Nehemías

2019 | 16 minutes | 1.78:1 | Colour | Stereo | DCP | Spanish spoken | Netherlands, Peru

A couple of years ago, Christian moved to Cocachimba: a poor village in the high jungle of Peru. Coming from the capital, the stigma of being a city guy hinders his integration with the local peasants. Nevertheless, he’s taken it upon himself to become one of them - it’s what he calls his “game”. Through anecdotes of hallucinations and fights, this newcomer sheds light on the gaps between two contrasting cultures and mentalities that coexist in one country.

Credits

• a film by Daniel Jacoby

• with: Christian Reynaldo Rengifo

• cinematography: Nicolás Landa Tami

• paintings: Henry Ledgard

• music: Liisa Hirsch

• animation: Alessandro Bartelle

• audio mastering: Jol Thomson

• production Cocachimba: Sergio Abugattas Tenaud, Gianna Olcese, para Goctalab

• production Chirimoto: Luis Chávez Rodríguez

• production Lima: Juan Luis Balarezo Revilla, Alejandra Monteverde, Alexandra Morales, para Crisis Galería

• thanks: Ricardo Jacoby, Eduardo Ojeda, Gerard Ortín, Liza Swaving, Paola Vela, and the communities of Cocachimba and Chirimoto

• shot in Cocachimba, Chirimoto and Lima, July, 2018

Screenings

• 01/2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ammodo Tiger Shorts Competition, Rotterdam NL
• 02/2019 Lab111-LIMA, Amsterdam NL
• 04/2019 Crisis Galería, Lima PE
• 04/2019 Go Short International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen NL
• 07/2019 Loop Discover Award, shortlisted, Barcelona ES
• 12/2019 Transcinema Festival Internacional de Cine, Lima PE
• 09/2020 Leiden Shorts, Leiden NL
• 09/2020 Kunst TV, Art Republic, Oslo NO
• 11/2022 e-flux Screening Room, New York US

With the support of

• Center for Visual Arts (CBK), Rotterdam NL

• Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam NL

• Crisis Galería, Lima PE

• Goctalab, Cocachimba PE

• Universidad de Lima, Lima PE