Puquio (2024)

A 99-year-old woman reflects on the life she built after being abandoned by her son during the Shining Path’s terrorist attacks in Peru. To fulfill a promise of reunion, she has spent decades selling her dreams as stories, hoping they will bring her family back on her 100th birthday.

Production Company: Res
Puquio was written, directed and produced by Samantha Dashiel (as Samantha Avila).

Director of Photography: Franccesca Rosell
Sound Recordist: Nestor Loayza
Editor: Fabiola Sialer 
Original music: Camilo Angeles and Aleida Perez
Sound designer: Isa Abad Pinedo
Colorist: Cesar Perez

Festivals & Screenings

  • Festival de Cine de Lima - Filmocorto (Lima, Peru)
    Honorable mention

  • Semana del Cine - Universidad de Lima (Lima, Peru)
    Honorable mention

  • Retama, Festival de Cine Latinoamericano (Lima, Peru)
    Official selection

  • Festival internazionale Segni della Notte (Urbino, Italy)
    Official selection

  • Babel Film Festival (Cagliari, Italy)
    Umanitaria Award section

  • The Americas Film Festival of New York (New York, United States)
    Honorable mention

  • Ludico Short Film Festival (San Carlos, Costa Rica)
    Official selection

  • Bridge Film Festival (Verona, Italy)
    Official selection

  • Camara Femina (Warsaw, Poland)
    Official selectionn

  • Festival Internacional de Cine ÍCARO (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
    Official selection

  • International Film Festival of Larissa (Larissa, Greece)
    Official selection

  • Shorts Miami International Film Festival (Miami, United States)

    Official selection

  • Kobani International Film Festival (Bochum, Germany)
    Official selection

  • Idromeno International Film Festival (Shkoder, Albania)
    Official selection

  • Wolf Media Festival (Florida, United States)
    Official selection

  • MedFest Egypt (Cairo, Egypt)
    Official selection

  • Fort Smith International Film Festival (Arkansas, United States)
    Official selection

  • Cineolio’s Cinenights (Alexandria, Egypt)
    Official selection/screening

  • Cineolio’s Cinenights at The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

    Official selection/screening

Bursaries

  • Premio al Fomento de las Artes 2024 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
    Short listed

Fellowships

  • Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today 2025 (Los Angeles, United States)

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