SPA25 Through Rocks and Clouds

Raíz

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Eight-year-old Feliciano spends his days looking after alpacas in a remote region of the Andes. His only companions are Ronaldo, a young alpaca, and Rambo, an old dog. During his long days watching the alpacas grazing, he chats with them about football and his excitement that Peru has a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

However, his community and the region’s delicate ecosystem are in jeopardy, due to contamination of the pastures and pressure from a mining company. As Feliciano goes about his daily life, the village residents decide to take their fate into their own hands, organising themselves to withstand pressure from the mining company to sell their land.

From director Franco García Becerra, Through Rocks and Clouds is a sensitive Quechua-language drama seen through the hopeful gaze of Feliciano that exposes the risks and difficulties faced by Andean and indigenous communities. Set against a breathtaking backdrop of the snowcapped Andes, this is a poignant tale of resilience and community in the face of socio-environmental conflict.

“A defiant film, one that is so thoughtfully calibrated it’d be easy to miss just how well it mixes the whimsical with the profound.” - RogerEbert.com

WINNER - Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize, Seattle International Film Festival 2024

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Generation KPlus (Special Mention), Berlin International Film Festival 2024

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025

Peru, Chile

Rating: E18+

Runtime: 83 mins

Quechua, Spanish with English subtitles

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas

Fri, Jun 20:

13:00

Prospect Cinemas

Thu, Jun 19:

16:20

Thu, Jun 26:

13:45

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