Aya
Peru / Color / 9' / 2016
Juan, is a 9 year old boy who works in a salt mine to provide for his house and take care of his sick mother. AYA which means “soul” or “ dead body” in Quechua, is the story of a child who is willing to betray his principles in order to please the last wish of his mother.
Francesca Canepa
Francesca Canepa is a young peruvian filmmaker. She studied Cinema at the University from Montpellier and she holds a Master degree in Cinema Directing from the ESCAC, the Cinema School from Catalunya. Her first Short Film AYA, shot in the peruvian Andes, obtained the prize of Best Iberoamerican Short Film at the Guadalajara’s International Film Festival (FICG) 2017 and gain international attention from the cinema critics. Nowadays, she works on her first feature length film ‘’Selva’’ and directs in the advertising field for the company Gudfelas from Lima.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Francesca Canepa
- Screenplay: Francesca Canepa
- Cinematography: Christian Valera
- Editing: Gino Moreno
- music: Karin Zielinski
- Sound Design: Raul Astete
- producer:: Jimena Hospina
- original language: Quechua
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