List of Venezuelan films
Cinema of Venezuela |
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List of Venezuelan films |
1890s |
1900s |
pre-1940 |
1940s |
1950s |
1960s |
1970s |
1980s |
1990s |
2000s |
2010s |
2020s |
This is a list of films produced in Venezuela.
Early film
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1897 | ||||||
Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa | Documentary | First film | ||||
Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo | Documentary | |||||
Disputa entre Andracistas y Rojistas | ||||||
Una paliza en el estado Sarría | ||||||
Carlos Ruiz peleando con un cochero | proto-Western | |||||
1899 | ||||||
Joropo de negros en el Orinoco | Carlos Ruiz Chapellín | Folk tale | ||||
1901 | ||||||
Diálogos de Tirabeque y Pelegrín | G. Romegout, a Lumière worker | First certain fiction and first sound film made in Venezuela | ||||
Bailes populares | Romegout | Folktale | Featuring sound | |||
Coplas de Gedeón | Romegout | Featuring sound | ||||
1903 | ||||||
Unknown (likely multiple) | Manuel Trujillo Durán and Alfredo Duplat | Possibly made in Colombia; shown in Venezuela by Venezuelans (August 13–27) | ||||
1908 | ||||||
5 de Julio or 5 de Julio: Película Criolla | Manuel Ignacio Baralt, Servio Tulio Baralt and Manuel Delhom | Documentary | Made in honor of the president of Carabobo state, Dr. Samuel E. Niño | |||
Las Trincheras-Valencia | S. T. Baralt and M. Delhom | Documentary | ||||
1909 | ||||||
Carnival in Caracas | M. A. Gonhom and Augusto González Vidal | Documentary | Said to be filmed on primitive cameras, but enjoyed by the audience who wanted to see the subject | |||
1913 | ||||||
Don Confusio | Lucas Manzano | [1] | ||||
La dama de las Cayenas | Enrique Zimmerman | Parody | First feature film | |||
1923 | ||||||
La Trepadora | Edgar J. Anzola & Jacobo Capriles | |||||
1928 | ||||||
Los milagros de la Divina Pastora | Amábilis Cordero | |||||
1932 | ||||||
La venus de Nácar: Fantasía Aborigen | Efrain Gómez | First sound film | ||||
1938 | ||||||
Taboga | Features synchronous sound | |||||
El Rompimiento | Features synchronous sound | |||||
1940s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1940 | ||||||
1941 | ||||||
Juan de la calle | Rafael Rivero | Social cinema | Production by Rómulo Gallegos | |||
1942 | ||||||
1943 | ||||||
1944 | ||||||
1945 | ||||||
Alma llanera | Manuel Pelufo | |||||
Las Aventuras de Frijolito y Robustiana | José María Galofré | |||||
Dos hombres en la tormenta | Rafael Rivero | |||||
1946 | ||||||
1947 | ||||||
1948 | ||||||
1949 | ||||||
La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Juana Sujo, Tomás Henríquez | Drama | Cannes Film Festival winner: Best Cinematography | ||
1950s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1950 | ||||||
La Escalinata | César Enríquez | Independent film | ||||
El demonio es un ángel | Carlos Hugo Christensen | |||||
1951 | ||||||
1952 | ||||||
1953 | ||||||
Luz en el páramo | Víctor Urruchúa | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
1954 | ||||||
1955 | ||||||
1956 | ||||||
1957 | ||||||
Caín Adolescente | Román Chalbaud | Carlota Ureta Zambrano, Milagros del Valle, Edgar Jimenez, Rafael Briceño | Drama | Román Chalbaud's first movie | ||
1958 | ||||||
1959 | ||||||
Araya | Margot Benacerraf | José Ignacio Cabrujas (narrator) | Documentary | 1959 Cannes Film Festival nominee: Golden Palm | ||
1960s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1960 | ||||||
1961 | ||||||
1962 | ||||||
1963 | ||||||
Cuentos para mayores | Román Chalbaud | Manuel Poblete, Carmen Mesutti, Héctor Cabrera | ||||
1964 | ||||||
Isla de sal | Clemente de la Cerda | Simón Díaz, Lila Morillo | Clemente de la Cerda's first movie | |||
1965 | ||||||
La ciudad que nos ve | Jesús Enrique Guédez | Mockumentary | Social compromise film | |||
1966 | ||||||
1967 | ||||||
1968 | ||||||
1969 | ||||||
1970s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1970 | ||||||
1971 | ||||||
Chévere o La victoria de Wellington | Román Chalbaud | Eva Moreno, José Royo, Alfredi Berry | ||||
1972 | ||||||
1973 | ||||||
Cuando quiero llorar no lloro | Mauricio Walerstein | Valentín Trujillo, Orlando Urdaneta, Verónica Castro, Miguel Ángel Landa, Haydée Balza Fernando Arriaga, Rafael Briceño | Drama | Film based on the novel Cuando quiero llorar no lloro by Miguel Otero Silva; entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
1974 | ||||||
1975 | ||||||
La Quema de Judas | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, Hilda Vera, Rafael Briceño | Drama | 9th Moscow International Film Festival nominee: Grand Prize | ||
1976 | ||||||
Soy un delincuente | Clemente de la Cerda | Haydée Balza | Special Jury Prize at 1977 Locarno International Film Festival | |||
1977 | ||||||
El Cine Soy Yo | Luis Armando Roche | Asdrúbal Meléndez, Juliet Berto, Alvaro Roche | Drama | Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
El Pez que Fuma | Román Chalbaud | Hilda Vera, Orlando Urdaneta, Haydée Balza, Miguel Ángel Landa | Comedy / drama | |||
Los Tracaleros | Alfredo Lugo | Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Toco Gómez | Comedy / drama | |||
1978 | ||||||
Carmen, La que contaba 16 años | Román Chalbaud | Mayra Alejandra, Miguel Ángel Landa, Carlos Márquez | Drama | |||
País Portátil | Iván Feo | Alejandra Pinedo, Héctor Duvauchelle, Iván Feo | Fiction | Film based on the novel of the same name by Adriano González León | ||
1979 | ||||||
El rebaño de los ángeles | Román Chalbaud | Mary Soliani, Pilar Romero, Alicia Plaza | Fiction | |||
Travelling Companion | Clemente de la Cerda | Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||
1980s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1980 | ||||||
1981 | ||||||
1982 | ||||||
Cangrejo | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, América Alonso, Carlos Márquez | Drama | Based on the book Cuatro Crímenes: Cuatro Poderes, by Fermín Mármol León | ||
1983 | ||||||
The House of Water | Jacobo Penzo | |||||
1984 | ||||||
Cangrejo II | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, Jean Carlo Simancas, Toco Gómez | ||||
Cóctel de camarones | Alfredo Anzola | Adriana Villalba, Alba Roversi, Alejandro Corona | Comedy | |||
Homicidio culposo | César Bolívar | Elba Escobar, Javier Vidal, Jean Carlos Simancas | Drama | |||
1985 | ||||||
Oriana | Fina Torres | Doris Wells, Maya Oloe | Drama | Won the Golden Camera Award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival | ||
Ratón de ferretería | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, Jenny Noguera, Rafael Briceño | ||||
Más allá del silencio | César Bolívar | Maria Isabel Calderón, Julie Restifo, Ileanna Simancas | ||||
Agonia | Joseph Novoa | Maria Eugenia Carrasco, Aminta de Lara Aminta de Lara. Jorge Díaz, Juan Manuel Montesinos | Drama | |||
1986 | ||||||
Ifigenia | Iván Feo | Marialejandra Martín, Adriano González León, Vilma Ramia | Drama | |||
1987 | ||||||
Macu, The Policeman's Woman | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Daniel Alvarado, María Luisa Mosquera, Ana Castell | Drama | |||
La oveja negra | Román Chalbaud | Eva Blanco, Arturo Calderón, Javier Zapata | Drama | |||
1988 | ||||||
1989 | ||||||
1990s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1990 | ||||||
Jericó | Luis Alberto Lamata | Cosme Cortázar | Drama | Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film | ||
1991 | ||||||
1992 | ||||||
Golpes a mi Puerta | Alejandro Saderman | Verónica Oddó & Elba Escobar | Drama | Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film | ||
Desnudo con Naranjas | Luis Alberto Lamata | Lourdes Valera & Daniel Alvarado | Drama | Sochi International Film Festival winner: Best Actor Daniel Alvarado | ||
Río Negro aka Blak River | Atahualpa Lichy | Ángela Molina, Marie-José Nat, Nathalie Nell, Fanny Bastien, Frank Ramírez, Daniel Alvarado | Drama | Coral Prize to the Best Unpublished Script - Havana Festival, India Catalina Opera Prima - Cartagena Festival, Makhila to the Opera Prima - Biarritz Festival. | ||
Santera | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Gledys Ibarra, Irma Salcedo | Drama | Gramado Film Festival nominee – Latin Competition: Best Film | ||
1993 | ||||||
Los Platos del Diablo | Thaelman Urgelles | Gustavo Rodríguez, Mimí Lazo, Marcela Walerstein | Drama | Film based on the novel of the same name, by Eduardo Liendo | ||
1995 | ||||||
Mecánicas Celestes | Fina Torres | Ariadna Gil | Comedy | L.A. Outfest winner: Grand Jury Award for Outstanding American Narrative Feature | ||
Rosa de Francia | César Bolívar | Ninibeth Leal, Víctor Cámara | Drama | |||
Sicario | Joseph Novoa | Laureano Olivares, Gledys Ibarra, Pedro Lander | Drama | Tokyo International Film Festival winner: Best Director & Best Supporting Actress | ||
1996 | ||||||
Out in the Open | Luis Armando Roche | Roy Dupuis, Christian Vadim, Carlos Cruz | Drama | |||
Tokyo-Paraguaipoa | Leonardo Henríquez | Adolfo Cubas, Eileen Abad, Kenji Sato | Action / drama | |||
1997 | ||||||
Una Vida y Dos Mandados | Alberto Arvelo | John Márquez, Bernardino Angel | Drama | Montréal World Film Festival nominee: Grand Prix des Amériques | ||
Pandemonium: La Capital del Infierno | Román Chalbaud | Orlando Urdaneta, Amalia Pérez Díaz | Drama | San Sebastián International Film Festival nominee: Golden Seashell Award | ||
La Voz del Corazón | Carlos Oteyza | Henry Soto, Beatriz Valdez, Asdrúbal Meléndez | Drama | Gramado Film Festival nominee: Best Film | ||
1998 | ||||||
100 años de perdón | Alejandro Saderman | Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Mariano Álvarez, Daniel Lugo & Aroldo Betancourt | Comedy | Newport International Film Festival nominee: Jury Award | ||
Amaneció de Golpe | Carlos Azpúrua | Ruddy Rodríguez, Yanis Chimaras, Elba Escobar | Drama | Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film | ||
Piel | Oscar Lucién | Indhira Serrano, Gabriel Blanco, Juan Manuel Montesinos | Drama | Bogotá Film Festival nominee: Best Film | ||
1999 | ||||||
Huelepega: Ley de la Calle | Elia Schneider | José Gregorio Rivas, Pedro Lander, Adolfo Cubas | Drama | |||
Loop | ||||||
2000s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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2000 | ||||||
Caracas Amor a Muerte | Gustavo Balza | Luis Fernández, Iván Tamayo | Drama | Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival winner: Best Film | ||
Manuela Sáenz | Diego Rísquez | Beatriz Valdés, Mariano Álvarez | Drama | |||
Borrón y Cuenta Nueva | Henrique Lazo | Mimí Lazo, Luis Fernández, Elba Escobar | Comedy | Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film | ||
Oro Diablo | Joseph Novoa | Drama | ||||
2001 | ||||||
2002 | ||||||
The Archangel's Feather | ||||||
2003 | ||||||
Una casa con vista al mar | Alberto Arvelo | Imanol Arias, Leandro Arvelo | Drama | Miami Film Festival winner: Best Director | ||
Yotama se va volando | Luis Armando Roche | Edgar Ramírez, Beatriz Vásquez | Drama | Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film | ||
2004 | ||||||
Punto y Raya | Elias Schneider | Roque Valero, Edgar Ramírez | Action / drama / comedy | Bogotá Film Festival winner: Best Director | ||
X-Ray of a Lie | Wolfgang Schalk | Documentary | ||||
Habana, Havana | Alberto Arvelo | Raúl Eguren, Israel Guerra | Drama | Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film | ||
2005 | ||||||
Secuestro Express | Jonathan Jakubowicz | Mia Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux, Carlos Julio Molina, Ruben Blades, Niga Sibilino & Budu | Drama | British Independent Film Award nominee: Best Foreign Film | ||
1888, El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel | Alfredo Anzola | Marco Villarubia, Elba Escobar | Drama | ANAC Awards: Best Art Direction & Best Cinematography | ||
El Caracazo | Román Chalbaud | Fernando Carrillo, Yanis Chimaras, Mimí Lazo, Francis Rueda | Drama | ANAC Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Beatriz Vásquez) | ||
Maroa | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Tristán Ulloa, Yorlis Domínguez, Elba Escobar | Drama | Venezuela's Official Selection for the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film | ||
2006 | ||||||
Francisco de Miranda | Diego Rísquez | Luis Fernández | History / drama | |||
Tocar y Luchar | Alberto Arvelo | José Antonio Abreu, Gustavo Dudamel | Documentary | Miami Film Festival: Best Documentary | ||
El Don | Joseph Novoa | Laureno Olivares | Drama, Accion | |||
Elipsis | Eduardo Arias-Nath | Edgar Ramírez, Seu Jorge, Jean Paul Leroux | Drama / crime | |||
Mi Vida por Sharon, ¿o qué te pasa a ti? | Carlos Azpúrua | Mimi Lazo, Carlos Mata, Vicente Tepedino | Comedy | |||
2007 | ||||||
13 Segundos | Freddy Fadel | Daniela Alvarado, Carmen Julia Álvarez, Nohely Arteaga | Drama | |||
Puras Joyitas | César Oropeza | Mario Cimarro, Miguel Ferrari, Erich Wildpret | Action / comedy | |||
Una abuela virgen | Olegario Barrera | Daniela Alvarado, Antonio Delli, Marlene De Andrade, Iván Tamayo | Comedy | |||
Cyrano Fernandez | Alberto Arvelo | Edgar Ramirez, Pastor Oviedo, Jessika Grau | Action / romance | Malaga Film Festival Best Latin American Film | ||
Postcards from Leningrad | Mariana Rondon | Laureano Olivares, Greisy Mena | Drama / tragicomedy | Biarritz Film Festival winner; Goya Awards: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film nominee | ||
2008 | ||||||
Bloques | Carlos Caridad, Alfredo Hueck | Dimas González, Lourdes Valera, Nohely Arteaga | Drama | |||
The Color of Fame | Alejandro Ballame | Elaiza Gil, Alberto Alifa, Miguel Ferrari | Drama | |||
La Virgen Negra | Ignacio Castillo Cotin | Carmen Maura, Matheus Nachtergaele, Carolina Torres | Comedy | |||
A mi me gusta | Ralph Kinnard | Mónica Pasqualotto, Jonathan Ashford | Romance / comedy | |||
2009 | ||||||
Libertador Morales | Efterpi Charalambidis | Rafael Gil, Alba Vallvé | Comedy | |||
Swing con son | Rafael Marziano Tinoco | Caridad Canelón, Billo Frómeta, Rafa Galindo, Alberto Naranjo, María Rivas | Documentary / history / musical | |||
Venezzia | Haik Gazarian | Alfonso Herrera, Ruddy Rodríguez | Drama | |||
Zamora, tierra y hombres libres | Román Chalbaud | Alexander Solórzano, Eric Ekvall, Antonio Machuca | Historical | |||
2010s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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2010 | ||||||
Cheila: Una Casa Pa' Maita | Eduardo Barberena | Endry Cardeño, Violeta Alemán, José Manuel Suárez | Drama | Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival | ||
Habana Eva | Fina Torres | Prakriti Maduro, Juan Carlos García | Comedy | Best Movie at the New York Latino Film Festival | ||
Hermano | Marcel Rasquin | Eliú Armas, Fernando Moreno | Drama | Best Movie at the Moscow Film Festival; Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film | ||
Taita Boves | Luis Alberto Lamata | Juvel Vielma, Daniela Alvarado, Gledys Ibarra | Historical | |||
La Hora Cero | Diego Velasco | Zapata 666, Amanda Key, Erich Wildpret, Nana Ponceleon, Albi de Abreu, Antonio Cuevas, Marisa Roman | Action | |||
El Chico que Miente | Marite Ugas | Iker Fernandez, Francisco Denis, Beatriz Vazquez, Gladys Prince, Aldrin Sterling | Drama | |||
2011 | ||||||
No Stingray Pie for Dinner Tonight | Braulio Rodríguez | Luis Carreño | Comedy short | |||
Reverón | Diego Rísquez | Luigi Sciamanna, Sheila Monterola, Luis Fernández, Prakriti Maduro | Drama | Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival | ||
2012 | ||||||
Breach in the Silence | Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez | |||||
Rock, Paper, Scissors | Hernán Jabes | Drama | ||||
2013 | ||||||
Bad Hair | Mariana Rondón | Beto Benites | ||||
High Noon | Ivan Mazza | Gabriel Rojas, Pedro Gómez, Prakriti Maduro, Edgar Noria, Efraín Romero, Gustavo Santana | Short | |||
The Liberator | Alberto Arvelo | |||||
La distancia más larga | Claudia Pinto | Carme Elias, Omar Moya, Ivan Tamayo | Drama | Nominated for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 29th Goya Awards. | ||
Papita, maní, tostón | Luis Carlos Hueck | Comedy | Highest-grossing film in the history of Venezuelan cinema. | |||
The Return | Patricia Ortega | Daniela González, Sofía Espinoza, Laureano Olivares, Jessica González | Drama | |||
Valle Cocodrilo | Leticia Patrizi | Short | ||||
2014 | ||||||
Blue and Not So Pink | Miguel Ferrari | Guillermo García, Nacho Montes (aka Ignacio Montes González), Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres, Alexander Da Silva, Sócrates Serrano, Elba Escobar, Beatriz Valdés | Drama | Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language at the 28th Goya Awards in 2014 | ||
Corpus Christi | César Bolívar | Carlos Cruz, Jariana Armas, Marcos Moreno | ||||
2015 | ||||||
El malquerido | Diego Rísquez | Chyno Miranda | Drama | [2] | ||
Km 72 | Samuel Henríquez | Gustavo Rodríguez, Frank Spano, George Akram, Indra Santamaría, Jesús Nunes | Cine Negro | [3] | ||
From Afar | Lorenzo Vigas | Drama | Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[4][5][6] It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[7] | |||
Gone with the River | ||||||
2016 | ||||||
La Soledad | Jorge Thielen Armand | Drama | ||||
2017 | ||||||
The Family | ||||||
El Inca | ||||||
2018 | ||||||
Being Impossible | Patricia Ortega | Drama | ||||
Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century | Gustavo Tovar-Arroyo | Documentary | Best documentary in the New York International Films Infest Festival.[8] | |||
El pueblo soy yo | Carlos Oteyza | Enrique Krauze, Fernando Mires, Loris Zanatta, Alberto Barrera Tyszka, Ana Rosa Torres | Documentary | Nominated in the 34th Guadalajara International Film Festival for the feature-length documentary category.[9][10] | ||
Simón | Diego Vicentini | Christian McGaffney, Kelley Mack, Steve Wilcox, Alexandra Hoover | Short | Feature film currently being produced | ||
2019 | ||||||
Infection | Flavio Pedota | Rubén Guevara, Leonidas Urbina, Magdiel González, Genna Chanelle Hayes | Horror | Best Ibero-American Film award at the 2019 Guadalajara International Film Festival.[11] |
2020s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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2020 | ||||||
La Fortaleza | Jorge Thielen Armand | Drama | Nominated for Tiger Award at the 2020 International Film Festival of Rotterdam.[12] | |||
Lejos de Casa: Exodo Venezolano | Abner Ramírez | Gabriel Buitrago, Abner Ramirez, Yroski Palacios | Drama | |||
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela |
See also
- Cinema of Venezuela
- List of South American films
- List of Caribbean films
References
- https://www.scribd.com/document/317533553/Diccionario-de-Cine-Venezolano
- El malquerido on IMDb
- Km 72 on
- "Leone d'oro a 'Desde Alla' di Vigas" (in Italian). ANSA. September 12, 2015.
- "Venice Film Festival: Lido Lineup Builds Awards Season Buzz – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- "Venice Fest Reveals Robust Lineup Featuring Hollywood Stars and International Auteurs". Variety. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- Mango, Agustin (August 11, 2016). "Venezuela Selects 'From Afar' as Oscar Entry". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- "'Chavismo: la peste del siglo XXI' es premiado como mejor documental en Nueva York" (in Spanish). El Nuevo País. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- Camargo, Laura (January 21, 2019). "Festival de Guadalajara 2019: Estos son las películas iberoamericanas seleccionadas" (in Spanish). Indie Hoy. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
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- "Infección (FICG 2019)". Cine PREMIERE (in Spanish). August 3, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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