List of Venezuelan films
This is list of films produced in Venezuela:
1940s
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| Juan de la calle | Rafael Rivero | Social cinema | Production by Rómulo Gallegos | |||
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| Alma llanera | Manuel Pelufo | |||||
| Las Aventuras de Frijolito y Robustiana | José María Galofré | |||||
| Dos hombres en la tormenta | Rafael Rivero | |||||
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| 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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| La Escalinata | César Enríquez | Independent film | ||||
| El demonio es un ángel | Carlos Hugo Christensen | |||||
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| Luz en el páramo | Víctor Urruchúa | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
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| Caín Adolescente | Román Chalbaud | Carlota Ureta Zambrano, Milagros del Valle, Edgar Jimenez, Rafael Briceño | Drama | Román Chalbaud's first movie | ||
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| Araya | Margot Benacerraf | José Ignacio Cabrujas (Narrator) | Documentary | 1959 Cannes Film Festival Nominee: Golden Palm | ||
1960s
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| Cuentos para mayores | Román Chalbaud | Manuel Poblete, Carmen Mesutti, Héctor Cabrera | ||||
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| Isla de sal | Clemente de la Cerda | Simón Díaz, Lila Morillo | Clemente de la Cerda's first movie | |||
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| La ciudad que nos ve | Jesús Enrique Guédez | Mockumentary | Social compromise film | |||
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1970s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| Chévere o La victoria de Wellington | Román Chalbaud | Eva Moreno, José Royo, Alfredi Berry | ||||
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| Cuando quiero llorar no lloro | Mauricio Walerstein | Valentín Trujillo, Orlando Urdaneta, Verónica Castro, Miguel Ángel Landa, Fernando Arriaga, Rafael Briceño | Drama | Film based in the novel Cuando quiero llorar no lloro by Miguel Otero Silva. Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival | ||
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| La Quema de Judas | Román Chalbaud | Miguel Ángel Landa, Hilda Vera, Rafael Briceño | Drama | 9th Moscow International Film Festival Nominee: Grand Prize | ||
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| Soy un delincuente | Clemente de la Cerda | 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, Miguel Ángel Landa | Comedy / Drama | |||
| Los Tracaleros | Alfredo Lugo | Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Toco Gómez | Comedy / Drama | |||
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| 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 in the novel of the same name by Adriano González León | ||
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| 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
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | María Alejandra Martín Marialejandra Martin, Adriano González León, Vilma Ramia | Drama | |||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Macu, La Mujer del Policía | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Daniel Alvarado, María Luisa Mosquera, Ana Castell | Drama | |||
| La oveja negra | Román Chalbaud | Eva Blanco, Arturo Calderón, Javier Zapata | Drama | |||
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1990s
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| Jericó | Luis Alberto Lamata | Cosme Cortázar | Drama | Goya Award Nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film | |||||||
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| Aire Libre | Luis Armando Roche | Roy Dupuis, Christian Vadim | Drama | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Sicario | Joseph Novoa | Laureano Olivares, Gledys Ibarra, Pedro Lander | Drama | Tokyo International Film Festival Winner: Best Director & Best Supporting Actress | |||||||
| Santera | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Gledys Ibarra, Irma Salcedo | Drama | Gramado Film Festival Nominee - Latin Competition: Best Film | |||||||
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| Los Platos del Diablo | Thaelman Urgelles | Gustavo Rodríguez, Mimí Lazo, Marcela Walerstein | Drama | Film based in the novel of the same name, by Eduardo Liendo. | 1995 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| Tokyo-Paraguaipoa | Leonardo Henríquez | Adolfo Cubas, Eileen Abad, Kenji Sato | Action / Drama | ||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
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| Huelepega: Ley de la Calle | Elia Schneider | José Gregorio Rivas, Pedro Lander, Adolfo Cubas | Drama | ||||||||
2000s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 Juakubowicz | 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 (film) | 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 | ||
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| Francisco de Miranda | Diego Rísquez | Luis Fernández | History / Drama | |||
| Tocar y Luchar | Alberto Arvelo | José Antonio Abreo, 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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| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | Best | |||
| 2013 | ||||||
| Bad Hair | Mariana Rondón | Beto Benites | ||||
| The Liberator | Alberto Arvelo | |||||
| 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 | ||
See also
- Cinema of Venezuela
- List of South American films
- List of Caribbean films
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