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Through Rocks and Clouds
by Franco García Becerra

Feliciano, an 8-year-old alpaca herder, feels euphoric: Peru has a chance to qualify for the World Cup. Meanwhile the pressure of a mining company puts Feliciano´s village at risk and threatens his world and his dreams.

Original Title: Raíz
Countries: Peru, Chile
Year: 2024
Ratio: 2.39:1
Sound: 5.1
Length: 83 min
Language: Spanish
Festivals & Awards
2024
  • Berlinale – Generation Kplus – Special Mention
  • Cine Latino Bergen – Fiction
  • Festival Cinematográfico Internacional de Uruguay – Children and Youth Long Feature Competition
  • Cartagena International Film Festival – Cine Indígena
  • Seattle International Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize
  • Indie Lisboa – Junior Section
  • Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth – International Competition – Special Mention Karel Zeman Award
  • Mestia International Short and Mountain Film Festival – Mountain Film Competition – Eco Prize
  • Filmfest Munchen – Cinekindl Competition
  • Locarno Film Festival
  • Lima Film Festival – Latin American Fiction Competition – Jury Prize for Best Direction
  • Santiago FIC – Chilean Competition – Special Mention
  • AFI Latin American Film Festival
  • Bosphorus Film Festival – Jury Special Prize for Alberth Merma
  • Hainan Island International Film Festival
About Director
Franco García Becerra

Franco García's (Cusco, 1977) debut feature film, "Southern Winds" (2018), premiered at the Lima Film Festival (Peru), also was selected at Dominican Global Film Festival. Chicago Latino Film Festival, Cine de las Américas Film Festival, among others.

"Through Rocks and Clouds" (2024), his second feature film will have its World Premiere at the 74th Berlin Film Festival.

With his short film "Indie", he won the Peruvian Short Film Award in 2008. His next short film “Lima, 2011”, received the Best Short Film and Best Screenplay Award from the Ministry of Culture of Peru in 2011, won the best short film award at the Peruvian Film Festival in Paris in 2013.

FILMOGRAPHY
  • Through Rocks And Clouds – 2024
  • Southern Winds – 2018
  • Lima – 2011 – Short film
  • Indie – 2008 – Short film
Cast & Crew
Cast

Nely Huayta
Richard Taipe
José Merma
Rubén Huillca

Crew

Screenwriter: Annemarie Gunkel, Alicia Quispe
DOP: Johan Carrasco
Editor: Franco García Becerra, Juan Francisco González
Costume Design: Karina Lines
Sound: Amador del Solar
Music: Daniel Castro
Production: Diego Sarmiento, Jorge Constantino, Annemarie Gunkel, Franco García Becerra
Coproduction: Juan Francisco Gónzalez
World Sales: Luxbox

“Zips along with a spritely charm.”
“A film that can be appreciated by all generations, wrapped in a charm that’s as warm and inviting as the alpaca’s fur.”
“A journey into the soul of Peru. Visually breathtaking and emotionally resonant.”
“A captivating environmental and soccer story that manages to fill the heart with its animalistic handling.”