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Runa Simi

Opens on April 23

 

Director: Augusto Zegarra Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish

Starring: Dylan Valencia, Fernando Valencia

Join us for RUNA SIMI, a powerful Peruvian film that celebrates language as a vessel of memory, identity, and resistance.

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RUNA SIMI
Directed by Augusto Zegarra
(Peru, 2025, 1h 21m, Documentary)
in Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles

After launching a viral project that reimagines iconic animated scenes in Quechua, Fernando Valencia decides to do the same to a Disney classic: 1994’s “The Lion King.” Armed with a homemade studio and relentless resolve, Fernando navigates countless ups and downs, yet his determination never wavers, turning his personal mission into a powerful call for language justice and cultural reclamation. Winner of the Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director last year at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Audience Awards at Biarritz and the Lima Film Festivals.

Tras lanzar un proyecto viral que reimagina escenas animadas icónicas en quechua, Fernando Valencia decide hacer lo mismo con un clásico de Disney: “The Lion King”. Armado con un estudio casero y una determinación inquebrantable, Fernando sortea innumerables altibajos, pero su determinación nunca flaquea, convirtiendo su misión personal en un poderoso llamado a la justicia lingüística y la recuperación cultural. Ganador del Premio Albert Maysles al Mejor Director Revelación de Documental el año pasado en el Festival de Cine de Tribeca y de los Premios del Público en los Festivales de Cine de Biarritz y Lima.

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