Paz Encina

A rarely-screened trilogy of short films by the great Paraguayan filmmaker Paz Encina.

Set in 1935, a couple of aged smallholders are waiting for their son, for rain, for better days.

An encounter from night till morning.

Paraguay, late 1950s and early 1960s, and much later. During the stroniste dictatorship, several militants of the opposition MOPOCO party were...

Paraguay, late 1950s and early 1960s, and much later. During the stroniste dictatorship, several militants of the opposition MOPOCO party were...

Eami means ‘forest’ in Ayoreo. It also means ‘world’. The story happens in the Paraguayan Chaco, the territory with the...

The dictatorship / 35 years / The Agrarian Leagues / The denunciation / The Caaguazú case / The police / The taking of a bus / The repression...

Exile / 35 years / Return / Interrogation / order / Police / Where does your daughter live? / The interrogation / The fear / My daughter?...

Eami means ‘forest’ in Ayoreo. It also means ‘world’. The story happens in the Paraguayan Chaco, the territory with the...

Eami means ‘forest’ in Ayoreo. It also means ‘world’. The story happens in the Paraguayan Chaco, the territory with the...

A rarely-screened trilogy of short films by the great Paraguayan filmmaker Paz Encina.

A father and a mother await the arrival of a son on a rainy day.

A family photo, the sound of the oncoming storm, the cat wandering the kitchen, a man alone in this space. Paz Encina’s early melancholic short...

"A dialogue, in Guarani and Spanish, between two brothers trying to decide how to survive the war waged by Stroessner's troops in their isolated...

Set in 1935, a couple of aged smallholders are waiting for their son, for rain, for better days.

A father and a mother await the arrival of a son on a rainy day.

The culmination of Encina’s work with the so-called Archives of Terror—meticulous records kept by the government of dictator Alfredo...

"A dialogue, in Guarani and Spanish, between two brothers trying to decide how to survive the war waged by Stroessner's troops in their isolated...

Weaving together original audio and archival materials from the 35-year period in which Paraguay was ruled by military dictator Alfredo Stroessner,...

The culmination of Encina’s work with the so-called Archives of Terror—meticulous records kept by the government of dictator Alfredo...

A family photo, the sound of the oncoming storm, the cat wandering the kitchen, a man alone in this space. Paz Encina’s early melancholic short...

Archival super 8 footage combined with superimpositions of trees and plants

An homage to master Eduardo Coutinho, a Brazilian documentary filmmaker who recorded several interviews in the famous Master Building 20 years ago....