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International Panorama · 46th Edition

The Memory of Butterflies

La memoria de las mariposas

Director

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski  

Country

Peru, Portugal

Runtime

1 h 17 min

Language

Spanish, Murui Huitoto

Premiere

MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)

Synopsis

 Emerging from the shadows of the rubber boom, the forgotten stories of Omarino and Aredomi are recovered in a sensory journey that intertwines the filmmaker's personal story with early 20th-century Amazonian archives. 

Screenplay

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski 

Producers

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, Isabel Madueño Medina, Ico Costa 

About the Director

 She is a Peruvian filmmaker whose work bridges experimental and documentary cinema, exploring themes of memory, colonial histories, and collective healing. She studied Performing Arts in Peru and Film and New Media at Le Fresnoy—Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France. Her previous films have been showcased at prestigious festivals, including Doclisboa, Oberhausen, and Art of the Real. 

Screenings

Sat 15 Nov · 15:00 – 16:17 Creativity Centre
Sun 16 Nov · 15:00 – 16:17 Zamalek Cinema 2