Freddy Siso

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

El hipercubo poster
NR

Based on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical dimension.

El hipercubo

1986

El hipercubo poster
NR

Based on the thesis of Alejandro Rivero and Ernesto Pacheco, this documentary attempts to glimpse, through the senses, the fourth mathematical dimension.

El hipercubo

1986

El regalo poster
7.0

Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.

El regalo

1989

El regalo poster
7.0

Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.

El regalo

1989

Los Nevados poster
8.0

Los 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

Los Nevados poster
8.0

Los 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

Medewadi poster
NR

Documentary about the Yekwana people.

Medewadi

1995

Medewadi poster
NR

Documentary about the Yekwana people.

Medewadi

1995

Maurice Hasson poster
5.0

In 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

Maurice Hasson poster
5.0

In 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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

El Sitio del Anís poster
6.0

Documentary about the struggles of the people of El Sitio del Anís, in the Venezuelan Andes.

El Sitio del Anís

1983

El Sitio del Anís poster
6.0

Documentary about the struggles of the people of El Sitio del Anís, in the Venezuelan Andes.

El Sitio del Anís

1983

Japón a lo lejos poster
NR

A topographer who makes a living drawing up maps for indigenous and peasant communities dreams of managing death.

Japón a lo lejos

2007

Japón a lo lejos poster
NR

A topographer who makes a living drawing up maps for indigenous and peasant communities dreams of managing death.

Japón a lo lejos

2007

¡Diles que no me maten! poster
10.0

A 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

¡Diles que no me maten! poster
10.0

A 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

Algunos cantantes, algunas canciones poster
5.0

An 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

Algunos cantantes, algunas canciones poster
5.0

An 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

Los dioses de cara blanca poster
NR

Documentary inspired by the book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano "Open Veins of Latin America".

Los dioses de cara blanca

1977

Los dioses de cara blanca poster
NR

Documentary inspired by the book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano "Open Veins of Latin America".

Los dioses de cara blanca

1977

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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