Juan Carlos Valdivia

Zona Sur (2009)

In La Paz -as opposed to many other cities- the rich live below, which is the Southern District. Life goes on without major mishaps in a large house surrounded by a beautiful garden. It is a wonderful world, a great bubble of comfort, where different personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Mariana Vargas  •  Ninón del Castillo  •  Pascual Loayza  •  Nicolás Fernández

In La Paz -as opposed to many other cities- the rich live below, which is the Southern District. Life goes on without major mishaps in a large house surrounded by a beautiful garden. It is a wonderful world, a great bubble of comfort, where different personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Mariana Vargas  •  Ninón del Castillo  •  Pascual Loayza  •  Nicolás Fernández

Jonah and the Pink Whale (1995)

Official submission of Bolivia for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 68th Academy Awards in 1996. A schoolteacher in the small city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra has a passionate affair with his frigid wife's sister--despite the risk of having to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Dino García  •  María Renée Prudencio  •  Claudia Lobo  •  Julieta Egurrola

Official submission of Bolivia for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 68th Academy Awards in 1996. A schoolteacher in the small city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra has a passionate affair with his frigid wife's sister--despite the risk of having to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Dino García  •  María Renée Prudencio  •  Claudia Lobo  •  Julieta Egurrola

Land Without Evil: Ivy Maraey (2013)

A filmmaker tracing the steps of Swedish explorer Erland Nordeskiold travels with a Guarani Indian from the highlands of La Paz to the swamps in the forests of South Eastern Bolivia, a place where uncontacted indigenous still exist. Philosophical Road Movie into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Felipe Román  •  Juan Carlos Valdivia  •  Elio Ortiz  •  Francisco Acosta

A filmmaker tracing the steps of Swedish explorer Erland Nordeskiold travels with a Guarani Indian from the highlands of La Paz to the swamps in the forests of South Eastern Bolivia, a place where uncontacted indigenous still exist. Philosophical Road Movie into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Felipe Román  •  Juan Carlos Valdivia  •  Elio Ortiz  •  Francisco Acosta

Short Plays (2014)

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastián Cordero  •  Vincent Gallo  •  Gaspar Noé  •  Doris Dörrie  •  Pedro Amorim  •  Fernando Eimbcke  •  Rune Denstad Langlo  •  Carlos Reygadas  •  Jaime Rosales  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Pablo Stoll  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Viktor Kossakovsky  •  Carlos Moreno  •  Faouzi Bensaïdi  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Koen Mortier  •  Juan Carlos Valdivia  •  Abner Benaim  •  Luca Lucini  •  Duane Hopkins  •  Pablo Fendrik  •  Daniel Gruener  •  Mascha Halberstad  •  Bobo Jelčić  •  Matías Cruz  •  Buthina Canaan Khoury  •  Emnet Mulugeta
CAST:  Sami Samir  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Evo Morales

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sebastián Cordero  •  Vincent Gallo  •  Gaspar Noé  •  Doris Dörrie  •  Pedro Amorim  •  Fernando Eimbcke  •  Rune Denstad Langlo  •  Carlos Reygadas  •  Jaime Rosales  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Pablo Stoll  •  Yang Ik-june  •  Viktor Kossakovsky  •  Carlos Moreno  •  Faouzi Bensaïdi  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Koen Mortier  •  Juan Carlos Valdivia  •  Abner Benaim  •  Luca Lucini  •  Duane Hopkins  •  Pablo Fendrik  •  Daniel Gruener  •  Mascha Halberstad  •  Bobo Jelčić  •  Matías Cruz  •  Buthina Canaan Khoury  •  Emnet Mulugeta
CAST:  Sami Samir  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Evo Morales

Soren (2018)

Exploration of love and relationships in contempòrary Bolivia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Willy Cartier  •  Pamela Peró  •  Romel Vargas  •  Alejandra Lanza

Exploration of love and relationships in contempòrary Bolivia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Willy Cartier  •  Pamela Peró  •  Romel Vargas  •  Alejandra Lanza

American Visa (2005)

After being denied an American visa, a Bolivian professor becomes involved in a web of criminal activities, holds-up the American consulate and falls for a beautiful prostitute from the Bolivian lowlands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Demián Bichir  •  Kate del Castillo  •  Roberto Barbery  •  Alejandra Lanza

After being denied an American visa, a Bolivian professor becomes involved in a web of criminal activities, holds-up the American consulate and falls for a beautiful prostitute from the Bolivian lowlands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Carlos Valdivia
CAST:  Demián Bichir  •  Kate del Castillo  •  Roberto Barbery  •  Alejandra Lanza