Javier Fuentes-León
Writing
Biography
Writer, director, producer, editor. After graduating as a doctor in Peru, Javier Fuentes-León studied film directing at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles. His short film ESPACIOS (1997) won the CONACINE Short Film Award. The National Theater of Peru considered his play SR. NUBES one of the best of 2000 and published it in the compilation Dramaturgia Nacional 2000. His first feature film, CONTRACORRIENTE, had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2009 and won more than 50 international awards, including the Audience Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. It was nominated for a Goya Award and selected to represent Peru at the 2011 Academy Awards. Fuentes-León's second feature film, the psychological thriller EL ELEFANTE DESAPARECIDO, had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Known For
A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Undertow
Luzmila and Peta are two sisters who come from a modest environment and work as housemaids for Alicia and Carmen, two aristocratic ladies of Peru. They are almost considered a part of the families or, at least, that’s what it seems… But one day, as the city is taken over by violent protests, a birthday celebration gathers all the members of both families together. A long-held secret involving both households — upstairs and downstairs — is suddenly revealed, blowing up the bubble of their perfect aristocratic world forever.
The Best Families
Based on a theater musical, this movie is set in the city of Lima, Peru during the end of the 80's. The plot is about a group of youngsters from Lima who are participating in a contest for the best new Peruvian rock band. All these while they have to deal with the worst economic situation in Peru, corrupt leaders and terrorism that is rampant throughout the country. Features very popular Peruvian rock songs from the 80's and 90's.
Larco Ave.: The Movie
A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.
The Vanished Elephant
When Noam, a 36-year-old queer romantic stuck in a tidy-loving-but-kinda-stagnant relationship, reconnects with a younger ex living off the grid, he's pulled into a hot, hazy journey of passion, memory, and rediscovering desire.
Soft Animal
From interviews and testimonies Antonio Capurro builds a documentary that revolves around same-sex couples. Esposos wants to banish prejudices and stereotypes by trying to encourage reflection in our society. We will see well-known characters, citizens, activists, my friends, my family, a lesbian couple, a gay couple, heterosexual couples, the director's boyfriend and many others.
Esposos
After fifteen years of unexplained absence, Jeremy returns to visit his father and finds him a lonely and bitter widower. Unable to reconcile their differences, Jeremy finds it very difficult to carry out his mission: to welcome his father into the world of death.