“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 in Peru in 2021. Leon's films have added major awards awarded 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. “Song without a Name” is the first Peruvian film directed by a woman released at the Cannes Film Festival (directed by Fortnite in 2019) and has been part of the Netflix platform catalog since January 2021. La Aprei pointed out that the film, which takes place in the first government of Alan Garcia (1985-1990) and the rise of terror in the Shining Pass and the MRTA group, tells the story of Georgina Kondori, an Andean woman who, with the help of a young journalist, finds a newborn baby who deceived him. The specialized press highlighted the “artistic sensibility” of the film by portraying Peru as a Kafkaesque and hopeless society in the late 1980s, but far from any sensationalism, a flash of beauty appears with an aesthetic and ethical sense, which expresses itself with its meaning and irreparable value. Technical expertise”. The film also received the title of Best Starring Actor awarded to Tommy Párrrraga for his role as Pedro Campos, a journalist who tries to discover child trafficking networks amid social apathy and injustice. The film “LXI (61)” received three awards: Rodrigo Moreno del Valle and Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor awarded to Rodrigo Palacios, and Best Supporting Actor received by Cynthia Moreno. The award for Best Actress went to Rafaela May with “Autoerotica”, the first feature film directed by Andrea Hoyos, and the best Peruvian documentary was “Everything You Need to Know”, “A Unique Approach to Work and Legacy” 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 of Best International Release of Billboard in Peru. The 13th award of the Association of Professional Journalists was awarded to films by the Ministry of Culture and included 16 female nominations, including Peruvian filmmakers, scriptwriters and actresses. La Aprei, in collaboration with the International Federation of Film and Press (Fipresci), has been awarded an annual award since 2009 with the aim of “contributing to the promotion and recognition of quality Peruvian cinema”. During this period, he was awarded such awards as “Frightened Chest”, “Paradise”, “Bad Intent”, “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 resume in mid-2021. Therefore, while some Peruvian feature films may be shown on commercial channels, most of the works have found exhibition space 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