Víctor Augusto Mendívil

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

Film credits

Behind the camera

Peru is a place to die poster
NR

Using 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

Peru is a place to die poster
NR

Using 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

Peru is a place to die poster
NR

Using 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

Pasaje de ida poster
NR

This 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

Pasaje de ida poster
NR

This 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

Pasaje de ida poster
NR

This 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

¿Quién es? poster
NR

The 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

¿Quién es? poster
NR

The 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

¿Quién es? poster
NR

The 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

Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad poster
NR

After 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

Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad poster
NR

After 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

Ojalá pudiera decir la verdad poster
NR

After 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

299.00 (F84.0) poster
NR

From 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

299.00 (F84.0) poster
NR

From 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

Japy Ending poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Japy Ending

2014