DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
The Darién Gap is a rainforest between Panama and Colombia that links South America with Central America. For many migrants, this is where their journey to the United States begins. At least, that’s how they describe it in the videos they post on social media, which we can see here. Lucia Espinoza Hoempler turns us into witnesses of that migration, while at the same time highlighting our usual detachment as spectators. Far from media sensationalism, the spontaneity of the testimonies generates an unsettling political estrangement. (PC)
Director biography
Luciana Espinoza Hoempler
Luciana Espinoza Hoempler is a Peruvian film director and producer based in Barcelona. Her work focuses on documentary filmmaking and addresses issues such as migration, women’s rights and mental health. Her films construct intimate stories that connect the personal with the political, drawing on hybrid narratives and the use of archival material and mobile footage as the cornerstone of her cinematic language.
Her works have been presented at various international festivals. In 2025, she was selected for the Mentoring 1to1 programme of CIMA (Association of Women filmmakers and Audiovisual Media), and she took part in Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires 2025. She is also a founding member of AMA – the Women and Audiovisual Dissidences Association in Peru.
Images gallery
Sessions
May
Friday 29
17:30 h
CINETECA. Sala Azcona
Credits
Language
Spanish - Subtitles in english
Director
Luciana Espinoza Hoempler
Production
Luciana Espinoza Hoempler
Editing
Estel·la Marcos
Sound
Daniel Miranda
