Sofía Velázquez Núñez Peru Comparsa Vickie Curtis, Doug Anderson Guatemala, United States Jaripeo Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig United States, France, Mexico Our Body is an Expanding Star Nuestro cuerpo es una estrella que se expande Semillites Hernández Velasco, Tania Hernández Velasco Mexico Relict Relicto Guillermo Quintero Colombia, France A Street Named Cuba Calle Cuba Vanessa Batista Cuba, Chile, Mexico The Victors Los vencedores Pablo Aparo Argentina A Writing in Appearances Una escritura en apariencias Nicolás Cifuentes Gonzalez Colombia, France
Peruvian Competition Highlighted title indicates award winner. English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Countrie(s) General States Estados generales Mauricio Freyre Peru, Spain The Girls Garden Ellas Eduardo Mendoza de EchavePeru How to Live with...? Manuales de superviviencia Luisa García Alva Red Soil: An Audiovisual Ecopoetics of the Peruvian Amazon Tierra roja: Ecopoética audiovisual de la amazonía peruana Pedro Favarin That Shadow Fading Aquella sombra desvanecía Samuel Urbina Where Dreams Sleep Donde duermen los sueños Daniel Riglos Where Shadows Are Born Donde nacen las sombras Violeta Rodríguez Ríos
Muestras Opening film English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Match El partido Juan Cabral, Santiago Franco Argentina
Acclaimed English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Coward Lukas Dhont Belgium, France, Netherlands Fatherland Paweł Pawlikowski Poland, Germany, Italy, France Fjord Cristian Mungiu Romania, France, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden Hope 호프 Na Hong-jin South Korea The Man I Love Ira Sachs United States, France Minotaur Минотавр Andrey Zvyagintsev France, Latvia, Germany The Odyssey Christopher Nolan United States, United Kingdom Paper Tiger James Gray United States, Brazil, Italy Parallel Tales Histoires Parallèles Asghar Farhadi France, United States, Italy, Belgium A Woman's Life La Vie d'une Femme Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet France, Belgium
Out of competition English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Being Hamlet Ser Hamlet Chela de Ferrari Peru Belén Dolores Fonzi Argentina Comandante Fritz Pavel Giroud Spain, Germany Lady Nazca Damien Dorsaz France, Germany A Loose End Un cabo suelto Daniel Hendler Uruguay, Argentina, Spain Marching to Victory: The Route of the Bycenntenial A paso de vencedores: La ruta del bicintenario Natalia Sobrevilla PereaPeru Matapanki Diego "Mapache" Fuentes Chile
Preview Screenings English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)Colony군체Yeon Sang-hoSouth KoreaThe End of Oak StreetDavid Robert MitchellUnited StatesForgotten IslandJoel Crawford, Januel MercadoSantidadRodolfo Espinoza RiosPeruThe InviteOlivia WildeUnited StatesSaccharineNatalie Erika JamesAustraliaStreet WanderersLos caminantes de la calleJuan Martín HsuArgentina, Peru
Cinema and music English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)Circular RuinsRuinas CircularesDelia AckermanPeruLet's Lose Our HeadsVamos a perder la cabezaNicolás Saba Salem, Jorge Pablo Quiroz SalemQ-POPAdri MurguíaUnited States, Peru, South KoreaWhen No One Sees Me (episodes 1 and 2)Cuando nadie me veÁlvaro RonSpain
Cinema and gastronomy English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)Bunka Means CultureBunka significa culturaOmar YoungUnited StatesCeviche: A Gastronomic Journey by Rodrigo FernandiniCeviche: Un viaje gastronomico de Rodrigo FernandiniFernando LandaverePeru, BrazilFood for Those in NeedComida para quien la necesitaLeonardo BrantBrazilJota Urondo, An Impertinent ChefJota Urondo, un cocinero impertinenteMariana Erijimovich, Juan VillegasArgentina
Retrospectives English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Pictures of Ghosts (2023) Retratos fantasmas Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil Neighboring Sounds (2012) O som ao redor Bacurau (2019) Brazil, France At Midnight and a Half (1999) A la media noche y media Mariana Rondón Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, France Bad Hair (2013) Pelo malo Venezuela, Germany, Peru, Argentina Contactado (2020) Marité Ugás Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Norway It Would Be Night in Caracas (2025) Aún es de noche en Caracas Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás Mexico, Venezuela Damnation (1988) Kárhozat Béla Tarr Hungary The Turin Horse (2011) A torinói ló The Man from London (2007) A londoni férfi Hungary, France, Germany Sátántangó (1994) Hungary, Germany, Switzerland Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Werckmeister harmóniák Hungary
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