
Directing
Carlos Ferrand
Place of birth
Lima, Peru
Known for
Directing
Credits
25 titles
Carlos Ferrand was born in Lima, Peru. For the past 35 years he has worked in filmmaking as a screenwriter, director of photography and director. He has directed more than forty films and videos, including Cimarrones, Cuervo, Il parle avec les loups, Visionnaries and Casa Loma. During the seventies, he was part of the historic Liberación sin Rodeos Film Group alongside Marcela Robles, Nenée Herrera, Pedro Neira and Raúl Gallegos, consolidating a diverse perspective and a firm desire for social justice in national cinema. As a director of photography, he has collaborated on productions such as Céline Baril’s Du pic au cœur, Jean-Philippe Duval’s Lumière des oiseaux and Catherine Martin’s L’es…
Known for
NRAfter the Agrarian Reform enacted in 1969 by the government led by Juan Velasco Alvarado, the Andean communities recovered their land, obtained fundamental rights such as access to public education and the possibility of working for themselves. From then on, life alternatives opened up for the children of the Andes who, unlike their predecessors, could attend school, although they still had to face many scarcities. This film looks at the lives of these children, who, together with their communities, are trying to move forward.
Niños
1974
4.0From Panagonia to Nunavut, during four years, Carlos Ferrand visited dear friends, men and women he met wandering the americas. All the while, observing the way of life of the forgotten populations and learning about the fate of some indigenous people.
Americano
2007
NRThis documentary is a road-mind movie that immerses us in the fascinating world of photographer-writer Serge Emmanuel Jongué.
Jongué, A Nomad’s Journey
2020
9.0A dramatic reconstruction of a turn-of-the-century incident involving African slaves in South America.
Cimarrones
1983
NRDocumentary that collects with a mixture of lightness and thunderous passages from the life and death of the Peruvian poet, who from a very young age was already the best version of himself and the promise of his generation. A kind of tribute through the testimonies of the people who loved him, contextualized with images of the political and social moment of the time, which contribute to the rescue of his memory and his poetic word, which was expressed hand in hand with his unfailing commitment to freedom. Javier Heraud, the guerrilla poet, was murdered in the Madre de Dios River in Puerto Maldonado in 1963. He was 21 years old.
Una película sobre Javier Heraud
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Cuervo
1990
Behind the camera
NRAfter the Agrarian Reform enacted in 1969 by the government led by Juan Velasco Alvarado, the Andean communities recovered their land, obtained fundamental rights such as access to public education and the possibility of working for themselves. From then on, life alternatives opened up for the children of the Andes who, unlike their predecessors, could attend school, although they still had to face many scarcities. This film looks at the lives of these children, who, together with their communities, are trying to move forward.
Niños
1974
4.0From Panagonia to Nunavut, during four years, Carlos Ferrand visited dear friends, men and women he met wandering the americas. All the while, observing the way of life of the forgotten populations and learning about the fate of some indigenous people.
Americano
2007
4.0From Panagonia to Nunavut, during four years, Carlos Ferrand visited dear friends, men and women he met wandering the americas. All the while, observing the way of life of the forgotten populations and learning about the fate of some indigenous people.
Americano
2007
NRThis documentary is a road-mind movie that immerses us in the fascinating world of photographer-writer Serge Emmanuel Jongué.
Jongué, A Nomad’s Journey
2020
NRThis documentary is a road-mind movie that immerses us in the fascinating world of photographer-writer Serge Emmanuel Jongué.
Jongué, A Nomad’s Journey
2020
9.0A dramatic reconstruction of a turn-of-the-century incident involving African slaves in South America.
Cimarrones
1983
9.0A dramatic reconstruction of a turn-of-the-century incident involving African slaves in South America.
Cimarrones
1983
NRDocumentary that collects with a mixture of lightness and thunderous passages from the life and death of the Peruvian poet, who from a very young age was already the best version of himself and the promise of his generation. A kind of tribute through the testimonies of the people who loved him, contextualized with images of the political and social moment of the time, which contribute to the rescue of his memory and his poetic word, which was expressed hand in hand with his unfailing commitment to freedom. Javier Heraud, the guerrilla poet, was murdered in the Madre de Dios River in Puerto Maldonado in 1963. He was 21 years old.
Una película sobre Javier Heraud
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Cuervo
1990
Eastern discipline meets the Western need for spirituality
Planet Yoga
2012
NRIn a space outside of time, Indigenous playwright Yves Sioui Durand encounters the masks that have been created for his plays over a period of more than 30 years.
Greetings: Te'skennongweronne - Yves Sioui Durand
2017
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Il parle avec les loups
2001
NR13, a ludodrama on Walter Benjamin' is a documentary essay on the German philosopher Walter Benjamin. Divided into 13 small chapters, the film tells the stories of Benjamin's exile in Paris between 1933 and 1940.
13 A Ludodrama about Walter Benjamin
2017
NRAs if perched atop the majestic Rocher Percé, a stranded stone ship, this film takes an innovative look at the Gaspé Peninsula, shaped by nature, culture, and history. “Two parts geology and one part magic,” the story focuses on the splendor of Percé, which has always been surrounded by fishermen, geologists, poets, and botanists.
L'aventurine
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Visión de la selva
1973
Short film.
Trabajo Voluntario
1971
Short film.
Voto del Analfabeto
1971
Short film.
Casa de Madera
1973
Short film.
Con la Reforma Agraria
1973
Short film.
No Alineados
1975
NRUsing Super 8 footage shot over 45 years ago, the short film Mecánicos piratas de Lima is a deeply poetic journey into a timeless past.
Mecánicos piratas de Lima
2022
Short film.
Somos más de lo que se piensa
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Sin Título
1971
Short film.
Racrachacra
1976
A tour that accompanies the artist Carlos Delfín
Delfín
1973
