Punku + Director Q&A
classified 18 (CTBA)Subtitled screening
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon lowlands, Meshia, a Matsigenka Indigenous teenager, discovers Ivan, a young boy who vanished two years ago and was presumed dead.
Determined to save him, she embarks on a journey upriver into the mountains, heading to the city of Quillabamba. Ivan urgently needs eye surgery to halt an infection threatening his sight.
As a withdrawn Ivan struggles with the trauma of his mysterious past and haunting dreams, Meshia becomes mesmerized by the city's allure. Fuelled by ambition and fragile illusions, she enters a local beauty pageant. Despite Ivan's silence, an uncanny bond grows between them.
But when a stranger with sinister intentions emerges, their inner worlds are put at risk...
Shot on a mix of 16mm, Super 8, and digital formats, Punku - meaning 'gateway' in Quechua- is a hybrid fiction film that blurs the boundaries between the seen and unseen.
The Punku tour is presented in association with Flatpack Festival (Fri 8 - Sat 16 May, Birmingham), and supported by the British Council in partnership with the Independent Cinema Office.
Followed by a Q&A with director Juan Daniel Fernández Molero.