Synopsis

Dimas and Isabel lived in Arica when new border limits were imposed between Peru and Chile, dividing their descendants. Their great-granddaughter searches for her identity, crossing the limits of her memory, family chronicles and official discourses that shape the history of both countries.

Team

• Natalia

  Maysundo

  Director

  Tacna-born filmmaker, audiovisual producer, and teacher. Member of the Maizal Cultural Association, an itinerant research and audiovisual creation team. Pre-professor at the Faculty of Communication and Arts of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and facilitator of community film projects and workshops for adolescents in detention. She has participated in the production of several audiovisual and cinematographic projects as a camerawoman, editor, and screenwriter.

• Diana

  Castro

  Producer

  Film director, producer, and cultural manager, with a master’s degree in film curatorship from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola. Her short film «Muyurina-Itzuli Mitzuli» premiered at the 2024 Punto de Vista Festival. Recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Awards 2023 and alumni of the Locarno Industry Academy. She has produced five feature films and has been head of production on several others. She is currently developing her debut feature, «Mayu», awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Peru in 2021.

• Rocío

  Romero

  Producer

  Audiovisual Director at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and co-founder of Mimbre Films. Rocío has produced the films «Naomi Campbel»(FICValdivia 2013, CPH:DOX 2014, Best Direction CinemaTropical 2015), «Plants» (Best Film Award and Youth Jury Award, Generation 14+ Berlinale 2016), and «If they soak me, I’ll burn them» (Rotterdam IFF 2019), among other productions. She is currently developing the documentary «Thirst» by Vicente Barros and «Silence will come, and I’ll be gone» by Coti Donoso.

Technical Info

Production year: 2022
Format: Digital, ProRes
Lenght: 90 min
Countries: Peru-Chile
Director: Natalia Maysundo
Producers: Diana Castro and Rocío Romero
Production companies: MAMAYAKU AUDIOVISUAL – MIMBRE FILMS – TUPAY CINE
Website: Las Cautivas
Instagram: Las Cautivas – Mamayaku Audiovisual – Mimbre Films – Natalia Maysundo – Diana Castro
Facebook: Natalia Maysundo
Distributor or sales agent: Mimbre Films

Awards and Official Selections

Awards:
Ministry of Culture of Peru’s Feature Film Development Award – DAFO 2017.
Ministry of Culture of Peru’s Documentary Feature Film Production Award 2019.
Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage of Chile – FONDART Award 2019.

Festivals:
26th Lima Film Festival
6th AricaDoc Festival
9th Corriente: Latin American Non-Fiction Film Encounter
9th Trujillo Film Festival – FECIT
2nd Hanan Cine Festival
17th Arica Nativa Festival
3rd Atemporal – Itinerant Non-Fiction Film Festival
10th Gollut Festival – Spain
Salvaje Festival 2023 – Colombia
9th ULima Film Week
8th Ethnographic Film Festival – Ecuador
Retama, Latin American Film Festival – Ayacucho 2023
1st Raíces Regional Film Festival – Tacna
FENACI 2023 – Huánuco
6th Hecho por Mujeres Festival
VI Render Festival
2024 Paris Peruvian Cinema Festival
2024 Peruvian Film Festival in Madrid