Directing
Alberto Castro
Place of birth
Lima, Peru
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
Alberto Castro (Lima, 1989) is a Peruvian podcaster and filmmaker. His debut feature film as a director was the documentary Drag Invasion (2020), an official selection at the Inside Out Toronto and NewFest New York, presented in the Peru Focus section of the 2023 Málaga Film Festival. He later directed Salir del clóset (2022) and Arde Lima (2023). Additionally, Castro worked as a screenwriter for Maligno (2016) and as a post-production supervisor for Aj Zombies (2017), as well as the executive producer for Rómulo & Julita (2020).
Known for
NRAnthony Vergara, Renato Renzo, Gerson del Carpio, and Ernesto Pimentel are four gay men who defy a Lima society that is still very macho, conservative, and religious, wearing high heels, shiny dresses, and well-styled wigs.
Arde Lima
2024
NRIn the year 2017, contestants from the TV show RuPaul's Drag Race arrived in Lima, Peru. This documentary is not only focused on that, but also on the local drag queens, their dreams, points of view, their art and their identities.
Drag Invasion
2020
3.5After a painful breakup, Alberto discovers that he still has things to resolve related to his sexual orientation. In order to understand what "coming out" really means in a conservative and homophobic society, he will decide to talk to a dozen homosexual men, of different ages and backgrounds, with whom he discovers that there is no correct or unique way to accept oneself.
Salir del closet
2022
6.1A bloodcurdling legend becomes reality when a mysterious hole opens in the main hospital of a city, and a dark presence is released.
Maligno
2016
NRThird short film by director and actor Samuel Sunderland.
Deceit
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Behind the camera
NRAnthony Vergara, Renato Renzo, Gerson del Carpio, and Ernesto Pimentel are four gay men who defy a Lima society that is still very macho, conservative, and religious, wearing high heels, shiny dresses, and well-styled wigs.
Arde Lima
2024
NRAnthony Vergara, Renato Renzo, Gerson del Carpio, and Ernesto Pimentel are four gay men who defy a Lima society that is still very macho, conservative, and religious, wearing high heels, shiny dresses, and well-styled wigs.
Arde Lima
2024
NRIn the year 2017, contestants from the TV show RuPaul's Drag Race arrived in Lima, Peru. This documentary is not only focused on that, but also on the local drag queens, their dreams, points of view, their art and their identities.
Drag Invasion
2020
3.5After a painful breakup, Alberto discovers that he still has things to resolve related to his sexual orientation. In order to understand what "coming out" really means in a conservative and homophobic society, he will decide to talk to a dozen homosexual men, of different ages and backgrounds, with whom he discovers that there is no correct or unique way to accept oneself.
Salir del closet
2022
3.5After a painful breakup, Alberto discovers that he still has things to resolve related to his sexual orientation. In order to understand what "coming out" really means in a conservative and homophobic society, he will decide to talk to a dozen homosexual men, of different ages and backgrounds, with whom he discovers that there is no correct or unique way to accept oneself.
Salir del closet
2022
6.1A bloodcurdling legend becomes reality when a mysterious hole opens in the main hospital of a city, and a dark presence is released.
Maligno
2016
NRThird short film by director and actor Samuel Sunderland.
Deceit
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