2020 Heartland International Film Festival

Song Without a Name

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WINNER of the Indiana Film Journalists Association Best International Directorial Debut Award


This film was one of five Finalists in competition for the Grand Prize for Best Narrative Feature and $20,000.


Based on harrowing true events, "Song Without A Name" tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic - and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions - suggesting deep, rotting corruption in Peru. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political violence and turmoil, Melina León’s heart-wrenching first feature renders Georgina's story in gorgeous, shadowy black-and-white cinematography, "styled like the most beautiful of bad dreams" (Variety). "Song Without A Name" is a "Kafkaesque thriller" (The Hollywood Reporter) that unflinchingly depicts real-life, stranger-than fiction tragedies with poetic beauty.


In Quechua and Spanish with English subtitles.


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Festivals and Awards

FilmFest Munich, CineVision Award

Lima International Film Festival, Best Film, Best Actress

Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, FIPRESCI Prize, Jury Special Mention

Palm Springs International Film Festival, New Voices New Visions Award

Stockholm International Film Festival, Best Film, Best Cinematography

Thessaloniki Film Festival, Best Director

Cannes Film Festival


Film Contact

Film Movement

maxwell@filmmovement.com

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    97 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish, Quechua
  • Country
    Peru, Spain, USA
  • Rating
    Mature Themes
  • Director
    Melina León
  • Screenwriter
    Melina León, Michael J. White
  • Producer
    Inti Briones, Melina León, Michael J. White
  • Cast
    Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas