SYNOPSIS

Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story.

Original title: Canción Sin Nombre English Title: Song Without A Name Country: Peru, Spain, USA Language: Spanish Production year: 2019 Length: 97 minutes

CAST

Pamela MENDOZA, Tommy PÁRRAGA, Lucio ROJAS, Maykol HERNÁNDEZ, Lidia QUIPSE

CREW

Director: Melina León Screenwriter: Melina León, Michael White DOP: Inti Briones  Music: Pauchi Sasaki Production Design: Gisella Ramírez Editor: Melina León, Manuel Bauer, Antolín Prieto Producers: Inti Briones, Melina León, Michael White Associate Producers: Maria Carlota Bruno, Enid “Pinky” Campos, Tim Hobbs Coproducers: Rolando Toledo, Rafael Álvarez, Patrick Bencomo, Andreas Roald ,Dan Wechsler Jamal Zeinal-Zade Production Company : La Vida Misma Films Coproduction Companies: MGC, La Mula Producciones, Bord Cadre Films World sales: Luxbox

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Cannes International Film Festival
Directors Fortnight

Munich International Film Festival
CineVision Competition : CineVision Award

Festival du nouveau Cinéma de Montreal
International Competition : FIPRESCI Award, Jury Special Mention for Best Innovative Film

Lima International Film Festival
International Competition : Best Peruvian Film, Special Jury Prize for Best Film, Special mention for Best Actress, Best Peruvian Screenplay

!F Istanbul International Film Festival
International Competition : !nspired Award for for Best Film

Cine Ceara Film Festival
International Competition : Awards for Best First Film, Best Film by students jury, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design

Biarritz Latin American Film Festival
International Competition : Special Jury Mention for Best Film

Boston Latino Film Festival
International Competition : Awards for Best Film

International Festival of Fine Arts in Dominican Republic
Award for Best First Feature Film

Sydney International Film Festival
Zurich International Film Festival
Ghent Film Festival

Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC)
New-Zealand International Film Festival

MELINA LEÓN

Director/Screenwriter

Melina León is a Peruvian director based in Lima and New York. She studied film and video at the University of Lima and studied film directing at Columbia University. Her short film El Paraíso de Lili, was officially premiered at the New York Film Festival and has been selected at more than 20 international festivals, winning 11 awards, including the best Latin American short film at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival.

Her debut feature Song Without a Name won the national feature film competition by the Ministry of Culture o Peru, the fund for production by the Jerome Foundation and the support program for co-production by Ibermedia.

Filmography

2019, Canción Sin Nombre

2009, El Paraíso de Lili (Short film)

2007, Girl with a Walkman (Short film)