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Extirpador de Idolatrías
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Art-house films
Latin American Films
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Fiction Features
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About the Director:
Peruvian director, screenwriter and producer. Director of Lima Independiente International Film Festival. He studied movie workshops with recognized Peruvian film director Armando Robles Godoy. He began his work in Peruvian films as an assistant of different directors. He has worked in different areas of filmmaking such as lighting, sound, art direction and director´s assistance. He has won two Award for Best Director (Latino Awards 2016, Marbella, Spain and Encuentro Mundial de Cine 2014, in Denver, USA) and two Awards for Best Screenplay (Latino Awards 2016, Marbella, Spain and Montería International Film Festival 2014, Colombia) for his feature film “Extirpador de Idolatrías”.
Film synopsis:
<p>The police detective Waldo, of immersed and circumspect disposition and temper, investigates several crimes associated with indigenous rituals that occur in some regions of the Peruvian Andes. There we find a boy and a girl who are about to enter puberty and begin to interact with certain mythical beings, a supernatural belief very common in many Andean villages. A sinister character (the "Extirpator of Idolatries"), pretending to be on a mission of faith, but imbued with religious dogmatism and intolerance, interrupts this peaceful scene as he casts an ominous shadow over these ancient Peruvian beliefs. Although Waldo’s boss considers him inferior and distrusts his methods (a form of discrimination), the policeman continues his efforts to capture the "Extirpator of Idolatries." At the same time, Waldo will resolve his own inner conflict which has troubled him all his life.</p>
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Between $100 000 and $10 000
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Festival selections:
Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata , Argentina 2014. Latin America Panorama.
The Mosaic Film Festival , Clarkston, Georgia, USA 2018. Feature Fiction Competition, Division Emerging Voices.
AltFF Alternative Film Festival , Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2018. Drama Feature Category.
Cardiff International Film Festival , Cardiff, Gales, UK 2017. Foreign Language Feature Competition.
Latino Film Market , New York City, New York, USA 2017. Feature Film Competition.
Frostbite International Film Festival , Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 2017. Feature Film Competition.
Latino and Native American Film Festival , New Haven, Connecticut, USA 2017. Showcase.
Hecho en Perú – Muestra de Cine Peruano , Barcelona, Spain 2017. Showcase.
Festival de Cine Peruano USA-New Jersey , USA 2017. Showcase.
Cine de Ciclos , Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017. Showcase.
Noche de Cine , Complejo Arqueológico Mateo Salado, Lima, Peru 2017. Showcase.
12 Months Film Festival , Cluj-Napoca, Rumania 2017. Feature Film Competition.
Exposición “Desaparecidos” , Huancayo, Junín, Peru 2017. Showcase.
Los Angeles San Rafael Film Festival , Los Angeles de San Rafael, Segovia, Spain 2017. Feature Films Competition.
Los Angeles Cinefest , California, USA 2017. Feature Film Competition.
Ciclo de Cine Hecho en Perú , Lima, Peru 2017. Showcase.
Ciclo de Cine de Verano – Paracas , Ica, Peru 2017. Showcase.
Mundo de Sueños Film Festival , Corpus Christi, Texas, USA 2016. Feature Film Competition.
LIFFY Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale , New Haven, Connecticut, USA 2016. Official Competition.
Festival del Cinema Latinoamericano di Trieste , Italy 2016. Prize Contemporary Competition.
Ciclo de Cine Peruano Contemporáneo , Lima, Peru 2016. Showcase.
Cineforum BNP – Hecho en Perú , Lima, Peru 2016. Showcase.
Ciclo de Cine Peruano de Invierno , Lima, Peru 2016. Showcase.
Chicago Latino Film Festival , USA 2016. Feature Films Official Selection.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Caracas , Venezuela 2016. Feature Films Competition. Postponed.
5 Días de Cine , Cundinamarca, Colombia 2015. Showcase.
Festival Latinoamericano de Cine Lapacho , Chaco, Argentina 2015. Latin America Showcase.
Festival Internacional de Cine de León FICL , Guanajuato, Mexico 2015. International Feature Films Competition.
Puerto Rico International Film Fest & Convention , Puerto Rico 2015. International Feature Films Competition. Canceled.
Muestra Internacional de Cine Independiente SURMIC , Puerto Montt, Chile 2015. Official Selection.
Muestra de Cine+Video Indígena , Santiago, Chile 2015. Latin American Selection and National Itinerancy Showcase.
Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Alternativo y Comunitario Ojo al Sancocho , Colombia 2015. International Short-Feature Fiction Films Competition.
Seattle Latino Film Festival , USA 2015. Feature Films Competition.
Duhok International Film Festival , Irak 2015. World Cinema.
FICPA Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto , Colombia 2015. Andean Fiction Feature Films Competition.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Córdoba , Colombia 2015. Awarded Films Section.
Festival Internacional de Cine “Ventana Andina” , Jujuy, Argentina 2015. International Feature Films Competition.
Ischia Film Festival , Isla de Ischia, Nápoles, Italy 2015. International Feature Films Competition.
FMCEX Festival Mundial de Cine Extremo de Veracruz , Mexico 2015. Fiction Feature Film Competition.
Semaine de l’Amérique Latine et des Caraïbes , Paris, France 2015. Invited to participate in Les mille visages de l’Amérique Latine et des Caraïbes section, representing Peru.
BIOBIO Cine – Festival Internacional de Cine de Concepción , Chile 2015. International Feature Films Competition.
Festival Internacional de Cine Por Los Derechos Humanos de Bogotá , Colombia 2015. International Feature Films Competition.
Festival de Cinéma Péruvien de Paris , France 2015. Feature Fiction Films Competition.
FICMY Festival Internacional de Cine de Mérida y Yucatán , Mexico 2015. Operas Primas International Competition.
POP People of Passion International Film Festival , Melbourne, Australia 2015. Indigenous Film Showcase.
CinemAvvenire Film Festival, Overlook 2014 , Rome, Italy 2014. International Feature Films Competition.
FLICC Mercado Audiovisual Latinoamericano , Mexico City, Mexico 2014. Selected in its Video Library.
Festival de Cine de los Cerros Valparaíso , Chile 2014. Latin American Feature Films Competition.
London Latin American Film Festival , UK 2014. Official Competition .
Festival Internacional de Cine Rural Arica Nativa , Chile 2014. Todometrajes Rurales Competition, Feature Films.
Portobello Film Festival , London, UK 2014. International Competition .
Isola del Cinema – Festival Isola Mondo , Rome, Italy 2014. Invited to participate in the Tribute to Latin American Countries section, representing Peru.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Montería , Colombia 2014. International Feature Films Competition.
Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente , Lima, Peru 2014. International Competition.
Encuentro Mundial de Cine , Denver, USA 2014. International Feature Films Competition.
Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, Mexico 2014. Invited to participate in its Video Library.
Ventana Sur , Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013.
American Film Market , Santa Monica, California, USA 2012. Work In Progress.
Awards received:
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<strong>Best Feature Fiction, Emerging Voices Division</strong> (Mosaic Film Festival, Clarkston, Georgia, USA 2018)</li>
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<strong>Best Drama, Feature Category (Semifinalist)</strong> (AltFF Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2018)</li>
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<strong>Best International Latino Feature Film</strong> (Latino Film Market, New York City, USA 2017)</li>
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<strong>Best Feature Film</strong> (FROSTBITE International Film Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 2017)</li>
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<strong>Best Feature Film (Finalist)</strong> (Los Angeles San Rafael Film Festival, Los Angeles de San Rafael, Segovia, España 2017)</li>
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<strong>Best Feature Film (Semifinalist)</strong> (Los Angeles Cinefest, California, USA 2017)</li>
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<strong>Best Feature Fiction of the Month (3rd Place)</strong> (12 Months Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Rumania, Marzo 2017)</li>
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<strong>The Best 20 Feature Films Released in Peru in 2016</strong>, being one of the 3 peruvian feature films included in the list (Diario El Comercio, Perú)</li>
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<strong>Best Feature Films of 2016 in Peru</strong>, being one of the 3 peruvian feature films included in the list (Diario La República, Perú)</li>
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<strong>Nominated for Best Film, Best Actor (Oswaldo Salas) and Best Actress (Magaly Solier)</strong>. It’s the film with the most nominations. (Premios Luces 2016, Lima, Perú)</li>
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<strong>Latino Award for Best Peruvian Feature Film</strong> (Premios Latino 2016, Marbella, Spain) </li>
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<strong>Latino Award for Best Directing in Peruvian Film</strong> (Premios Latino 2016, Marbella, Spain)</li>
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<strong>Latino Award for Best Screenplay in Peruvian Film</strong> (Premios Latino 2016, Marbella, Spain)</li>
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<strong>Latino Award for Best Original Peruvian Music: Diego Eslava</strong> (Premios Latino 2016, Marbella, Spain)</li>
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<strong>Latino Award for Best Peruvian Social Film</strong> (Premios Latino 2016, Marbella, Spain)</li>
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<strong>Best Andean Feature Film Award</strong> (FICPA Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto, Colombia 2015).</li>
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<strong>Winner of the National Project Competition 2015 International Film Promotion</strong>, Ministry of Culture of Peru.</li>
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<strong>Best Actor: Oswaldo Salas</strong> (CinemAvvenire Film Festival, Overlook 2014, Rome, Italy 2014).</li>
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<strong>Nominated for Audience Award</strong> (London Latin American Film Festival, UK 2014).</li>
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<strong>Best Screenplay: Manuel Siles </strong>(Festival Internacional de Cine de Montería, Colombia 2014).</li>
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<strong>Audience Award</strong> (Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente, Lima, Peru 2014).</li>
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<strong>Best Director: Manuel Siles</strong> (Encuentro Mundial de Cine, Denver, USA 2014).</li>
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<strong>Best Actor: Oswaldo Salas</strong> (Encuentro Mundial de Cine, Denver, USA 2014).</li>
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<strong>Nominated for Best Picture</strong> (Encuentro Mundial de Cine, Denver, USA 2014).</li>
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About oswaldosalas
Salas Oswaldo Peruvian movie, TV and theater actor. In movies, has made his debut as the lead actor in the film called "Extirpador de Idolatrías", directed by Manuel Siles, in the role of police detective Waldo for which he won the Best Actor Award at Encuentro Mundial de Cine 2014 in Denver, USA, Best Male Performance Award at CinemAvvenire Film Festival 2014 in Rome, Italy and got a Nomination for Best Actor at Premios Luces 2016 in Peru. He performed 3 voices (magician Blue, General Rat and an old Edam) for the 3D animated Peruvian motion picture "Rodencia y el Diente De la Princesa" directed by David Bisbano, released in Peru in October, 2012. He acted for the movie "La Casa Rosada", directed by Palito Ortega Matute. He has also appeared in the film "Vidas Paralelas" (2008), directed by Rocío Lladó. In TV he played the leading role of Felix Vargas in the serial "Historias Detras de la Muerte" and Pepito in the miniseries "Sally, la muñequita del pueblo" in 2008. In theater as an actor since 1990, he played the supporting role of Ragueneau in the successful play "Cyrano De Bergerac" directed by Ruth Escudero released in 1994 and with a re release in 1995.
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