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 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

• 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
  

Bursaries

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

Fellowships

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