
Directing
Víctor Augusto Mendívil
Place of birth
Lima, Perú
Known for
Directing
Credits
16 titles
Víctor Augusto Mendívil (Lima, Peru) is a documentary filmmaker and film editor educated at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the Instituto del Cine Madrid. He has directed the short films Pasaje de ida (2020), 299.00 (F84.0) (2021), ¿Quién es? (2023), and Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad (2024). El Perú es un lugar para morir (2026) is his fifth film—an archival essay that continues his exploration of memory, inheritance, and the impossibility of fully understanding what we love.
Known for
NRUsing footage filmed in Peru in 1950 by a foreigner, Víctor writes a letter to his son to question the country he will inherit: among heartbeats and ruins, he searches for a hope that still endures amid disillusionment.
Peru is a place to die
2026
NRThis is the story of Mr. Rafael Castrillon, a master toymaker with more than fifty years of experience and a former Mr. Peru in bodybuilding. His story is a one-way ticket towards the manufacture of the traditional (incomplete) wooden toy.
Pasaje de ida
2020
NRThe name Víctor Mendívil was the first label placed on my existence. Before me, other people were already called this: beloved and unknown individuals.
¿Quién es?
2023
NRAfter collecting multiple records related to a painful family tragedy, Victor dives into the archive in search of answers about what really happened on January 26, 1983
Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad
2024
NRFrom fragments of the daily life of an autistic boy and his father (the director of the short film), a declaration of filial love is constructed and the fears they must face in a world that still rejects diversity are raised.
299.00 (F84.0)
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Japy Ending
2014
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRUsing footage filmed in Peru in 1950 by a foreigner, Víctor writes a letter to his son to question the country he will inherit: among heartbeats and ruins, he searches for a hope that still endures amid disillusionment.
Peru is a place to die
2026
NRUsing footage filmed in Peru in 1950 by a foreigner, Víctor writes a letter to his son to question the country he will inherit: among heartbeats and ruins, he searches for a hope that still endures amid disillusionment.
Peru is a place to die
2026
NRUsing footage filmed in Peru in 1950 by a foreigner, Víctor writes a letter to his son to question the country he will inherit: among heartbeats and ruins, he searches for a hope that still endures amid disillusionment.
Peru is a place to die
2026
NRThis is the story of Mr. Rafael Castrillon, a master toymaker with more than fifty years of experience and a former Mr. Peru in bodybuilding. His story is a one-way ticket towards the manufacture of the traditional (incomplete) wooden toy.
Pasaje de ida
2020
NRThis is the story of Mr. Rafael Castrillon, a master toymaker with more than fifty years of experience and a former Mr. Peru in bodybuilding. His story is a one-way ticket towards the manufacture of the traditional (incomplete) wooden toy.
Pasaje de ida
2020
NRThis is the story of Mr. Rafael Castrillon, a master toymaker with more than fifty years of experience and a former Mr. Peru in bodybuilding. His story is a one-way ticket towards the manufacture of the traditional (incomplete) wooden toy.
Pasaje de ida
2020
NRThe name Víctor Mendívil was the first label placed on my existence. Before me, other people were already called this: beloved and unknown individuals.
¿Quién es?
2023
NRThe name Víctor Mendívil was the first label placed on my existence. Before me, other people were already called this: beloved and unknown individuals.
¿Quién es?
2023
NRThe name Víctor Mendívil was the first label placed on my existence. Before me, other people were already called this: beloved and unknown individuals.
¿Quién es?
2023
NRAfter collecting multiple records related to a painful family tragedy, Victor dives into the archive in search of answers about what really happened on January 26, 1983
Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad
2024
NRAfter collecting multiple records related to a painful family tragedy, Victor dives into the archive in search of answers about what really happened on January 26, 1983
Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad
2024
NRAfter collecting multiple records related to a painful family tragedy, Victor dives into the archive in search of answers about what really happened on January 26, 1983
Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad
2024
NRFrom fragments of the daily life of an autistic boy and his father (the director of the short film), a declaration of filial love is constructed and the fears they must face in a world that still rejects diversity are raised.
299.00 (F84.0)
2021
NRFrom fragments of the daily life of an autistic boy and his father (the director of the short film), a declaration of filial love is constructed and the fears they must face in a world that still rejects diversity are raised.
299.00 (F84.0)
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Japy Ending
2014
