“A Song Without a Name” was selected as Peru's best film in 2021.

Lima, March 15 The Peruvian Film Press Association (ApreCI) informed Efe on Tuesday that the feature film “Singing Without a Name”, directed by Melina Leon, was selected as the best film of Peru in 2021. Leon's films have added major awards given by the professional press of his country to more than 40 awards received internationally, including the nomination for the best Ibero-American film at the last Goya Awards. “A Song Without a Name” is the first Peruvian film directed by a woman released at the Cannes Film Festival (director Fortnite in 2019) and has been part of the catalog of the Netflix platform since January 2021. La Aprei pointed out that the film, which takes place under the first government of Alan García (1985-1990) and the terrorist injury of the Shining Pass and the MRTA group, tells the story of Georgina Condori, an Andean woman. With the help of a young journalist, he finds a newborn girl who cheated on her. The specialized press highlighted the film's “artistic sensibility” by portraying Peru as a Kafkaesque and desperate society in the late 1980s, but a flash of beauty emerges with an aesthetic and ethical sense far from any sensationalism. It expresses itself in its meaning and its irreproachable value.Technical expertise”. The film also won the title of Best Lead Actor awarded to Tommy Párraga for his role as Pedro Campos, a journalist who tries to discover the child trafficking network amid social indifference and injustice. The film “LXI (61)” received three awards, receiving the award for Best Screenplay written by Rodrigo Moreno del Valle and Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor awarded to Rodrigo Palacios and Best Supporting Actor received by Cynthia Moreno. The Best Actress Award went to Rafaela May with “Autoerotica”, the first feature film directed by Andrea Hoyos, and the best Peruvian documentaries were “Everything you need to know”, “A unique approach to work and heritage” by Sofia Velázquez. The Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo. Apresi also recognized the film “Annette”, a “heartbreaking and atypical musical” by French filmmaker Leo Carax, and was named Best Director at Cannes 2021 in the category Best International Release by the Peruvian Billboard. The 13th Prize of the Association of Professional Journalists was awarded to films from the Ministry of Culture and included 16 female nominations, including Peruvian filmmakers, scriptwriters and actresses. La Aprei, in partnership with the International Federation of Film and Press (Fipresci), has been awarding its annual awards since 2009 with the aim of “contributing to the promotion and recognition of quality Peruvian films”. During this period, he received awards such as “Frightened Chest”, “Paradise”, “Bad Intentions”, “Chikama”, “El Mudo”, “NN”, “Rosa Chumbe”, “Winnie Pasha”, “Altar” and “Manko Kapak”. The association pointed out that Peruvian cinema could “gradually reactivate production” as filming will resume in the second year of the pandemic and cinemas will reopen in mid-2021. Thus, some Peruvian feature films can be shown on commercial channels, but most productions have found exhibition spaces on various virtual platforms. According to the Peruvian website Cinencuentro, 78 Peruvian films were released, which were the most national feature films since registration, which made 2021 the year of the year, of which 16 films were directed or co-directed by women. Dubbing/copying