Familia

Familia

FAMILIA is a poignant documentary about a poverty-stricken Peruvian family trying to stay together in the midst of great difficulty. The story begins in 2006. Naty has lost her steady employment and can’t find a new job. With great anxiety she decides to leave her family to look for work in Spain. Two years later she returns to Peru, and finds her family in turmoil. But also Naty has changed…

The film includes photographical and filmed material spanning over 35 years.

Trailer

Details

Country of Production
Sweden

Year of Production
2010

Format
HDCam, Digi Beta Pal

Length
58 / 82 min

Director
Alberto Herskovits and Mikael Wiström

Production
Månharen Film & TV in co-production with Ventana Film AB and SVT

Original Language
Spanish

Subtitles
English

Festivals / Awards

Gothenburg IFF 2010 (Dragon Award for Best Swedish Documentary)
Tempo IDF Stockholm 2010
Silverdocs IDF 2010
Karlovy Vary IFF 2010 (Award for Best Documentary)
Encuentro de Cine Latinoamericano Lima 2010
Reykjavik IFF 2010
Bratislava IFF 2010 (Award for Best Documentary)
One World HRFF Berlin 2010
Human Rights Watch FF Toronto 2011
One World HRFF Prague 2011
Human Rights Watch FF London 2011
Minneapolis St. Paul IFF 2011
DOXA IDF Vancouver 2011 (Feature Documentary Award)
Documenta Madrid 2011
Planete Doc Review Warsaw 2011
EDOC IDF Quito 2011
freiburger film forum 2011
Human Rights Watch FF New York 2011
Pärnu IDF 2011
Nuremberg HRFF 2011
Ad Hoc FF Vilnius 2011
Astra FF Sibiu 2011
One World HRFF Pristina 2011
One World HRFF Bucharest 2012