Connect With Your Roots Workshop

The Community of the Condemned

Directed by:

Willy Poma Apaza

Produced by:

Iris Ocampo Gil / Alvaro Olmos Torrico

Production Company

Empatia Cinema

Contact:

  • Year

    2025

  • Format

    Early production

  • Length

    80 min

  • Country

    Bolivia

Synopsis

An elderly Aymara man, rejected by his community after the lynching of his son accused of theft, faces a sentence of loneliness and marginalization. As he struggles to reintegrate and challenge local beliefs that his son is destined to wander forever, he discovers that the true punishment is the rejection he suffers from his own people.

  • Willy

    Poma Apaza

    Director

    Willy Poma is an indigenous Aymara director from Bolivia. He has made several award-winning short films at a national and international level. Currently, he works on creating and directing documentaries, including “La Comunidad del Condenado”, his first feature film in production.

  • Iris

    Ocampo Gil

    Producer

    Iris Ocampo Gil is an emerging director, producer and manager from Bolivia. He has worked on different short films, feature films and commercials. She is currently executive producer of La Hija Cóndor and producer of La Comunidad del Condenado.

  • Alvaro

    Olmos Torrico

    Producer

    Is a screenwriter, director and producer. He has directed documentaries such as San Antonio, Diario de Piratas and Matrimonio Aymara. As a producer, he has worked on films such as Los de Abajo, El Visitante and Diamante. Currently, he has directed La Hija Cóndor, his second fiction feature film.

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