List of Bolivian films

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This is a list of films produced in Bolivia from the 1920s to present.

1920s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1925
Corazón Aymara black and white, silent drama considered to be the first Bolivian fiction feature film[1][2]
The Prophecy of the Lake José Maria Velasco Maidana black and white, silent romance Bolivia's second completed fiction feature film; banned by the authorities for its social critique and its portrayal of a white woman in love with an indigenous man; never released[1]

1930s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1930
Wara Wara José Maria Velasco Maidana , , , black and white, silent, historical romance the only known surviving work from Bolivia's silent-film era [3]
1931
[1] José Maria Velasco Maidana

1950s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1950
1951
1952
1953

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1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

1960s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
Ukamau Jorge Sanjinés , , , First feature film to use both Spanish and a native language (Aymara)[4]
1967
1968
, , Charlie Smith First Latin American film to be restored by the AMPAS Film Archive.[5]
1969
Yawar mallku Jorge Sanjinés

1970s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1970
1971
Jorge Sanjinés
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
Chuquiago
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1977
1978
1979

1980s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1980
1981
,
1982
Mi socio Paolo Agazzi Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival
1983
1984
Hubert Smith
Los Hermanos Cartagena Paolo Agazzi
1985
1986
Alfredo Ovando
1987
1988
1989
, Alfredo Ovando
Jorge Sanjinés

1990s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
Jonah and the Pink Whale
Jorge Sanjinés
1996
1997
1998
El Día que Murió el Silencio Paolo Agazzi
1999

2000s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2000
2001
2002
2003
Sexual Dependency Alexandra Aponte, Roberto Urbina Drama
2004
Paolo Agazzi
Jorge Sanjinés
2005
American Visa
Di buen día a papá Fernando Vargas
Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo Paolo Agazzi
Enrique Aguilar
2006
¿Quién mató a la llamita blanca? Erika Andia, Pablo Fernandez, Augustin Mendieta, Guery Sandoval, Miguel Valverde Comedy
2007
Cocalero Alejandro Landes
Los Andes no creen en Dios
2008
Verse Alejandro Pereyra
2009
Zona Sur
Martin Boulocq, Sergio Bastani, Rodrigo Bellott Patricia Garcia, Daniel Aguirre Camacho, Ismael Suárez, Diego Paesano, Lorena Sugier, Santiago Rozo

2010s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2010
2011
The Old People
2012
Jorge Sanjinés
2013
Once Upon a Time in Bolivia Patrick Cordova Luis Caballero, Miguel Angel Mamani, Ivan Nogales, Raul Beltran, Reynaldo Yuhra, Miguel Estellano Drama
Olvidados Carlos Bolado
2015
Sealed Cargo Julia Vargas-Weise
2016
Dark Skull

2020s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2020
Chaco

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Wara Wara", The Bioscope
  2. ^ "El lago Titicaca ha fascinado a los cineastas una y otra vez" Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, La Razón, July 3, 2009
  3. ^ "Bolivia's struggle to preserve its film heritage", BBC, October 29, 2010
  4. ^ "Unheard Voices: Cinema of Bolivia". Kuxa Kanema. MUBI. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Film Acquisition and Preservation Committee - Overview". LALIFF Website. Latino International Film Institute and Festival. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

Further reading[]

  • José Sànchez-H.: The Art and Politics of Bolivian Cinema, Scarecrow Press 1999, ISBN 0-8108-3625-4

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