Film Invasion – L.A. & Lima

2026 FI-Lima Official Selection:  Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

Award winning Zero Budget film. When a Latine artist living in the Bay Area has had enough with impossible living conditions they use the Old Magicks to help their people. Seeing Latine, Queer, and unhoused people being mistreated, and victims of gentrification, Luma decides to call upon the Jaguar God. Little did Luma know, they would become a vessel for this ageless protector. And so would many others.

Director(s): Luma Jaguar
Writer(s): Haus Of Jaguar
Producer(s): A Surge Film
Key Cast: Luma Jaguar

Country: United States
South American Premiere

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Documentary – Feature Film

In a paradisiacal river in Southern France, a world-travelled cinematographer stranded by Covid films a poetic and introspective movie in relationship with the animal life around his home. But soon, a drought imperils the river source, threatening the very existence of the animals he has grown to love. Will formidable power of life conquer?

Director(s): guillaume mazille
Writer(s): guillaume mazille, Jade Maitre
Producer(s): guillaume mazille

Country: France

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Horror – Featurette

An Assassin is cursed by the souls of the people he killed in the past. Now, he is a Grim Reaper, a demon who receives constant punishments because of his sins. In this context, an Entity appears, a neutral being who oversees the Assassin’s curse. Consequently, and on a journey to hell, both characters confront each other in a philosophical-moral debate about the meaning of forgiveness, the prison of guilt, and the existence of redemption.

Director(s): Arnold Sotomayor                                                                                         Writer(s): Arnold Sotomayor
Producer(s): Arnold Sotomayor, Domenica Granados, Sergio Monchón
Key Cast: Carlos Licapa, Adam Gonzales

Country: Peru
South American Premiere

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection:  Short Film – SciFi 

Micro-Short Dystopian Sci-fi. When society divides into sectors, drones are everywhere, who can you really trust?

Director(s): Karen Elaine Lutz
Writer(s): Karen Elaine Lutz, Erika Arlee
Producer(s): Karen Elaine Lutz
Key Cast: Karen Elaine Lutz

Country: United States
South American Premiere

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Documentary – Featurette

Sergei Paradjanov (1924-1990), a brilliant filmmaker of Armenian origin, remains a legendary figure in the opposition to the Soviet regime which landed him in prison, notably for homosexuality, for years. A pilgrimage to his house in Yerevan by a French director of Russian origin who admires his work turns into a mystical experience in search of the spirit of the Master.

Director(s): Jérôme AMIMER
Producer(s): Jérôme AMIMER, Vilen Gharibyan
Key Cast: Jérôme AMIMER, Serge AVEDIKIAN

Country: France

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection:  Short Film – Documentary

Based on the true story of a teenage girl who escaped twice from a concentration camp and finally freed herself and 3 other young women on, The Long Road Home.

Director(s): Barbara Anne Lindstrom
Writer(s): Barbara Anne Lindstrom
Producer(s): David Brock
Key Cast: Hanna Sukiennik

Country: United States

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection:  Short Film – Drama

Leonardo and Ricardo meet again after several years. They decide to reminisce about a past incident through a tense game of chess.

Director(s): Marcelo Cabello Quiñones
Writer(s): Alvaro Rojas Sánchez, Jesús Casas Tito
Producer(s): Marco Cueto Zavaleta, Brenda Callalli Zavalla
Key Cast: Cesar Rengifo Salazar, Jesús Romero Guelespe

Country: Peru

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection:  Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental

A man who has long withdrawn from the world realizes that no sign of human presence reaches him anymore.

Director(s): Michael Fantauzzi
Writer(s): Michael Fantauzzi
Producer(s): Michael Fantauzzi
Key Cast: Giampiero Bonomo

Country: Italy
Peru Premiere

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection:  Short Film – Drama

A young street artist, lost in the chaos of the city, struggles to find his path—until an unexpected act of kindness from a fellow artist changes everything. But life on the streets is unforgiving, and every choice comes at a cost. When desperation takes hold, how far will he go to survive?

Director(s): Laura Jean Bransky                                                                                     Writer(s): Jonatan Pinke
Producer(s): Jonatan Pinke, Pablo Sanchez
Key Cast: Jonatan Pinke, Hugo Mejia, Steve Crawford, Sofia JoAnna

Country: Hungary, United States
South American Premiere

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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Music Video

A introspective look at the symbiotic relationship between technology and nature and it’s impact on society, presented through a live music performance set atop of Mt. Baker in the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington State.

Director(s): Braeden Lambert
Writer(s): Nathan
Key Cast: New Monk

Country: United States
South American Premiere

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