Release Date

December, 19th, 2009

Running Time

102 min

Genre

Children/Family , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

Stereo

[ Directed by ]

• MATSUSHITA Toshifumi

[ Produced by ]

• MATSUSHITA Toshifumi

[ Cast ]

• Christian HUAYGUA ── Nino "Kunturi"
• Luis MAMANI ── Nino "Quri"
• Faniy MOSQUES ── Nina " Ulala"
• Francisco GUTIERREZ ── Padre "Sauci"

[ Staff ]

• MATSUSHITA Toshifumi ── Screenplay
• Gustavo SOTO ── Cinematography
• Guillermo RUIZ ── Cinematography
• Carlos CRESPO ── Cinematography
• Cesar Perez HURTADO ── Cinematography
• MATSUSHITA Toshifumi ── Editor
• Luzmila CARPIO ── Music
• KOMORI Keiko ── Executive Producer

[ Production Company ]

Dolphin Productions

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

There's Enterprise

[ Story ]

The first dramatic feature a.k.a. Pachamama by New York-based documentary producer Matsushita Toshifumi, filmed in Bolivia over the course of six years. The film depicts the unaffected lives of indigenous people against the grand expanse of nature at the Salar de Uyuni salt flats. The film has shown at many film festivals, including the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, where it won the new director and best cinematography awards. Andean folk music, including songs by the leading Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, is one major source of the film's appeal.
The salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni stretch to the horizon. Kunturi (Christian Huaygua), a young boy of the indigenous Quecha people, spends his days here, physically poor but rich in spirit. Facing the deaths of family members and friends, and learning the lessons of "Pachamama" (Mother Earth) in his daily life, he gradually grows into a young man. Then his father, Sauci (Francisco Gutierrez), decides to take him on his first salt caravan.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.pachamama-movie.com/

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

LOLA KENYA SCREEN 2009 Best Children Right Award
10th HBO NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATIN FILM FESTIVAL2009 Audience Award
CERO LATITUD FILM FESTIVAL, ECUADOR2009 Semilla Award(Mention Sepecial) Signs Award(Mention Especial
LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIAL,NETHERLANDS2009　Best Free Production
27th MINEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL2009 Jury Prize; Emerging Director & Best Cinematography
5th COWICHAN INTERNATIONAL ABORIGINAL FILM FESTIVAL2009　Best Director Award
WASHINGTON DC INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2009　Grand Jury Award: Best Feature Film
IX FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE Y VIDEO DE LOS PUEBLOS 2008　Special Audience Award 2008

[ Contact (International) ]

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