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The Art of War

Directed by:

Grecia Barbieri / Gonzalo Benavente Secco

Produced by:

Carolina Denegri

Production Company

Autocinema

Contact:

  • Year

    2026

  • Format

    Editing

  • Length

    180 min

  • Country

    Peru

Synopsis

The recently found archives of Nubia B. (author of the fanzine “The Art of War”) guide us in this polyphonic portrait of a lost generation of artists, where the boundaries of reality and representation of Peru in the 80s and 90s blurs.

  • Grecia

    Barbieri

    Director

    Peruvian filmmaker. She has worked as an art director and screenwriter, The Art of War is her debut feature as a director. She co-wrote The Revolution and the Land (the most viewed Peruvian documentary) and co-edited the book The Imagined Revolution (Penguin Random House, 2021).

  • Gonzalo

    Benavente Secco

    Director

    Peruvian filmmaker, playwright and theater director. Winner of the APRECI award for Best Documentary for The Revolution and the Land, the most viewed documentary in the history of Peruvian cinema and selected in important festivals. As a playwright, his plays have won various national awards.

  • Carolina

    Denegri

    Producer

    Audiovisual Communicator graduated from the PUCP. She has premiered her films in important international festivals, such as in San Sebastian, Berlin, and Rome, among others. She runs Animalita, her production company.

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