Perpetual Person

Perpetual Person
Promotional release poster
Directed byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Written byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Produced byJavier Bellido Valdivia
CinematographyJavier Bellido Valdivia
Edited byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Production
company
Hombre Búho Producciones
Release date
Running time
103 minutes
CountryPeru
LanguageSpanish

Perpetual Person (Spanish: Persona perpetua) is a 2020 Peruvian documentary film written, produced, filmed, edited and directed by Javier Bellido Valdivia. It follows the life and routine of the director's maternal grandmother who has Alzheimer's disease.

Synopsis

An intimate approach to the experience of Alzheimer's disease in a 95-year-old woman and her relationship with her immediate surroundings. The tension between lucidity and dementia will shape a new notion of personhood, able to live and perceive the world in another way.

Cast

Release

It had its world premiere on December 7, 2020, at the 18th Doclisboa International Film Festival, then was screened in early January 2021 at the 8th Transcinema International Film Festival, on October 11, 2021, at the 8th Trujillo Film Festival, and on November 17, 2021, at the 38th Kasseler Dokfest. On December 10, 2021, at the 6th Ethnographic Film Festival of Ecuador, and that same month at the 15th Cinema Vérité Film Festival. Then was screened in February 2022, at the 9th FIDBA, International Documentary Film Festival of Buenos Aires, on may, 2022, at the 16th Ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, and on may, 2023, at the 19th FIFEQ - Festival International Du Film Ethnographique Du Québec / Montréal. The film was invited to be the focus of analysis at the Film Symposium of the international journal HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2024 14:1.

Accolades

Year Award / Festival Category Recipient Result Ref.
2021 8th Trujillo Film Festival Best Documentary Feature Film Perpetual Person Nominated
2022 13th APRECI Awards Best Documentary Nominated
2022 16th Ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna EVA - Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award Won

References

  1. ↑ "Persona Perpetua – 9 Festival de Cine Etnográfico de Ecuador" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  2. ↑ "Doclisboa announces details on final 2020 session: «Spaces of Intimacy»". Modern Times Review. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  3. ↑ Portales, Rodrigo (2021-10-11). "[Crítica] Festival de Cine de Trujillo: "Persona perpetua" (2020) - Cine independiente". Cinencuentro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Persona Perpetua - Doclisboa 2020". Doclisboa. 2024-11-30. Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2024-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Doclisboa 2020 - 18º Festival Internacional de Cinema". Doclisboa. 2020-11-26. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2024-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Vélez, Luis. "8º Transcinema: 'Persona perpetua', de Javier Bellido Valdivia". Sala 18.
  7. ↑ "¡Disfruta de los largometrajes de documental en nuestra web!". Instagram. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  8. ↑ "Persona Perpetua / Kasseler Dokfest". Kasseler Dokfest (in German). 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  9. ↑ "Programación – 9 Festival de Cine Etnográfico de Ecuador" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  10. ↑ "Cinéma Vérité to review top films of Doclisboa festival". Tehran Times. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  11. ↑ "El FIDBA renovó su cartelera con lo mejor del cine de lo real, gratis y en todo el país". Cinerama Plus (in Spanish). 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  12. ↑ "Perpetual Person - Ethnocineca". Ethnocineca. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  13. ↑ "FIFEQ Montréal | 2023 Archives". Fifeq Montréal. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  14. ↑ "HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory Vol 14, No 1 (2024)". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  15. ↑ "Se lanza el FECIT - Festival de Cine de Trujillo 2021 - Festivales y premios". Cinencuentro (in Spanish). 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  16. ↑ "Mujeres ganan protagonismo en nominaciones a los Premios APRECI al cine peruano de 2021". Asociación Peruana de Prensa Cinematográfica (in Spanish). 26 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  17. ↑ "«Canción sin nombre» triunfa como mejor película peruana del 2021 en los Premios APRECI". Asociación Peruana de Prensa Cinematográfica (in Spanish). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  18. ↑ "Award Sections 2022". Ethnocineca. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  19. ↑ "Perpetual person - Persona perpetua". Ethnocineca. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  20. ↑ "Festivaltagebuch Ethnocineca 2022, Tag 8: Persönliches und eine Aufarbeitung der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte in Schwarz-Weiß". The Gap (in German). 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2025-12-06.