Dissemination

Documentary “Andean movies for Andean communities” by Walter Aparicio (about the experience of Amauta Project in different Andean communities, to which pieces by director Jorge Sanjines were taken, and translated to Quechua). Exhibition in the following international festivals:

• 2nd festival of Latin movies of Sydney (Australia). February, 2007
• Festival of the new Latin-American cinema (Cuba). December, 2006.
• Festival DOCUSUR (Spain). November, 2006.
• Festival of Shorts FENACO, especial presentation (Cusco-Peru). November, 2006.
• Latin-american festival El Cine de la PUCP (Lima-Peru). August 2006.
Support to artistic projects

 

• Como el viento roza la muerte by Marko Punk and Carolina Guzman Sanchez. April 2007.
• Santurantukuy, collective show. December 2006.
• Short Festival FENACO (Cusco-Peru). November 2006.
 
Exhibitions

• Presentation of the Peruvian-Swiss Festival Cine y Vida, organized with the group Chaski group (Lima-Peru) September to October 2004.

• Presentation in the Art in Motion 2004 Festival. August 2004

• Presentation of the festival Art in motion 2003 (Media Arts - www.usc.edu/aim) of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, with the participation of its director Linzye Baldwin. September 2003

  
 
 

• Exhibition of the video installation Sounds like the Sound of Music, by Bruce Yonemoto, with illustrations by Raymond Pettibon. This sample was the first official exhibition of Amauta Project and it was strongly supported by the assistance of the public. The production was carried out in 2004, in the frame of Amauta Project and it was supported by the collaboration of Mary Woronov.  It was presented in the Gallery of the Santo Domingo Convent- Koricancha, in the city of Cusco. August 2005.
 
   
 
 

• Project: Andean movies for Andean communities.
Projection of movies by the Bolivian maker Jorge Sanjines in 12 communities of Cusco and Apurimac. August and September 2005. Translation of the movies to Quechua (by the team of collaborators of Amauta Project) and projection of the following movies:

           • Ukamau
           • La Nación Clandestina
           • Yawar Mallku
           • Para Recibir el Canto de los Pájaros

• Presentation of the festival of digital cinema Resfest-Cusco. March and April 2006
• Presentation of the development of post-production of the series of shorts Cookies (for further details see section Productions), within the frame of the festival of digital cinema Resfest-Cusco. March and April 2006.
 
   
   
 
Projections

With the purpose of increasing the limited access of audiovisual productions of recognized quality in the region, and with the disappearance of the principal spaces for cinema in Cusco, which not only awakened the admiration of the spectators, but also the will to carry on projects with audiovisual channels. Amauta project has dedicated a part of its work in the zone of Cusco to the programming of diverse expressions of fictional cinema and documentaries. The principal activities carried out with this purpose have been:
 

(a) Cycle: Cine de lo real

Under the name of Cine de lo Real a cycle of projections of documentaries was carried out in Cusco, many of which are still unknown in Latin-America. The cycle carried out in April 2005, included the projection of 24 documentaries, and was structured in 4 sections:

I. Memories of War

           • APRE S, by Denis Gheerbrant ( France, 2004)
           • S21: la maquina asesina de los jemeres rojos, by Rithy Pahn (France, 2003)
           • Llusita, dy IDL ( Perú, 2003)
           • Micro-Documentales, by IDL (Perú, 2003)
           • Good Husband, dear son, by Heddy Honiggmann (The Netherlands, 2000)
           • Sarajevo Film Festival Film, by Johan Van der Keuken ( The Netherlands, 1993)

II. Johan Van der Keuken - El Ojo Lucido

           • To Sang Fotostudio, by Johan Van der Keuken (The Netherlands, 1997)
           • El ojo sobre el pozo- Het oog Boven de put, by Johan Van der Keuken (The Netherlands, 1988)
           • Bert Schieberk, la puerta- De Deum, by Johan Van der Keuken (The Netherlands, 1973)
           • Big Ben/Ben Webster en Europa, by Johan Van der Keuken (The Netherlands, 1967)
           • Un moment de silence- Even stilte, by Johan Van der keuken (The Netherlands, 1960/63)

III. Miradas y Retratos

           • En la Playa de Belfast- Sur la plage de Belfast, by Imbert, Henri-Francois (France 2000)
           • ACD + El dia de las papas fritas, by Sipp, Thomas (France 1996/2000)
           • Les mains, la puerta by Loizillon Christophe (France 1996)
           • Georges Rouse, by Loizillon Christophe (France)
           • Metal y melancholia, by Honiggmann (The Netherlands, 1993)

IV. Errol Morris

           • Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, by Errol Morris (USA, 1997)
           • The Thin Blue line, by Errol Morris (USA, 1988)

The team of Amauta Project worked together with Nomade Producciones to conclude the presentation in Cusco of the cycle Cine de lo Real. This project implied various months of work for Amauta in collaboration with the producer already mentioned. This project also meant doing a strong effort to find the support of diverse governmental organizations and private organizations. These would cooperate with money to conclude this cycle. The sponsors managed to cover the following costs:

           • Design and impression of catalogs, posters and notes.
           • The rent of exhibition rooms equipped with audiovisual instruments of high quality..
           • Transportation and travel allowances to cover the costs of representatives from the producer in Cusco.
           • Maintaining the rights of exhibition of the documentaries exhibited.
           • Logistics

For the conclusion of the cycle the projected films were translated to Spanish and its session of exhibition was free of rights of exhibition.

     

(b) Film projections:


Throughout the year 2005 the following films were projected:

• Días de Santiago , by Josue Mendez (Peru 2003). This film was presented in Cusco with the participation of its maker.

• Barton Fink, by the Coen brothers (USA, 1994)

• La Novicia Rebelde , by Robert Wise (USA, 1960)

• El misterio de Picasso , by Georges Clouzot (France, 1950)

 
     

(c) Presentation of short cycles:

Throughout the year 2005 a series of short film-making cycles, organized thematically. These mini-cycles were created with the purpose of bringing closer to the people diverse tendencies of film-making. It included the following films:

I. El anime de culto

           • Ghost in the Shell-Innocence- by Mamoru Oshii (Japan, 2004)
           • Ghost in the Shell by Mamoru Oshii (Japan 1995)

II. Rusos en Latinoamerica

           • Que viva Mexico , by Sergei Eusenstein (Russiam 1931-v. 1979)
           • Soy Cuba , by Mikhail Kalatazov (Russia, 1964).

III. Que es Dogma 95?

           • Los Idiotas , by Lars Von Trier (Denmark, 1998)
           • La Celebración ,
    by Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark, 1997)
 
     
 
Sponsors (from the Cusco region)

From the beginning of their activities, the team of Amauta Project has concerned itself with gaining a space throughout the Andean community.  At the same time, the team has worked to reach those who could collaborate with the project to make it a reality, such as Governmental organizations and ONG’s, like corporatives. Throughout the years Amauta project has been supported by: La defensoria del Pueblo, with head office in Cusco (state organization in Peru); Cooperacion Peruano-Belga; Instituto Cultural Peruano-Norteamericano (ICPNA) of Cusco; Convento de Santo Domingo, of Cusco; Rapimagen (pre-press company); Inca Grill (Restaurant) , Granja Heidi (restaurant); Fallen Angel (restaurant); Asociacion Educativa Pukllasunchis; and TACA airlines.