The Memory of Butterflies

Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski

Documentary / 77' / Super 8, Archive footage / Peru, Portugal / 2025

Within a singular photograph, Omarino and Aredomi emerge, their stories lost in the echoes of the rubber boom. This depiction sparks an exploration into my ancestral ties to the rubber industry. Their narratives intertwine in The Memory of Butterflies, a personal voyage that fuses reality with dream, history with imagination. This ethereal journey delves into the interconnections of authority, remembrance, accountability, and inheritance, all nestled within the vestiges of bygone days.

script and director TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI editing TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI, FERNANDA BONILLA and ELIZABETH LANDESBERG camera TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI and LALI MADUEÑO MEDINA sound recording FÉLIX BLUME and ISABEL TORRES sound design FÉLIX BLUME sound mix TIAGO MATOS color grading GONÇALO FERREIRA production MITI FILMS, OUBLAUM FILMES, PERPETUA CINE producers LALI MADUEÑO MEDINA, TATIANA FUENTES SADOWSKI and ICO COSTA funding ICA – Portuguese Cinema Institute, DAFO – Peru Cinema Institute, FORD FOUNDATION, TAMBO FILMS

World Premiere: Berlinale 2025

Festivals: • Berlinale – Forum Section • Docs Barcelona • Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) • PUCP Lima Film Festival – Latin American Documentary Competition • DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival • Family Film Project • Memorimage – Festival Internecinal de Cine de Reus • Pančevo Film Festival • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) – Best of Fests • Cartagena de Indias (FICCI) • Uruguay IFF • Festival dei Popoli • Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental de Perú • Cairo International Film Festival • MIDBO – Muestra Internacional Documental de Bogotá • Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival • BFI London Film Festival • Subversive Festival • DocLisboa International Film Festival • DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival • Festival Internacional de los Pueblos Indigenas – Présence autochtone • São Paulo International Film Festival – New Filmmakers Competition • Festival Internacional de Cine Cámara Lúcida • EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) – Festival Choice • Filmfest Osnabrück – Vistas Latinas • Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival • Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo • Semana del Cine U. de Lima • Festival de Cine Peruano del Valle 2025 • Muyuna Floating Film Festival • ARICADOC Festival Internacional de Cine Documental • International First Peoples’ Festival Présence autochtone • Miradas Medellín 2025: Geografías Creativas • Retama, Festival de Cine Latinoamericano • RIZOMA, Festival internacional de Cine & Cultura Entrelazada • International Film Festival of India IFFI GOA • Kanua Festival Flotante de Cine Amazónico • Festival Miradas Afroindígenas • FICVIÑA – Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar • LAFITA Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de Múnich • Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano

• FIPRESCI Award for Best Forum Film – Berlinale, 2025
• Honourable mention for best documentary – Berlinale, 2025
• Prize for Best Film in Docs & Visions – Docs Barcelona, 2025
• Socio-Environmental Film Award – Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), 2025
• Jury Prize and Audience Award – Latin American Documentary Competition, PUCP Lima Film Festival, 2025
• Best Int’l Feature Dox Award – DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival
• 2025 Grand Jury Prize – Family Film Project, 2025
• Best Film Award – Memorimage – Festival internacional de cine de Reus, 2025
• Poreč Dox Jury Award; Poreč Dox Audience Award – Pančevo Film Festival, 2025