Samuel Urbina
Directing
Biography
Samuel Urbina is a film director and producer born and based in Piura, Peru. His work is driven by an interest in cinema that moves between fiction and non-fiction, with territory as its point of departure. His films have been screened at festivals such as Málaga, Guadalajara, São Paulo, Cartagena de Indias, and Lima, among others. That Shadow Fading (2025) is his debut feature film.
Known For
In a warm city in northern Peru, a young man tries to leave his loneliness behind. A forced encounter gives him hope, or so it seemed.
Warm
Sol is a funeral keyboardist who has sought refuge in the monotony of her work for years. Her son, Junior, is about to finish university and will soon leave the nest. Amidst the sweltering, desert-like city they inhabit, mother and son will try to connect before their imminent separation.
That Shadow Fading
After the closure of his school, a teenager decides to spend the afternoon in the street before returning home. Here he will meet a friend from his neighborhood, with whom he will be involved in a criminal situation that will mark a before and after in his life.