List of Venezuelan films

This is a list of films produced in Venezuela.

Early film

See also: Venezuelan cinema in the 1890s and Venezuelan cinema in the 1900s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1897
Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa			Documentary	First film
Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo			Documentary
Disputa entre Andracistas y Rojistas
Una paliza en el estado Sarría
Carlos Ruiz peleando con un cochero			proto-Western
1899
Joropo de negros en el Orinoco	Carlos Ruiz Chapellín		Folk tale
1901
Diálogos de Tirabeque y Pelegrín	G. Romegout, a Lumière worker			First certain fiction and first sound film made in Venezuela
Bailes populares	Romegout		Folktale	Featuring sound
Coplas de Gedeón	Romegout			Featuring sound
1903
Unknown (likely multiple)	Manuel Trujillo Durán and Alfredo Duplat			Possibly made in Colombia; shown in Venezuela by Venezuelans (August 13–27)
1908
5 de Julio or 5 de Julio: Película Criolla	Manuel Ignacio Baralt, Servio Tulio Baralt and Manuel Delhom		Documentary	Made in honor of the president of Carabobo state, Dr. Samuel E. Niño
Las Trincheras-Valencia	S. T. Baralt and M. Delhom		Documentary
1909
Carnival in Caracas	M. A. Gonhom and Augusto González Vidal		Documentary	Said to be filmed on primitive cameras, but enjoyed by the audience who wanted to see the subject
1913
Don Confusio	Lucas Manzano			[1]
La dama de las Cayenas	Enrique Zimmerman		Parody	First feature film
1923
La Trepadora	Edgar J. Anzola & Jacobo Capriles
1928
Los milagros de la Divina Pastora	Amábilis Cordero
1932
La venus de Nácar: Fantasía Aborigen	Efrain Gómez			First sound film
1938
Taboga				Features synchronous sound
El Rompimiento				Features synchronous sound

1940s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1940
1941
Juan de la calle	Rafael Rivero		Social cinema	Production by Rómulo Gallegos
1942
1943
1944
1945
Alma llanera	Manuel Pelufo
Las Aventuras de Frijolito y Robustiana	José María Galofré
Dos hombres en la tormenta	Rafael Rivero
1946
1947
1948
1949
La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde	Carlos Hugo Christensen	Juana Sujo, Tomás Henríquez	Drama	Cannes Film Festival winner: Best Cinematography

1950s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1950
La Escalinata	César Enríquez			Independent film
El demonio es un ángel	Carlos Hugo Christensen
1951
1952
1953
Luz en el páramo	Víctor Urruchúa			Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival
1954
1955
1956
1957
Caín Adolescente	Román Chalbaud	Carlota Ureta Zambrano, Milagros del Valle, Edgar Jimenez, Rafael Briceño	Drama	Román Chalbaud's first movie
1958
1959
Araya	Margot Benacerraf	José Ignacio Cabrujas (narrator)	Documentary	1959 Cannes Film Festival nominee: Golden Palm

1960s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1960
1961
1962
1963
Cuentos para mayores	Román Chalbaud	Manuel Poblete, Carmen Mesutti, Héctor Cabrera
1964
Isla de sal	Clemente de la Cerda	Simón Díaz, Lila Morillo		Clemente de la Cerda's first movie
1965
La ciudad que nos ve	Jesús Enrique Guédez		Mockumentary	Social compromise film
1966
1967
1968
1969

1970s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1970
1971
Chévere o La victoria de Wellington	Román Chalbaud	Eva Moreno, José Royo, Alfredi Berry
1972
1973
Cuando quiero llorar no lloro	Mauricio Walerstein	Valentín Trujillo, Orlando Urdaneta, Verónica Castro, Miguel Ángel Landa, Haydée Balza Fernando Arriaga, Rafael Briceño	Drama	Film based on the novel Cuando quiero llorar no lloro by Miguel Otero Silva; entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival
1974
1975
La Quema de Judas	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, Hilda Vera, Rafael Briceño	Drama	9th Moscow International Film Festival nominee: Grand Prize
1976
Soy un delincuente	Clemente de la Cerda	Haydée Balza		Special Jury Prize at 1977 Locarno International Film Festival
1977
El Cine Soy Yo	Luis Armando Roche	Asdrúbal Meléndez, Juliet Berto, Alvaro Roche	Drama	Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival
El Pez que Fuma	Román Chalbaud	Hilda Vera, Orlando Urdaneta, Haydée Balza, Miguel Ángel Landa	Comedy / drama
Los Tracaleros	Alfredo Lugo	Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Toco Gómez	Comedy / drama
1978
Carmen, La que contaba 16 años	Román Chalbaud	Mayra Alejandra, Miguel Ángel Landa, Carlos Márquez	Drama
País Portátil	Iván Feo	Alejandra Pinedo, Héctor Duvauchelle, Iván Feo	Fiction	Film based on the novel of the same name by Adriano González León
1979
El rebaño de los ángeles	Román Chalbaud	Mary Soliani, Pilar Romero, Alicia Plaza	Fiction
Travelling Companion	Clemente de la Cerda			Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival

1980s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1980
1981
1982
Cangrejo	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, América Alonso, Carlos Márquez	Drama	Based on the book Cuatro Crímenes: Cuatro Poderes, by Fermín Mármol León
1983
The House of Water	Jacobo Penzo
1984
Cangrejo II	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, Jean Carlo Simancas, Toco Gómez
Cóctel de camarones	Alfredo Anzola	Adriana Villalba, Alba Roversi, Alejandro Corona	Comedy
Homicidio culposo	César Bolívar	Elba Escobar, Javier Vidal, Jean Carlos Simancas	Drama
1985
Oriana	Fina Torres	Doris Wells, Maya Oloe	Drama	Won the Golden Camera Award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival
Ratón de ferretería	Román Chalbaud	Miguel Ángel Landa, Jenny Noguera, Rafael Briceño
Más allá del silencio	César Bolívar	Maria Isabel Calderón, Julie Restifo, Ileanna Simancas
Agonia	Joseph Novoa	Maria Eugenia Carrasco, Aminta de Lara Aminta de Lara. Jorge Díaz, Juan Manuel Montesinos	Drama
1986
Ifigenia	Iván Feo	Marialejandra Martín, Adriano González León, Vilma Ramia	Drama
1987
Macu, The Policeman's Woman	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Daniel Alvarado, María Luisa Mosquera, Ana Castell	Drama
La oveja negra	Román Chalbaud	Eva Blanco, Arturo Calderón, Javier Zapata	Drama
1988
1989

1990s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1990
Jericó	Luis Alberto Lamata	Cosme Cortázar	Drama	Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
1991
1992
Golpes a mi Puerta	Alejandro Saderman	Verónica Oddó & Elba Escobar	Drama	Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
Desnudo con Naranjas	Luis Alberto Lamata	Lourdes Valera & Daniel Alvarado	Drama	Sochi International Film Festival winner: Best Actor Daniel Alvarado
Santera	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Gledys Ibarra, Irma Salcedo	Drama	Gramado Film Festival nominee – Latin Competition: Best Film
1993
Los Platos del Diablo	Thaelman Urgelles	Gustavo Rodríguez, Mimí Lazo, Marcela Walerstein	Drama	Film based on the novel of the same name, by Eduardo Liendo
1995
Mecánicas Celestes	Fina Torres	Ariadna Gil	Comedy	L.A. Outfest winner: Grand Jury Award for Outstanding American Narrative Feature
Rosa de Francia	César Bolívar	Ninibeth Leal, Víctor Cámara	Drama
Sicario	Joseph Novoa	Laureano Olivares, Gledys Ibarra, Pedro Lander	Drama	Tokyo International Film Festival winner: Best Director & Best Supporting Actress
1996
Out in the Open	Luis Armando Roche	Roy Dupuis, Christian Vadim, Carlos Cruz	Drama
Tokyo-Paraguaipoa	Leonardo Henríquez	Adolfo Cubas, Eileen Abad, Kenji Sato	Action / drama
1997
Una Vida y Dos Mandados	Alberto Arvelo	John Márquez, Bernardino Angel	Drama	Montréal World Film Festival nominee: Grand Prix des Amériques
Pandemonium: La Capital del Infierno	Román Chalbaud	Orlando Urdaneta, Amalia Pérez Díaz	Drama	San Sebastián International Film Festival nominee: Golden Seashell Award
La Voz del Corazón	Carlos Oteyza	Henry Soto, Beatriz Valdez, Asdrúbal Meléndez	Drama	Gramado Film Festival nominee: Best Film
1998
100 años de perdón	Alejandro Saderman	Orlando Urdaneta, Elluz Peraza, Mariano Álvarez, Daniel Lugo & Aroldo Betancourt	Comedy	Newport International Film Festival nominee: Jury Award
Amaneció de Golpe	Carlos Azpúrua	Ruddy Rodríguez, Yanis Chimaras, Elba Escobar	Drama	Goya Award nominee: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
Piel	Oscar Lucién	Indhira Serrano, Gabriel Blanco, Juan Manuel Montesinos	Drama	Bogotá Film Festival nominee: Best Film
1999
Huelepega: Ley de la Calle	Elia Schneider	José Gregorio Rivas, Pedro Lander, Adolfo Cubas	Drama
Loop

2000s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2000
Caracas Amor a Muerte	Gustavo Balza	Luis Fernández, Iván Tamayo	Drama	Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival winner: Best Film
Manuela Sáenz	Diego Rísquez	Beatriz Valdés, Mariano Álvarez	Drama
Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	Henrique Lazo	Mimí Lazo, Luis Fernández, Elba Escobar	Comedy	Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film
Oro Diablo	Joseph Novoa		Drama
2001
2002
The Archangel's Feather
2003
Una casa con vista al mar	Alberto Arvelo	Imanol Arias, Leandro Arvelo	Drama	Miami Film Festival winner: Best Director
Yotama se va volando	Luis Armando Roche	Edgar Ramírez, Beatriz Vásquez	Drama	Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film
2004
Punto y Raya	Elias Schneider	Roque Valero, Edgar Ramírez	Action / drama / comedy	Bogotá Film Festival winner: Best Director
X-Ray of a Lie	Wolfgang Schalk		Documentary
Habana, Havana	Alberto Arvelo	Raúl Eguren, Israel Guerra	Drama	Cartagena Film Festival nominee: Best Film
2005
Secuestro Express	Jonathan Jakubowicz	Mia Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux, Carlos Julio Molina, Ruben Blades, Niga Sibilino & Budu	Drama	British Independent Film Award nominee: Best Foreign Film
1888, El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel	Alfredo Anzola	Marco Villarubia, Elba Escobar	Drama	ANAC Awards: Best Art Direction & Best Cinematography
El Caracazo	Román Chalbaud	Fernando Carrillo, Yanis Chimaras, Mimí Lazo, Francis Rueda	Drama	ANAC Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Beatriz Vásquez)
Maroa	Solveig Hoogesteijn	Tristán Ulloa, Yorlis Domínguez, Elba Escobar	Drama	Venezuela's Official Selection for the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
2006
Francisco de Miranda	Diego Rísquez	Luis Fernández	History / drama
Tocar y Luchar	Alberto Arvelo	José Antonio Abreu, Gustavo Dudamel	Documentary	Miami Film Festival: Best Documentary
El Don	Joseph Novoa	Laureno Olivares	Drama, Accion
Elipsis	Eduardo Arias-Nath	Edgar Ramírez, Seu Jorge, Jean Paul Leroux	Drama / crime
Mi Vida por Sharon, ¿o qué te pasa a ti?	Carlos Azpúrua	Mimi Lazo, Carlos Mata, Vicente Tepedino	Comedy
2007
13 Segundos	Freddy Fadel	Daniela Alvarado, Carmen Julia Álvarez, Nohely Arteaga	Drama
Puras Joyitas	César Oropeza	Mario Cimarro, Miguel Ferrari, Erich Wildpret	Action / comedy
Una abuela virgen	Olegario Barrera	Daniela Alvarado, Antonio Delli, Marlene De Andrade, Iván Tamayo	Comedy
Cyrano Fernandez	Alberto Arvelo	Edgar Ramirez, Pastor Oviedo, Jessika Grau	Action / romance	Malaga Film Festival Best Latin American Film
Postcards from Leningrad	Mariana Rondon	Laureano Olivares, Greisy Mena	Drama / tragicomedy	Biarritz Film Festival winner; Goya Awards: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film nominee
2008
Bloques	Carlos Caridad, Alfredo Hueck	Dimas González, Lourdes Valera, Nohely Arteaga	Drama
The Color of Fame	Alejandro Ballame	Elaiza Gil, Alberto Alifa, Miguel Ferrari	Drama
La Virgen Negra	Ignacio Castillo Cotin	Carmen Maura, Matheus Nachtergaele, Carolina Torres	Comedy
A mi me gusta	Ralph Kinnard	Mónica Pasqualotto, Jonathan Ashford	Romance / comedy
2009
Libertador Morales	Efterpi Charalambidis	Rafael Gil, Alba Vallvé	Comedy
Swing con son	Rafael Marziano Tinoco	Caridad Canelón, Billo Frómeta, Rafa Galindo, Alberto Naranjo, María Rivas	Documentary / history / musical
Venezzia	Haik Gazarian	Alfonso Herrera, Ruddy Rodríguez	Drama
Zamora, tierra y hombres libres	Román Chalbaud	Alexander Solórzano, Eric Ekvall, Antonio Machuca	Historical

2010s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2010
Cheila: Una Casa Pa' Maita	Eduardo Barberena	Endry Cardeño, Violeta Alemán, José Manuel Suárez	Drama	Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival
Habana Eva	Fina Torres	Prakriti Maduro, Juan Carlos García	Comedy	Best Movie at the New York Latino Film Festival
Hermano	Marcel Rasquin	Eliú Armas, Fernando Moreno	Drama	Best Movie at the Moscow Film Festival; Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film
Taita Boves	Luis Alberto Lamata	Juvel Vielma, Daniela Alvarado, Gledys Ibarra	Historical
La Hora Cero	Diego Velasco	Zapata 666, Amanda Key, Erich Wildpret, Nana Ponceleon, Albi de Abreu, Antonio Cuevas, Marisa Roman	Action
El Chico que Miente	Marite Ugas	Iker Fernandez, Francisco Denis, Beatriz Vazquez, Gladys Prince, Aldrin Sterling	Drama
2011
No Stingray Pie for Dinner Tonight	Braulio Rodríguez	Luis Carreño	Comedy short
Reverón	Diego Rísquez	Luigi Sciamanna, Sheila Monterola, Luis Fernández, Prakriti Maduro	Drama	Best Movie at the Mérida Film Festival
2012
Breach in the Silence	Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez
Rock, Paper, Scissors	Hernán Jabes		Drama
2013
Bad Hair	Mariana Rondón	Beto Benites
High Noon	Ivan Mazza	Gabriel Rojas, Pedro Gómez, Prakriti Maduro, Edgar Noria, Efraín Romero, Gustavo Santana	Short
The Liberator	Alberto Arvelo
La distancia más larga	Claudia Pinto	Carme Elias, Omar Moya, Ivan Tamayo	Drama	Nominated for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 29th Goya Awards.
Papita, maní, tostón	Luis Carlos Hueck		Comedy	Highest-grossing film in the history of Venezuelan cinema.
The Return	Patricia Ortega	Daniela González, Sofía Espinoza, Laureano Olivares, Jessica González	Drama
Valle Cocodrilo	Leticia Patrizi		Short
2014
Blue and Not So Pink	Miguel Ferrari	Guillermo García, Nacho Montes (aka Ignacio Montes González), Hilda Abrahamz, Carolina Torres, Alexander Da Silva, Sócrates Serrano, Elba Escobar, Beatriz Valdés	Drama	Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language at the 28th Goya Awards in 2014
Corpus Christi	César Bolívar	Carlos Cruz, Jariana Armas, Marcos Moreno
2015
El malquerido	Diego Rísquez	Chyno Miranda	Drama	[2]
Km 72	Samuel Henríquez	Gustavo Rodríguez, Frank Spano, George Akram, Indra Santamaría, Jesús Nunes	Cine Negro	[3]
From Afar	Lorenzo Vigas		Drama	Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[4][5][6] It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[7]
Gone with the River
2016
La Soledad	Jorge Thielen Armand		Drama
2017
The Family
El Inca
2018
Being Impossible	Patricia Ortega		Drama
Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century	Gustavo Tovar-Arroyo		Documentary	Best documentary in the New York International Films Infest Festival.[8]
El pueblo soy yo	Carlos Oteyza	Enrique Krauze, Fernando Mires, Loris Zanatta, Alberto Barrera Tyszka, Ana Rosa Torres	Documentary	Nominated in the 34th Guadalajara International Film Festival for the feature-length documentary category.[9][10].
Simón	Diego Vicentini	Christian McGaffney, Kelley Mack, Steve Wilcox, Alexandra Hoover	Short	Feature film currently being produced
2019
Infection	Flavio Pedota	Rubén Guevara, Leonidas Urbina, Magdiel González, Genna Chanelle Hayes	Horror	Best Ibero-American Film award at the 2019 Guadalajara International Film Festival.[11]

2020s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2020
La Fortaleza	Jorge Thielen Armand		Drama	Nominated for Tiger Award at the 2020 International Film Festival of Rotterdam.[12]
Lejos de Casa: Exodo Venezolano	Abner Ramírez	Gabriel Buitrago, Abner Ramirez, Yroski Palacios	Drama

See also

• Cinema of Venezuela
• List of South American films
• List of Caribbean films

References

1. https://www.scribd.com/document/317533553/Diccionario-de-Cine-Venezolano
2. El malquerido on IMDb
3. Km 72 on
4. "Leone d'oro a 'Desde Alla' di Vigas" (in Italian). ANSA. September 12, 2015.
5. "Venice Film Festival: Lido Lineup Builds Awards Season Buzz – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
6. "Venice Fest Reveals Robust Lineup Featuring Hollywood Stars and International Auteurs". Variety. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
7. Mango, Agustin (August 11, 2016). "Venezuela Selects 'From Afar' as Oscar Entry". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
8. "'Chavismo: la peste del siglo XXI' es premiado como mejor documental en Nueva York" (in Spanish). El Nuevo País. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
9. Camargo, Laura (January 21, 2019). "Festival de Guadalajara 2019: Estos son las películas iberoamericanas seleccionadas" (in Spanish). Indie Hoy. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
10. "El documental español 'Zaniki' de Gabriel Velázquez también compite en el Festival de Guadalajara" (in Spanish). Audiovisual451. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
11. "Infección (FICG 2019)". Cine PREMIERE (in Spanish). August 3, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
12. "Rotterdam Fest: First Crop of Contenders Emerge as Competition Kicks Off". Cine PREMIERE. January 26, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.

External links

• List of Venezuelan Movies on IMDb