
Directing
Freddy Siso
Caracas, Venezuela
Venezuelan filmmaker born in Caracas, he moved to Mérida in 1963, scaping political persecution. He is known for the films Diles que no me maten (1985), based on Juan Rulfo's story, and Los Nevados (1979). Freddy Siso was a member of the legendary Cinema Department of the University of the Andes in Mérida.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRBased on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical dimension.
El hipercubo
1986
NRBased on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical dimension.
El hipercubo
1986
7.0Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.
El regalo
1989
7.0Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.
El regalo
1989
8.0Los Nevados is the first peasant feature film from Venezuela. The magical poetry about humans who endure an almost animal, almost instinctive, almost sad existence, which turns into a complaint.
Los Nevados
1979
8.0Los Nevados is the first peasant feature film from Venezuela. The magical poetry about humans who endure an almost animal, almost instinctive, almost sad existence, which turns into a complaint.
Los Nevados
1979
NRDocumentary about the Yekwana people.
Medewadi
1995
NRDocumentary about the Yekwana people.
Medewadi
1995
5.0In this short film, made on the occasion of a visit by Maurice Hasson to Mérida to perform in concert, he evokes in a warm conversation his indelible memories and deeply human experiences of his life in Mérida.
Maurice Hasson
1985
5.0In this short film, made on the occasion of a visit by Maurice Hasson to Mérida to perform in concert, he evokes in a warm conversation his indelible memories and deeply human experiences of his life in Mérida.
Maurice Hasson
1985
Thirty years later, Freddy Siso returns to Los Nevados to complete this documentary, once again portraying a reality marked by abandonment, oblivion, and faith. Faith in the land, faith in God, and faith in Saint Isidore. Through patient observation and reflection, the film revisits a community suspended in time, where devotion and memory persist despite decay and neglect.
Deseo que plantes una semilla
2011
Thirty years later, Freddy Siso returns to Los Nevados to complete this documentary, once again portraying a reality marked by abandonment, oblivion, and faith. Faith in the land, faith in God, and faith in Saint Isidore. Through patient observation and reflection, the film revisits a community suspended in time, where devotion and memory persist despite decay and neglect.
Deseo que plantes una semilla
2011
6.0Documentary about the struggles of the people of El Sitio del Anís, in the Venezuelan Andes.
El Sitio del Anís
1983
6.0Documentary about the struggles of the people of El Sitio del Anís, in the Venezuelan Andes.
El Sitio del Anís
1983
NRA topographer who makes a living drawing up maps for indigenous and peasant communities dreams of managing death.
Japón a lo lejos
2007
NRA topographer who makes a living drawing up maps for indigenous and peasant communities dreams of managing death.
Japón a lo lejos
2007
10.0A young peasant farmer has a feud with a heartless landowner which results in the landowner killing the peasant's cattle which result in the peasant killing the landowner which for the man goes in to hiding for more than 40 years, hounded by the murdered landowner's son obsessed with finding his father's killer.
¡Diles que no me maten!
1984
10.0A young peasant farmer has a feud with a heartless landowner which results in the landowner killing the peasant's cattle which result in the peasant killing the landowner which for the man goes in to hiding for more than 40 years, hounded by the murdered landowner's son obsessed with finding his father's killer.
¡Diles que no me maten!
1984
5.0An exploration of the Latin American protest song through performances and interventions by some of its most prominent figures: Pablo Milanés, Lilia Vera, Mercedes Sosa, Joan Manuel Serrat, Daniel Viglietti, Carlos Puebla, Sara González, and Gloria Martín. Filmed on the occasion of a concert organized by the University of the Andes at the Mérida Bullring, the documentary constitutes an essential record of the Nueva Canción movement as a continental cultural force within the broader context of the political struggles of its time.
Algunos cantantes, algunas canciones
1981
5.0An exploration of the Latin American protest song through performances and interventions by some of its most prominent figures: Pablo Milanés, Lilia Vera, Mercedes Sosa, Joan Manuel Serrat, Daniel Viglietti, Carlos Puebla, Sara González, and Gloria Martín. Filmed on the occasion of a concert organized by the University of the Andes at the Mérida Bullring, the documentary constitutes an essential record of the Nueva Canción movement as a continental cultural force within the broader context of the political struggles of its time.
Algunos cantantes, algunas canciones
1981
NRDocumentary inspired by the book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano "Open Veins of Latin America".
Los dioses de cara blanca
1977
NRDocumentary inspired by the book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano "Open Veins of Latin America".
Los dioses de cara blanca
1977
Aladyn was one of those men who dedicated himself body and soul to experiencing poetry. He was born in Barinas and died in Mérida, Venezuela.
Aladyn
2011
Aladyn was one of those men who dedicated himself body and soul to experiencing poetry. He was born in Barinas and died in Mérida, Venezuela.
Aladyn
2011
